Lexicon yaphah: to be fair or beautiful Original Word: יָפָהPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: yaphah Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-faw') Short Definition: beautiful NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto be fair or beautiful NASB Translationbeautiful (5), decorate (1), fairer (1), make yourself beautiful (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ יָפָה] verb be fair, beautiful (Late Hebrew id. Pi`el and derivatives; Aramaic Aph`el  is suffice, finish, fail; compare Aramaic  (PS 3015) beautiful, fit, Nö § 172 c. Anm. G H[offmann] LCB 1882, 321. Arabic  fulfil, perform; Ethiopic  II. 2 give (entirely) over to, into power of, Di349) — Qal Perfect יָפִיתְ Cant 7:7; יָפוּ Songs 4:10; Songs 7:2 Imperfect2feminine singular וַתִּ֫יפִי (KöLgh. i. 581) Ezekiel 16:13; 3masculine singular with apocope וַיִּיף Ezekiel 31:7; — be beautiful, subject person Cant 4:10; Song 7:7; of feet Songs 7:2; of Jerusalem under figure of woman Ezekiel 16:13; Egypt under figure of tree Ezekiel 31:7. Pi`el Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יְיַמֵּ֑הוּ Jeremiah 10:4 beautify an idol. The ( Pe`al`al ?) Perfect form אָדָם יָפְיָפִיתָ מִבְּנֵי Psalm 45:3 is contrary to all analogues: read either יָפִיתָ or יְפֵיפִיתָ Ges § 55. 3 Sta§ 156 R Now (Köi. 583 f. defence is artificial): thou art more beautiful than, etc. Hithpa`el Imperfect2feminine singular תִּתְיַמִּי beautify thyself Jeremiah 4:30.
Strong's be beautiful, be fair, deck A primitive root; properly, to be bright, i.e. (by implication) beautiful -- be beautiful, be (make self) fair(-r), deck. |
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