Biblical Hebrew

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hebrew #3302 - יָפָה yaphah (to be fair or beautiful)


Original Word:יָפָה
Transliteration: yaphah
Definition:to be fair or beautiful
Part of Speech:Verb
Phonetic Spelling:(yaw-faw')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

be beautiful, be fair, deck

A primitive root; properly, to be bright, i.e. (by implication) beautiful -- be beautiful, be (make self) fair(-r), deck.


Englishman's Concordance

1) to be bright, be beautiful, be handsome, be fair
1a) (Qal) to be beautiful
1b) (Piel) to beautify
1c) (Pual) to be beautiful
1d) (Hithpael) to beautify oneself
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 890

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[יָפָה] verbbe fair, beautiful (Late Hebrew id. Pi`el and derivatives; Aramaic Aph`el is suffice, finish, fail; compare Aramaic (PS3015) beautiful, fit, Nö§ 172 c. Anm. G H[offmann] LCB1882, 321. Arabic fulfil, perform; Ethiopic II.

2give (entirely) over to, into power of, Di349) —

QalPerfectיָפִיתְ Cant 7:7; יָפוּSongs 4:10; Songs 7:2Imperfect2feminine singular וַתִּ֫יפִי (KöLgh. i. 581) Ezekiel 16:13; 3masculine singular with apocope וַיִּיףEzekiel 31:7; — be beautiful, subject person Cant 4:10; Song 7:7; of feet Songs 7:2; of Jerusalem under figure of woman Ezekiel 16:13; Egypt under figure of tree Ezekiel 31:7.

Pi`elImperfect3masculine singular suffix יְיַמֵּ֑הוּJeremiah 10:4beautify an idol. The (

Pe`al`al ?) Perfect form אָדָם יָפְיָפִיתָ מִבְּנֵיPsalm 45:3 is contrary to all analogues: read either יָפִיתָ or יְפֵיפִיתָ Ges § 55. 3 Sta§ 156 R Now (Köi. 583 f. defence is artificial): thou art more beautiful than, etc.

Hithpa`elImperfect2feminine singular תִּתְיַמִּיbeautify thyselfJeremiah 4:30.


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 3302. יָפָה (yaphah) — 7 Occurrences

Psalm 45:2
HEB: יָפְיָפִ֡יתָ מִבְּנֵ֬י אָדָ֗ם
NAS:You are fairer than the sons
KJV:Thou art fairer than the children
INT:are fairer the sons of men

Songs 4:10
HEB: מַה־ יָּפ֥וּ דֹדַ֖יִךְ אֲחֹתִ֣י
NAS: How beautiful is your love,
KJV:How fair is thy love, my sister,
INT: How beautiful is your love my sister

Songs 7:6
HEB: מַה־ יָּפִית֙ וּמַה־ נָּעַ֔מְתְּ
NAS: How beautiful and how delightful
KJV:How fair and how pleasant
INT: How beautiful and how delightful

Jeremiah 4:30
HEB:עֵינַ֔יִךְ לַשָּׁ֖וְא תִּתְיַפִּ֑י מָאֲסוּ־ בָ֥ךְ
NAS: In vain you make yourself beautiful. [Your] lovers
KJV: in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; [thy] lovers
INT: your eyes vain make despise lovers

Jeremiah 10:4
HEB:בְּכֶ֥סֶף וּבְזָהָ֖ב יְיַפֵּ֑הוּ בְּמַסְמְר֧וֹת וּבְמַקָּב֛וֹת
NAS:They decorate [it] with silver
KJV:They deck it with silver
INT: silver gold decorate nails hammers

Ezekiel 16:13
HEB:(אָכָ֑לְתְּ ק) וַתִּ֙יפִי֙ בִּמְאֹ֣ד מְאֹ֔ד
NAS: so you were exceedingly beautiful and advanced
KJV: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper
INT: and oil burn up beautiful were exceedingly were exceedingly

Ezekiel 31:7
HEB: וַיְּיִ֣ף בְּגָדְל֔וֹ בְּאֹ֖רֶךְ
NAS:So it was beautiful in its greatness,
KJV:Thus was he fair in his greatness,
INT:beautiful greatness the length

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