H0174

אָהָל

a.ha.limH:N-F

aloe

1) aloes, aloe tree 1a) aloe tree 1b) aloe (perfume)

The KJV translates H0174 in the following manner:

aloes (8x)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

III. [אהל] noun [masculine] odorific tree, aloe (?) (? loan-word from Sanskrit aguru, agaru, dialect aghil, compare Wilson^{Skr. Dict}.; M. Müller in Pusey^{Dan 2d ed. p. 647 f}; aloÎxylon agallochum (compare Sigismund^{Aromata, Leipz. 1884, p. 38 f,} MV cite Kondracki^{Beitr. z. Kenntn. d. Aloe, Dorpat 1874 &} Baer^{Reden III, 293 f}); others aloe succotrina (Schenkel^BL, compare Di ad Num 24:6); Wetzst in De^{Song 2d ed. 167} brings under I. אהל; he proposes cardamum, Arabic from = little tents, from three-cornered shape of capsules)

1. plural אֲהָלִים trees planted by ׳י Num 24:6 (|| ארזים perhaps error for אֵילִים compare Di.

2. aloes, as sweet-smelling; perfume for bed, אֲהָלִים Prov 7:17 (|| מֹר, קִנָּמוֺן); for garments אֲהָלוֺת Ps 45:9 (|| מֹר, קְצִיעוֺת); of bride, under figure of odorific tree Song 4:14 (|| מֹר, כָּלרָֿאשֵׁי בְשָׂמִים).

3 occurrences

Numbers (1), Proverbs (1), Song of Solomon (1)