- Original: מכפּלה - Transliteration: Makpelah - Phonetic: mak-pay-law' - Definition: Machpelah = double or portion 1. the location of a burial cave for the patriarchs, near hebron - Origin: from H3717 - TWOT entry: 1019b - Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Location - Strong's: From H3717 ; a fold; Makpelah a place in Palestine: - Machpelah. Total KJV Occurrences: 6 • Machpelah, 6 Genesis 23:9; Genesis 23:17; Genesis 23:19; Genesis 25:9; Genesis 49:30; Genesis 50:13