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title: יָפוֹ — Japha · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָפוֹ (3305), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Japha. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. Joppa. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָפוֹ

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«יָפוֹ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Japha** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 3305 · **BDB:** יָפוֹ

### Glosses

Joppa (3); of.Joppa (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Japha [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3305/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. Joppa [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3305/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Joppa (Ph. יפי; Assyrian Ja(p)pu COT Gloss. Bez Tel-el-Amarna Tabl. in Brit. Mus. 146; Egyptian Ye-pu WMM 159)—seaport town of Palestine (Jerusalem), יָפוֹ Jos 19:46 Jon 1:3 2 Ch 2:15 = יָפוֹא Ezr 3:7; 𝔊 Ιοππα, mod. Jaffa.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָפוֹ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3305/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 19:46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.19.46/)

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וּמֵ֥י הַיַּרְק֖וֹן מֵ֥י הַיַּרְק֖וֹן וְהָֽרַקּ֑וֹן עִֽם־הַגְּב֖וּל מ֥וּל יָפֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and the.waters of.(the).Jarkon and (the) Rakkon with the territory opposite.to Joppa

*JPS 1917:* and Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border over against Joppa.

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[2 Chronicles 2:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.2.15/)

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וַ֠אֲנַחְנוּ נִכְרֹ֨ת עֵצִ֤ים מִן־הַלְּבָנוֹן֙ כְּכָל־צָרְכֶּ֔ךָ וּנְבִיאֵ֥ם לְךָ֛ רַפְסֹד֖וֹת עַל־יָ֣ם יָפ֑וֹ וְאַתָּ֛ה תַּעֲלֶ֥ה אֹתָ֖ם יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃פ

*Word for word:* and we we.will.cut wood(s) from (the) Lebanon according to.all need your and we will.bring.them to you rafts on \[the\].sea Joppa and you you.will.take.up them Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need; and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.'

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