Machpelah
mak-PEE-luh
What is Machpelah?
Machpelah is the field and cave near Mamre that Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite as a burial plot (Genesis 23:9, Genesis 23:17). Abraham buried Sarah there (Genesis 23:19), and it later held Abraham himself and Jacob as well (Genesis 25:9, Genesis 50:13).
Also pronounced
Mahk-peh-LAH
mak-PEE-lah
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