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maxpēlā מַכְפֵּלָה ‘Machpelah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from kāfal כָּפַל ‘to double’
Roots: כפל

maxpēlā pr n loc
Machpelah = "double" or "portion"
1) the location of a burial cave for the patriarchs, near Hebron

Mentioned in Genesis 23:19, 49:30, 50:13, 23:9, 25:9, 23:17

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