Afela (אפלה) means darkness in Hebrew.
It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
darkness
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Afela.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1חוסר אור
וְהָיִיתָ מְמַשֵּׁשׁ בַּצָּהֳרַיִם כַּאֲשֶׁר יְמַשֵּׁשׁ הָעִוֵּר בָּאֲפֵלָה וְלֹא תַצְלִיחַ אֶת־דְּרָכֶיךָ...
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Afela is a feminine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- אֲפֵלָה
- Written without vowel points
- אפלה
- Said
- afela
- Root
- א־פ־ל
- Pattern
- קְטֵלָה
- Plural
- אֲפֵלוֹת
- Inflections
- אֲפֵלַת־, ר' אֲפֵלוֹת
- Gematria
- 116
This is how Afela is said in other languages.
- English
- darkness
- Arabic
- ظلام
- Russian
- темнота, потёмки
- French
- obscurité, ténèbres
- Spanish
- oscuridad
- German
- Dunkelheit, Finsternis
- Yiddish
- פֿינצטערניש
These words mean nearly the same as Afela.
- אופל
- חושך
- חשכה
- עלטה
- צלמוותgloom
- מעוף
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words mean the opposite of Afela.
- אור
- נוגה
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Afela.
The word Afela comes from the root א־פ־ל, like these words.
These words come before and after Afela in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Afela.
What does Afela (אפלה) mean in Hebrew?
Afela (אפלה) means darkness. It is said afela, with the stress on la.
What is a synonym for Afela (אפלה)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Afela (אפלה) are אופל, חושך, חשכה, עלטה, צלמוות, and מעוף.
What is the opposite of Afela (אפלה)?
Words that mean the opposite of Afela (אפלה) are אור and נוגה.
What rhymes with Afela (אפלה)?
Words that rhyme with Afela (אפלה) include מחלה, פעולה, מילה, מעלה, מילה, and תפילה.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry אפלה of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.