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Lexicon :: Strong's H3991 - ma'pēlyâ

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מַאְפֵּלְיָה
Transliteration
ma'pēlyâ
Pronunciation
mah-af-ay-leh-yaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 145f

Strong’s Definitions

מַאְפֵלְיָה maʼphêlᵉyâh, mah-af-ay-leh-yaw'; prolonged feminine of H3990; opaqueness:—darkness.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's H3991 in the following manner: darkness (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's H3991 in the following manner: darkness (1x).
  1. deep darkness, darkness

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַאְפֵלְיָה maʼphêlᵉyâh, mah-af-ay-leh-yaw'; prolonged feminine of H3990; opaqueness:—darkness.
STRONGS H3991: Abbreviations
מַאְפֵּלְיָה noun feminine deep darkness (= מַאֲפֵל יָהּ according to Thes MV compare Songs 8:6 שַׁלְהֶבֶתְיָה; but Ew§ 165 b & on Jeremiah 2:31 reads מַאְפִּלִיָּה feminine of [מאפלי], derived from Hiph. Participle; compare Sta§ 302 b מַאְפְּלִיָּה; JägerBAS 471 thinks this יָה an enclitic particle of emphasis, & compare Assyrian) — only אֶרֶץ מ׳ Jeremiah 2:31 figurative of י׳ in dealing with his people (|| מִרְבָּר).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Song of Songs

8:6

Jeremiah

2:31; 2:31

H3991

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3991 matches the Hebrew מַאְפֵּלְיָה (ma'pēlyâ),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:31 -

“O generation, [fn]behold the word of Yahweh.

Have I been a wilderness to Israel

Or a land of thick H3991 darkness H3991?

Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam;

We will no longer come to You’?

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