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title: יָפֶה — fair · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָפֶה (3303), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 42 times: fair. BDB 1906: adj. fair, beautiful. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָפֶה

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«יָפֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **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:** 42 times · **Key:** 3303 · **BDB:** יָפֶה

### Glosses

beautiful (16); \[are\].beautiful (6); handsome (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fair [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3303/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. fair, beautiful [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3303/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. fair, beautiful;—m. abs. יָפֶה 2 S 14:25 + 4 times; cstr. יְפֵה Gn 39:6(×2) + 6 times; f. יָפָה 12:14 + 14 times; cstr. יְפַת 2:11 + 6 times; sf. יָפָתִי Ct 2:10, 13; pl. יָפוֹת Jb 42:15 Am 8:13; cstr. יְפוֹת Gn 41:2; יְפֹת v 4, 18;—fair, beautiful, as attribute of woman 2 S 13:1 1 K 1:3 Am 8:13 Pr 11:22; cf. Jb 42:15 Ct 6:10 (י׳ כלבנה); pred. Gn 12:14 1 K 1:4 Ct 1:15(×2); 4:1(×2), 7; 6:4; = subst. fair one 1:8; 2:10, 13; 5:9; 6:1; often cstr. יְפַת־מַרְאֶה Gn 12:11; 29:17; 2 S 14:27; יְפַת־תֹּאַר Gn 29:17; 1 S 25:3; Dt 21:11; Est 2:7: of kine יְפוֹת־מַרְאֶה Gn 41:2, cf. v 4; יְפוֹת־תֹּאַר v 18; less often of boy, young man אִישׁ יָפֶה 2 S 14:25; pred. Ct 1:16; יְפֵה תֹאַר Gn 39:6; וִיפֵה מַרְאֶה v 6 (of Joseph); of Jerusalem יְפֵה נוֹף ψ 48:3; of a singer יְפֵה קוֹל Ez 33:32; of trees: olive יְפֵה פְרִי־תֹאַר Je 11:16; cedar (fig. of Egypt) יְפֵה עָנָף Ez 31:3, cf. v 9; יָפֶה of everything in its time Ec 3:11; of various acts 5:17.—In עִם יְפֵה עֵינַיִם 1 S 16:12, עִם יְפֵה מַרְאֶה 17:42, either יפה = subst. abstr. with beauty of eyes, or עִם is textual error (Gr Krenkel ZAW, 1882, 309 Bu עֶלֶם youth), v. Dr.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 38 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 «יָפֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3303/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 11:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.22/)

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נֶ֣זֶם זָ֭הָב בְּאַ֣ף חֲזִ֑יר אִשָּׁ֥ה יָ֝פָ֗ה וְסָ֣רַת טָֽעַם׃

*Word for word:* a.ring of.gold in.\[the\] nose of.a.pig a.woman beautiful and.\[who\] turns.aside of.discernment

*JPS 1917:* As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman that turneth aside from discretion.

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[Song of Songs 4:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.4.7/)

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כֻּלָּ֤ךְ יָפָה֙ רַעְיָתִ֔י וּמ֖וּם אֵ֥ין בָּֽךְ׃ס

*Word for word:* of.you all \[is\].beautiful my.friend my and blemish there.\[is\].not in you

*JPS 1917:* Thou art all fair, my love; and there is no spot in thee.

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