Lexical 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) |