מַכְפֵּלָה
makh.pe.lah
“Machpelah”
Definition
Makpelah, a place in Palestine
from H3717 (כָּפַל); a fold;
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun
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Occurrences
מַכְפֵּלָה appears 6 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so that I may have a burial site.”
So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre, the cave that was in it, and all the trees within the boundaries of the field were deeded over
After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.
The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
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