| Strong's Concordance maapheleyah: deep darknessOriginal Word: מַאְפֵּלְיָה Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: maapheleyah Phonetic Spelling: (mah-af-ay-leh-yaw') Short Definition: darkness Brown-Driver-Briggsמַאְמֵּלְיָה  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 Concordanceopaqueness Prol. Feminine of ma'aphel; opaqueness: see HEBREW ma'aphel Forms and Transliterationsמַאְפֵּ֖לְיָ֑ה מאפליה ma’·pê·lə·yāh ma’pêləyāh maPeleYah LinksInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's ConcordanceStrong's Hebrew 3991 1 Occurrence ma’·pê·lə·yāh — 1 Occ. 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 | 



