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title: יָפָה — be fair · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָפָה (3302), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: be fair. BDB 1906: vb. be fair, beautiful Peʿalʿal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָפָה

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«יָפָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be fair** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 8 times · **Key:** 3302 · **BDB:** יָפָה

### Glosses

they.are.beautiful (2); he (1); it.was.beautiful (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be fair [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3302/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be fair, beautiful Peʿalʿal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3302/#m2)

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָפָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3302/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 7:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.7.7/)

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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!

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[Psalms 45:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.45.3/)

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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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