Hebrew word · H170

אׇהֳלָה

'oholah

Oholah

Appears 5 times in 4 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A woman living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezk.23.4;

sister of: Oholibah (H0172)

§ Aholah = "her own tent"

Samaria as an adulteress with Assyria (metaph)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Ezekiel · 5

  1. Ezekiel 23:4 אָהֳלָ֤ה אָהֳלָ֔ה [was] Oholah, Oholah

    The older was named Oholah, and her sister was named Oholibah. They became Mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their identities, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.

  2. Ezekiel 23:5 אָהֳלָ֖ה Oholah

    Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors

    Here: The symbolic name for Samaria, capital of the northern kingdom (v. 4). It is built on 'ohel, 'tent', the word used for the wilderness tent-shrine and for places of worship. It is paired with Oholibah ('my tent is in her') for Jerusalem.

  3. Ezekiel 23:36 אָהֳלָ֖ה Oholah

    Then the LORD said to me: “Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.

  4. Ezekiel 23:44 אָֽהֳלָה֙ Oholah

    And they slept with her as with a prostitute; they slept with Oholah and Oholibah, those lewd women.

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