BDB4145 [H4375]

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 vGen 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 ).

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