מַפָּלָה
mapala · ruin
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4654 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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mapala (מַפָּלָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “ruin”.
A ruin, a heap of fallen stones.
How to say it
ma·pa·la
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A heap of rubble where a city once stood.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- ruin ×2
- ruins ×1
Where it appears
- Isaiah 17:1
The burden of Damascus. Look, Damascus is removed from being a city, and it will be a heap of ruins.
- Isaiah 23:13
Look, the land of the Chaldeans: this people was not; Assyria founded it for desert creatures; they raised their siege towers, they stripped its palaces; he made it a ruin.
- Isaiah 25:2
For you have made the city into a heap, the fortified town into a ruin, the palace of strangers no longer a city; it will never be rebuilt.