מַכְפֵּלָה

מַכְפֵּלָה proper name, of a location near Hebron, where the patriarchs and their wives were buried, only in P, always with article; ׳שׂדה אשׁר בַּמּ 1 Mos 23,17, ׳מְעָדַת הַמּ the cave of Machpelah v1 Mos 23,9, 1 Mos 25,9, מְעָרַת׳שְׂדֵה הַמּ 1 Mos 23,19; 1 Mos 50,13, ׳מְעָרָה אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׂדֵה הַמּ 1 Mos 49,30. — compare Buhl^{Geogr. 160, 161.} — (Evidently originally appellative, but meaning dubious; ᵐ5 τό διπλοῦν; according to Thes = part, lot, portion, as Ethiopic ).