Ahal אָהַל

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Ahal (Hebrew אָהַל, Strong's H167) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to pitch”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to pitch a tent, to move a tent
1a) (Qal) pitch or remove a tent
1a) (Piel) to pitch one's tent

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	tent (3)
BSB	moved his tent (1), will pitch his tent (1)

Every verse with Ahal, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis 13:12
Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
Genesis 13:18
Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord.So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.

Isaiah 13:20
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).