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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #4375 - מַכְפֵּלָה

Transliteration

Makpêlâh

Phonetics

mak-pay-law'

Root Word (Etymology)

from (H3717)

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TWOT

1019b

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Machpelah = “double” or “portion”

1) the location of a burial cave for the patriarchs, near Hebron

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (6)

Genesis 6

NAS (6)

Genesis 6

HCS (6)

Genesis 6

BSB (6)

Genesis 6

ESV (6)

Genesis 6

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

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