Strong's Lexicon

H4375

H4375 — מַכפֵּלָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewMakpelahName/l.Occurrences: 6TWOT: 1019b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4375
Word:	מַכפֵּלָה
Part of Speech:	Name/l.
Etymology:	from H3717
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	6
Transliteration:	Makpelah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	mak-pay-law'
Meaning:	1. a fold 2. Makpelah, a place in Israel
KJV Renderings:	Machpelah.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4145

מַכְפֵּלָה proper name [of a location] near Hebron, where the patriarchs and their wives were buried, only in P , always with article; ׳ שׂדה אשׁר בַּמּ Gen 23:17, ׳ מְעָדַת הַמּ the cave of Machpelah Gen 23:9, Gen 25:9, מְעָרַת ׳ שְׂדֵה הַמּ Gen 23:19; Gen 50:13, ׳ מְעָרָה אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׂדֵה הַמּ Gen 49:30. — compare Buhl^{Geogr. 160, 161.} — (Evidently originally appellative, but meaning dubious; ᵐ5 τό διπλοῦν; according to Thes = part, lot , portion, as Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 2607]).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke