Strong's Lexicon maapheleyah: Gloom, Darkness Original Word: מַאֲפֵלְיָה NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom the same as ophel Definition deep darkness NASB Translation thick darkness (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs מַאְמֵּלְיָה noun feminine deep darkness (= מַאֲפֵל יָהּ according to Thes MV compare Songs 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 ׳אֶרֶץ מ Jeremiah 2:31 figurative of ׳י in dealing with his people ("" מִרְבָּר). אֶפְלָל see below פלל . p. 813. אפן (meaning dubious, perhaps turn, compare פנה) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance opaquenessProl. Feminine of ma'aphel; opaqueness: see HEBREW ma'aphel Forms and Transliterations מַאְפֵּ֖לְיָ֑ה מאפליה ma’·pê·lə·yāh ma’pêləyāh maPeleYahLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Jeremiah 2:31 HEB: אִ֛ם אֶ֥רֶץ מַאְפֵּ֖לְיָ֑ה מַדּ֜וּעַ אָמְר֤וּ NAS: a land of thick darkness? Why KJV: a land of darkness? wherefore say INT: Or A land of thick how say 1 Occurrence |