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title: יָפִיעַ — Japhia · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָפִיעַ (lemma:יָפִיעַ), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Japhia. BDB 1906: n.pr.pers. loc. n.pr.m. n.pr.loc. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָפִיעַ

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«יָפִיעַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Japhia** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:יָפִיעַ · **BDB:** יָפִיעַ

### Glosses

Japhia (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Japhia [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b8_5e4_5b4_5d9_5e2_5b7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.pers. loc. n.pr.m. n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b8_5e4_5b4_5d9_5e2_5b7/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.pers. et loc. n.pr.m. (cf. Sab. יפעאל Hal 150)— a king of Lachish Jos 10:3, 𝔊 Ιεφθα, A 𝔊L Ιαφ(α)ιε. a son of David 2 S 5:15 (𝔊 Ιεφιες, 𝔊L Ναφεθ) = 1 Ch 3:7 (𝔊 Ιανουε, A Ιαφιε, 𝔊L Αχικαμ) = 14:6 (𝔊 Ιανουου, A Ιαφιε, 𝔊L Ιαβεγ). n.pr.loc. on border of Zebulun Jos 19:12, perhaps = mod. Yâfa, 1/2 hour from Nazareth, RobBR ii. 343 f, but 𝔊 φαγγαι, A Ιαφαγαι; 𝔊L Ιαφφιε.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָפִיעַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b8_5e4_5b4_5d9_5e2_5b7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 19:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.19.12/)

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וְשָׁ֣ב מִשָּׂרִ֗יד קֵ֚דְמָה מִזְרַ֣ח הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ עַל־גְּב֥וּל כִּסְלֹ֖ת תָּבֹ֑ר כִּסְלֹ֖ת תָּבֹ֑ר וְיָצָ֥א אֶל־הַדָּֽבְרַ֖ת וְעָלָ֥ה יָפִֽיעַ׃

*Word for word:* and it.turns.back from Sarid eastward the.rising of the.sun to the.border of Kisloth.Tabor and it.goes.out to (the) Daberath and it.goes.up Japhia

*JPS 1917:* And it turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor; and it went out to Dobrath, and went up to Japhia.

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