Word Study · Strong's H4375 · Hebrew
מַכְפֵּלָה
Makpelah
mak-pay-law'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Makpêlâh
“Makpelah, a place in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Makpelah, a place in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Machpelah.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֛ה2
- הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֑ה2
- בַּמַּכְפֵּלָ֔ה1
- הַמַּכְפֵּלָה֙1
How it is rendered · 2
- the Machpelah5
- [was] in the Machpelah1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)5
- preposition with the article + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Npl · 5
- HRd/Npl · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Genesis6 occurrences
- Genesis 23:9הַמַּכְפֵּלָה֙hamakhpelahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so that I may have a burial site.”here: the Machpelah
- Genesis 23:17בַּמַּכְפֵּלָ֔הbamakhpelahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre, the cave that was in it, and all the trees within the boundaries of the field were deeded overhere: [was] in the Machpelah
- Genesis 23:19הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֛הhamakhpelahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.here: the Machpelah
- Genesis 25:9הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֑הhamakhpelahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.here: the Machpelah
- Genesis 49:30הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֛הhamakhpelahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.here: the Machpelah
- Genesis 50:13הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֑הhamakhpelahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.here: the Machpelah