Lexicon / H4375
מַכְפֵּלָה
makh.pe.lah
  • Machpelah

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: Machpelah

§ Machpelah = "double" or "portion"

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

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: Machpelah

Root √כפל: כָּפַל vb double double over Qal and thou shalt double over folded double the sixth curtain, i.e. prob. use it double;, of the breast-piece Niph and let be doubled .the sword, but very dub. (late)

מַכְפֵּלָה n.pr.loc . near Hebron, where patriarchs and their wives were buried