מַאְפֵּלְיָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3991

deep darkness — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

deep darkness tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַאְפֵּלְיָה: n.f. deep darkness tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. deep darkness ( = מַאֲפֵל יָהּ according to Thes MV cf. Ct 8:6 שַׁלְהֶבֶתְיָה; but Ew§ 165 b & on Je 2:31 reads מַאְפִּלִיָּה, fem. of [מאפלי], der. from Hiph. Pt.; cf. Sta§ 302 b מַאְפְּלִיָּה; JägerBAS 471 thinks this יָה an enclitic part. of emphasis, & comp. Assyrian)—only אֶרֶץ מ׳ Je 2:31 fig. of י׳ in dealing with his people (‖ מִדְבָּר).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of darkness (1).

In the verses

Jeremiah 2:31 · tree →

הַדּ֗וֹר אַתֶּם֙ רְא֣וּ דְבַר־יְהוָ֔ה הֲמִדְבָּ֤ר הָיִ֙יתִי֙ לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אִ֛ם אֶ֥רֶץ מַאְפֵּ֖לְיָ֑ה מַדּ֜וּעַ אָמְר֤וּ עַמִּי֙ רַ֔דְנוּ לֽוֹא־נָב֥וֹא ע֖וֹד אֵלֶֽיךָ׃

Word for word: O generation you consider the.word of.Yahweh a wilderness? have.I.been to Israel or? a.land of.darkness why? have.they.said people my we.have.roamed.freely not we.will.come again to you

JPS 1917: O generation, see ye the word of the LORD: have I been a wilderness unto Israel? or a land of thick darkness? Wherefore say My people: 'We roam at large; we will come no more unto Thee'?

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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