Lexical Definition

‎מַאְפֵלְיָה‎ maʼphêlᵉyâh (mah-af-ay-leh-yaw') darkness ^H:N-F
prolonged feminine of ‎מַאֲפֵל‎

darkness.

• opaqueness

1) deep darkness, darkness

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַאְפֵּלְיָה‎ noun feminine deep darkness (= ‎מַאֲפֵל יָהּ‎ according to Thes MV compare Song 8:6 ‎שַׁלְהֶבֶתְיָה‎; but Ew^{§ 165 b} & on Jer 2:31 reads ‎מַאְפִּלִיָה‎ feminine of [‎מאפלי‎], derived from Hiph`il Participle; compare Sta^{§ 302 b} ‎מַאְפְּלִיָּה‎; Jäger^{BAS 471} thinks this ‎יָה‎ an enclitic particle of emphasis, & compare Assyrian) — only ‎׳‎‎אֶרֶץ מ‎ Jer 2:31 figurative of ‎׳‎‎י‎ in dealing with his people (|| ‎מִרְבָּר‎). ‎אֶפְלָל‎ see below ‎פלל‎ . p. 813.

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