Jonah 4:5; Isaiah 4:6; Nehemiah 8:15-17, where the word is variously
rendered).
Jubal was “the father of such as dwell in tents” (Genesis 4:20). The
patriarchs were “dwellers in tents” (Genesis 9:21, 27; 12:8; 13:12; 26:17);
and during their wilderness wanderings all Israel dwelt in tents (Exodus
16:16; Deuteronomy 33:18; Joshua 7:24). Tents have always occupied a
prominent place in Eastern life (1 Samuel 17:54; 2 Kings 7:7; Psalm 120:5;
Cant. 1:5). Paul the apostle’s occupation was that of a tent-maker (Acts
18:3); i.e., perhaps a maker of tent cloth.