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title: יָפַע — shine out · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָפַע (3313), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: shine out. BDB 1906: vb. Hiph. shine out forth, send out beams, cause to shine. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָפַע

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«יָפַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **shine out** — 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:** 3313 · **BDB:** יָפַע

### Glosses

he.has.shone.forth (1); he.makes.shine.forth (1); he.shone.forth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shine out [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3313/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Hiph. shine out forth, send out beams, cause to shine [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3313/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. only Hiph. shine out or forth, send out beams, cause to shine (NH id., in fig. senses; 𝔗 יְפַע; Assyrian Shaph. šûpu, shine, cause to shine, glorify, Lotz TP Col. vii 93 ZimBP 97, 105 SAS Asrb. ii. 18; cf. Arabic وَفْعٌ aedificium elatum; kindred seem to be يَفَعَ ascendit montem, adultus fuit; Sab. יפע raise, heighten Os ZMG 1865, 210 f., יפע name of a temple DHM ZMG 1883, 350)— Pf. הוֹפִיעַ Dt 33:2 ψ 50:2; וְהוֹפִיעַ consec. Jb 37:15; 2 ms. הוֹפָ֑עְתָּ 10:3; Impf. 3 fs. תּוֹפַע 3:4; וַתּ֫וֹפַע 10:22; Imv. הוֹפִיעַ ψ 94:1; הוֹפִ֫יעָה 80:2;— shine out, forth, display beams: of י׳ Dt 33:2 ψ 50:2; 80:2; 94:1 Jb 10:3 (sq. עַל); subj. נְהָרָה light Jb 3:4; 10:22 וַתֹּפַע כְּמוֹ אֹפֶל (of She’ôl). cause to shine וְהוֹפִיעַ אוֹר עֲנָנוֹ Jb 37:15, subj. י׳.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָפַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3313/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 50:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.50.2/)

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מִצִּיּ֥וֹן מִכְלַל־יֹ֗פִי אֱלֹהִ֥ים הוֹפִֽיעַ׃

*Word for word:* from Zion perfection of.beauty God he.has.shone.forth

*JPS 1917:* Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.

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[Psalms 94:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.94.1/)

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אֵל־נְקָמ֥וֹת יְהוָ֑ה אֵ֖ל נְקָמ֣וֹת הוֹפִֽיַע׃

*Word for word:* O.God of.vengeance(s) O.Yahweh O.God of.vengeance(s) shine.forth

*JPS 1917:* O LORD, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.

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