King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3991
Transliteration: maapheleyah
Phonetic Spelling: (mah-af-ay-leh-yaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: deep darkness
Meaning: deep darkness
Word Summary
maapheleyah: deep darkness
Original Word: מַאֲפֵלְיָהTransliteration: maapheleyah
Phonetic Spelling: (mah-af-ay-leh-yaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: deep darkness
Meaning: deep darkness
Strong's Concordance
opaquenessProl. Feminine of ma'aphel; opaqueness:
see HEBREW ma'aphel
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3991. maapheleyah
מַאְמֵּלְיָה noun feminine deep darkness (= יָהּ מַאֲפֵל according to Thes MV compare Song of Solomon 8:6 שַׁלְהֶבֶתְיָה; but Ew§ 165 b & on Jeremiah 2:31 reads מַאְמִּלִיָה feminine of [מאפלי], derived from Hiph`il Participle; compare Sta§ 302 b מַאְמְּלִיָּה; JägerBAS 471 thinks this יָה an enclitic particle of emphasis, & compare Assyrian) — only מ ׳אֶרֶץ 2:31 figurative of ׳י in dealing with his people ("" מִרְבָּר).
אֶפְלָל see below פלל . p. 813.
אפן (meaning dubious, perhaps turn, compare פנה)