יָפָה
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3302
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
be fair tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
יָפָה: vb. be fair, beautiful Peʿalʿal tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. be fair, beautiful (NH id. Pi. and deriv.; Aramaic Aph. ܐܰܘܦܺܝ is suffice, finish, fail; cf. Aramaic ܦܶܐܐ (PS 3015) beautiful, fit, Nö§ 172 C. Anm. G H [offmann] LCB 1882, 321; Arabic وَفَى fulfil, perform; Ethiopic አወፈየ: II. 2, give (entirely) over to, into power of, Di 949)— Pf. יָפִיתְ Ct 7:7; יָפוּ 4:10; 7:2; Impf. 2 fs. וַתִּ֫יפִי Kö Lgb. i. 581) Ez 16:13; 3 ms. apoc. וַיִּיף 31:7;—be beautiful, subj. pers. Ct 4:10; 7:7; of feet v 2; of Jerus. under fig. of woman Ez 16:13; Egypt under fig. of tree 31:7. Impf. 3 ms. sf. יְיַפֵּ֑הוּ Je 10:4 beautify an idol. The (Peʿalʿal?) Pf. form יָפְיָפִיתָ מִבְּנֵי אָדָם ψ 45:3 is contrary to all anal.: read either יָפִיתָ or יְפֵיפִיתָ Ges§ 55. 3 Sta§ 156 R Now (Köi. 583 f. defence is artificial): thou art more beautiful than, etc. Impf. 2 fs. תִּתְיַפִּי beautify thyself Je 4:30.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: they are beautiful (2); he (1); it was beautiful (1).
In the verses
מַה־יָּפִית֙ וּמַה־נָּעַ֔מְתְּ אַהֲבָ֖ה בַּתַּֽעֲנוּגִֽים׃
Word for word: how! you.are.beautiful and how! you.are.lovely O.love with (the) delights
JPS 1917: How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
יָפְיָפִ֡יתָ מִבְּנֵ֬י אָדָ֗ם ה֣וּצַק חֵ֭ן בְּשְׂפְתוֹתֶ֑יךָ עַל־כֵּ֤ן בֵּֽרַכְךָ֖ אֱלֹהִ֣ים לְעוֹלָֽם׃
Word for word: you.are.handsome more than.[the].sons of.humankind it.has.been.poured grace on lips your therefore he has.blessed.you God forever of.perpetuity
JPS 1917: Thou art fairer than the children of men; grace is poured upon thy lips; therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
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