The meaning of “אׇהֳלִיבָה”
Understanding ʼOhŏlîybâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
(similarly with אׇהֳלָה) for אׇהֳלִיבָהּ ʼOhŏlîybâhh (o''-hol-e-baw') ; from אֹהֶל; my tent (is) in her Aholibah. - § Ah...
אׇהֳלִיבָה
(similarly with אׇהֳלָה) for אׇהֳלִיבָהּ ʼOhŏlîybâhh (o''-hol-e-baw') ; from אֹהֶל; my tent (is) in her Aholibah. - § Aholibah = "woman of the tent" or "the tent is in her" - Oholibah, a symbolic name for Judah 1) (metaph) Jerusalem as adulterous wife of Jehovah
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Ezekiel 23:4 | “And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.” Word: אׇהֳלִיבָה (ʼOhŏlîybâh) | |
| Ezekiel 23:11 | “And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms.” Word: אׇהֳלִיבָה (ʼOhŏlîybâh) | |
| Ezekiel 23:22 | “Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side;” Word: אׇהֳלִיבָה (ʼOhŏlîybâh) | |
| Ezekiel 23:36 | “The Lord said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations;” Word: אׇהֳלִיבָה (ʼOhŏlîybâh) | |
| Ezekiel 23:44 | “Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.” Word: אׇהֳלִיבָה (ʼOhŏlîybâh) |