174. ahalim
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III. [אהל] noun [masculine] odorific tree, aloe (?) (? loan-word from Sanskrit aguru, agaru, dialect aghil, compare WilsonSkr. Dict.; M. Müller in PuseyDaniel 2d ed. p. 647 f; aloÎxylon agallochum (compare SigismundAromata, Leipz. 1884, p. 38 f, MV cite KondrackiBeitr. z. Kenntn. d. Aloe, Dorpat 1874 & BaerReden III, 293 f); others aloe succotrina (SchenkelBL, compare Di ad Numbers 24:6); Wetzst in DeSong of Solomon 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 Numbers 24:6 ("" ארזים perhaps error for אֵילִים compare Di.

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

Forms and Transliterations
אֲ֝הָלִ֗ים אהלים וַאֲהָל֔וֹת וַאֲהָל֣וֹת ואהלות כַּאֲהָלִים֙ כאהלים ’ă·hā·lîm ’ăhālîm ahaLim ka’ăhālîm ka·’ă·hā·lîm kaahaLim vaahaLot wa’ăhālōwṯ wa·’ă·hā·lō·wṯ
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