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Biblical name for the site, Me'arat ha
Makhpela, is uncertain. The word Me'arat
means "cave of" and ha
Makhpela may mean "doubled", "multiplied" or "twofold"...
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Eshkhol is
north of the
mountain upon
which Hebron stood, and the cave of
Makhpela is east thereof. A bow-shot west of the cave is the
sepulchre of Abner...