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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #4375 - מַכְפֵּלָה
Transliteration
Makpêlâh
Phonetics
mak-pay-law'
Origin
from (H3717)
Parts of Speech
proper locative noun
TWOT
1019b
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- Machpelah = "double" or "portion"
- the location of a burial cave for the patriarchs, near Hebron
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
ASV (6)
Genesis
6
BSB (6)
Genesis
6
CSB (6)
Genesis
6
ESV (6)
Genesis
6
KJV (6)
Genesis
6
LEB (6)
Genesis
6
LSB (6)
Genesis
6
N95 (6)
Genesis
6
NAS (6)
Genesis
6
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (6)
Genesis
6
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
מַכְמֵּלָה proper name, of a location near Hebron, where the patriarchs and their wives were buried, only in P, always with article; ׳שׂדה אשׁר בַּמּ Genesis 23:17, ׳מְעָדַת הַמּ the cave of Machpelah Genesis 23:9, Genesis 25:9, מְעָרַת׳שְׂדֵה הַמּ Genesis 23:19; Genesis 50:13, ׳מְעָרָה אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׂדֵה הַמּ Genesis 49:30. — compare Buhl Geogr. 160,161. — (Evidently originally appellative, but meaning dubious; ᵐ5 τό διπλοῦν; according to Thes = part, lot, portion, as Ethiopic 
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Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
מַכְפֵּלָה f. (“a doubling” [“ ‘portion,’ ‘part,’ ‘lot,’ like the Eth. መከረ ልት፡”]), [Machpelah], pr.n. of a field near Hebron, where Sarah was buried, Genesis 23:9, 17 Genesis 23:17, 19 Genesis 23:19, 25:9 49:30 50:13.
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List of Word Forms
בַּמַּכְפֵּלָ֔ה במכפלה הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֑ה הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֛ה הַמַּכְפֵּלָה֙ המכפלה bam·maḵ·pê·lāh bammachpeLah bammaḵpêlāh ham·maḵ·pê·lāh hammachpeLah hammaḵpêlāh
