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title: יִפְעָה — brightness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יִפְעָה (3314), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: brightness. BDB 1906: n.f. brightness, splendour. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יִפְעָה

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«יִפְעָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **brightness** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 3314 · **BDB:** יִפְעָה

### Glosses

splendor (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

brightness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3314/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. brightness, splendour [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3314/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. brightness, splendour, יִפְעָתֶ֑ךָ Ez 28:7, 17 of prince and king of Tyre.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יִפְעָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3314/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 28:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.28.7/)

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לָכֵ֗ן הִנְנִ֨י מֵבִ֤יא עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ זָרִ֔ים עָרִיצֵ֖י גּוֹיִ֑ם וְהֵרִ֤יקוּ חַרְבוֹתָם֙ עַל־יְפִ֣י חָכְמָתֶ֔ךָ וְחִלְּל֖וּ יִפְעָתֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* therefore here I \[am\].about.to.bring on you strangers ruthless.\[ones\] of.nations and they.will.draw swords their on the.beauty your.wisdom your and they.will.profane splendor your

*JPS 1917:* Therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.

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[Ezekiel 28:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.28.17/)

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גָּבַ֤הּ לִבְּךָ֙ בְּיָפְיֶ֔ךָ שִׁחַ֥תָּ חָכְמָתְךָ֖ עַל־יִפְעָתֶ֑ךָ עַל־אֶ֣רֶץ הִשְׁלַכְתִּ֗יךָ לִפְנֵ֧י מְלָכִ֛ים נְתַתִּ֖יךָ לְרַ֥אֲוָה בָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* it.was.haughty heart your in beauty your you.perverted wisdom your on splendor your on \[the\].ground I threw.you before kings I put.you to look on you

*JPS 1917:* Thy heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness; I have cast thee to the ground, I have laid thee before kings, that they may gaze upon thee.

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