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# פָּאַר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6286

**beautify** — used 13 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

beautify [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6286/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

פָּאַר: vb. beautify, glorify [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6286/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. beautify, glorify;—Pf. 3 ms. sf. פֵּאֲרָ֥ךְ (obj. Isr.) Is 55:5; 60:9; c. acc. of temple; Impf. 1 s. אֲפָאֵר 60:7; so יְפָאֵר עֲנָוִים בִּישׁוּעָה ψ 149:4; Inf. cstr. פָּאֵר Is 60:13 Ezr 7:27. glorify oneself, c. עַל pers.: = boast, Impf. 3 ms. יִתְפָּאֵר Ju 7:2 Is 10:15; as polite address to king, Imv. ms. הִתְפָּאֵר Ex 8:5 (J), assume the honour over me (to decide) when, etc. get glory to oneself, be glorified, by means of (ב), of י׳, בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל יִתְפָּאָ֑ר Is 44:23, so 1 s. אֶתְפָּאָ֑ר 49:3; of people \[by י׳\], Inf. cstr. הִתְפָּאֵר 60:21; 61:3.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 2 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, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: beautify (2); he (2); I will beautify (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 149:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.149.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.149.4/#tree)

כִּֽי־רוֹצֶ֣ה יְהוָ֣ה בְּעַמּ֑וֹ יְפָאֵ֥ר עֲ֝נָוִ֗ים בִּישׁוּעָֽה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) \[is\].taking.pleasure Yahweh in people his he.glorifies humble.\[people\] with salvation

*JPS 1917:* For the LORD taketh pleasure in His people; He adorneth the humble with salvation.

[Isaiah 49:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.49.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.49.3/#tree)

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר לִ֖י עַבְדִּי־אָ֑תָּה יִשְׂרָאֵ֕ל אֲשֶׁר־בְּךָ֖ אֶתְפָּאָֽר׃

*Word for word:* and he.said to me servant \[are\].my you Israel whom by you I.will.get.glory.for.myself

*JPS 1917:* And He said unto me: 'Thou art My servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6286.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6286/): 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).