STRONGS NUMBER H3991


Word Summary
maapheleyah: deep darkness
Original Word: מַאֲפֵלְיָה
Transliteration: maapheleyah
Phonetic Spelling: (mah-af-ay-leh-yaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: deep darkness
Meaning: deep darkness
Strong's Concordance
opaqueness

Prol. Feminine of ma'aphel; opaqueness:

see HEBREW ma'aphel

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H3991. maapheleyah

מַאְמֵּלְיָהnoun 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 ׳אֶרֶץ2:31 figurative of ׳י‎ in dealing with his people ("" מִרְבָּר‎).

אֶפְלָל‎ see below פלל‎ . p. 813.

אפן‎ (meaning dubious, perhaps turn, compare פנה‎)