HebrewH4375Noun

מַכְפֵּלָה

makh.pe.lah

6Occurrences
H4375Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Makpelah, a place in Palestine

from H3717 (כָּפַל); a fold;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Machpelah = "double" or "portion" the location of a burial cave for the patriarchs, near Hebron

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

מַכְפֵּלָה appears 6 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
6

Key Passages

Genesis 23:9BSB

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.”

Genesis 23:17BSB

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

Genesis 23:19BSB

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.

Genesis 25:9BSB

His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.

Genesis 49:30BSB

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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