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# יָפֶה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3303

**fair** — used 42 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

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

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

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

**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.

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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: beautiful (16); \[are\] beautiful (6); handsome (4).

## In the verses

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

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.

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

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.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3303.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3303/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).