Biblical Hebrew

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Strong Hebrew #3991 - מַאֲפֵלְיָה maapheleyah (deep darkness)


Original Word:מַאֲפֵלְיָה
Transliteration:maapheleyah
Definition:deep darkness
Part of Speech:Noun Feminine
Phonetic Spelling:(mah-af-ay-leh-yaw')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

opaqueness

Prol. Feminine of ma'aphel; opaqueness:

see HEBREW ma'aphel


Englishman's Concordance

1) deep darkness, darkness
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H3990
Same Word by TWOT Number: 145f

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מַאְמֵּלְיָהnoun femininedeep darkness (=מַאֲפֵל יָהּ according to Thes MV compare Songs 8:6שַׁלְהֶבֶתְיָה; but Ew§ 165 b & on Jeremiah 2:31 reads מַאְמִּלִיָה feminine of [מאפלי], derived from Hiph`il Participle; compare Sta§ 302 bמַאְמְּלִיָּה; JägerBAS 471 thinks this יָה an enclitic particle of emphasis, & compare Assyrian) — only ׳אֶרֶץ מJeremiah 2:31 figurative of ׳י in dealing with his people ("" מִרְבָּר).

אֶפְלָל see below פלל . p. 813.

אפן (meaning dubious, perhaps turn, compare פנה)


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 3991. מַאְפֵּלְיָה (maapheleyah) — 1 Occurrence

Jeremiah 2:31
HEB:אִ֛ם אֶ֥רֶץ מַאְפֵּ֖לְיָ֑ה מַדּ֜וּעַ אָמְר֤וּ
NAS: a land of thick darkness? Why
KJV: a land of darkness? wherefore say
INT: Or A land of thick how say