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מַאְפֵלְיָה (maʼphêlᵉyâh) n-f (mah-af-ay-leh-yaw')
Source: prolonged feminine of H3990;
Meaning: opaqueness
KJV: darkness.

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

a.fb.ag

מַאְפֵּלְיָה n.f. deep darkness—only Je 2:31 fig. of

י׳ in dealing with his people

Appears in only one verse:

JER 2:31

OET-LV: 31 Oh_generation you(pl) consider the_message_of YHWH a_wilderness have_I_been to_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) or a_land_of darkness why people_of_my have_they_said we_have_roamed_freely not we_will_come again to_you. (JER_2:31)

OET-RV: 31 You in this generation, pay attention to Yahweh’s message.
 ⇔ Have I been a wilderness to Yisrael, or a land of thick darkness?
 ⇔ Why would my people say that they’ve now gone their own ways
 ⇔ and so won’t come back to me again? (JER 2:31)

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