אָהַל

אָהַל(b. h.), Pi. אִיהֵל (deriv. of אֹהֶל) to spread tent-like, to cover, shade, bend over , usu. with refer. to levitical uncleanness arising from being under the same shelter with, or forming a shelter over, a corpse Meïlah 17a אי׳ על מקצתו if he bent over a portion (of the blood). Sabb.17a אי׳ צדו אחתוכ׳ he caused one side of his body to overshadow the grave.(More freq. Hif. הֶאֱהִיל same. Ohol. III, 1; 3 sq. הא׳ על המת he formed a tent, i. e. spread himself, or bent, over a corpse. Ib. הבית מַאֲהִיל עליו the house forms a cover over part of it. Y.Sot.IX, 23c top; a. fr.