Lexical Summary yapheh: fair, beautiful Original Word: יָפֶהTransliteration: yapheh Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-feh') Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: fair, beautiful Meaning: fair, beautiful Strong's Concordance beautiful, beauty, comely, fairest, one, goodly, pleasant, wellFrom yaphah; beautiful (literally or figuratively) -- + beautiful, beauty, comely, fair(-est, one), + goodly, pleasant, well. see HEBREW yaphah Brown-Driver-Briggs H3303. yapheh יָפֶה adjective fair, beautiful; — masculine absolute יָפֶה 2 Samuel 14:25 4t.; construct יְפֵה Genesis 39:6 (twice in verse) + 6 t.; feminine יָפָה 12:14 14t.; construct יְפַת; 2:11+ 6 t.; suffix יָפָתִי Song of Solomon 2:10, 13; plural יָפוֺת Job 42:15; Amos 8:13; construct יְפוֺת Genesis 41:2; יְפֹת 41:4; 41:18; — fair, beautiful, as attribute of woman 2 Samuel 13:1; 1 Kings 1:3; Amos 8:13; Proverbs 11:22; compare Job 42:15; Song of Solomon 6:10 (׳י כלבנה); predicate Genesis 12:14; 1 Kings 1:4; Song of Solomon 1:15 (twice in verse); 4:1 (twice in verse); Cant 4:17; 6:4; = substantive fair one 1:8; 2:10, 13; 5:9; 6:1; often construct מַרְאֶה יְפַתֿ Genesis 12:11; 29:17; 2 Samuel 14:27; יְפַתתֹּֿאַר Genesis 29:17; 1 Samuel 25:3; Deuteronomy 21:11; Esther 2:7: of kine יְפוֺתמַֿרְאֶה Genesis 41:2, compare 41:4; יְפוֺתתֹּֿאַר 41:18; less often of boy, young man יָפֶה אִישׁ 2 Samuel 14:25; predicate Song of Solomon 1:16; תֹאַר יְפֵה Genesis 39:6; מַרְאֶה וִיפֵה 39:6 (of Joseph); of Jerusalem נוֺף יְפֵה Psalm 48:3; of a singer קוֺל יְפֵה Ezekiel 33:32; of trees: olive פְרִיתֹֿאַר יְפֵה Jeremiah 11:16; cedar (figurative of Egypt) עָנָף יְפֵה Ezekiel 31:3, compare 31:9; יָפֶה of everything in its time Ecclesiastes 3:11; of various Acts 5:17. — In עִם עֵינַיִם יְפֵה 1 Samuel 16:12, מַרְאֶה יְפֵה עִם 17:42, either יפה = substantive abstract with beauty of eyes, or עִם is textual error (Gr KrenkelZAW, 1882, 309 Bu עֶלֶם youth), see Dr. |
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