# H4375 מַכְפֵּלָה

מַכְפֵּלָה (Makpêlâh), Strong’s H4375: Makpelah, a place in Palestine KJV: Machpelah.. Occurs 6 times.

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*Makpêlâh* — Makpelah, a place in Palestine

KJV: Machpelah.

Derived from [כָּפַל kâphal](https://besorah.bible/word/H3717) (to fold together)

Occurs 6 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מַכְפֵּלָה n.pr.loc. near Hebron, where patriarchs and their wives were buried

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 23:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/23?v=9) — that he may sell me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field. For the full price let him…
- [Genesis 23:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/23?v=17) — So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, the cave which was in it, and all…
- [Genesis 23:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/23?v=19) — After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (that is, Hebron), in the…
- [Genesis 25:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/25?v=9) — Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite…
- [Genesis 49:30](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/49?v=30) — in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with…
- [Genesis 50:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/50?v=13) — for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham…