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title: מַאְפֵּלְיָה — deep darkness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַאְפֵּלְיָה (3991), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: deep darkness. BDB 1906: n.f. deep darkness. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַאְפֵּלְיָה

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«מַאְפֵּלְיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **deep darkness** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 3991 · **BDB:** מַאְפֵּלְיָה

### Glosses

of.darkness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

deep darkness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3991/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. deep darkness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3991/#m2)

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**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).

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַאְפֵּלְיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3991/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 2:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.2.31/)

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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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