Lexical Summary yaphah: to be fair or beautiful Original Word: יָפָהTransliteration: yaphah Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-faw') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to be fair or beautiful Meaning: to be bright, beautiful Strong's Concordance 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. Brown-Driver-Briggs H3302. yaphah [יָפָה] verb be fair, beautiful (Late Hebrew id. Pi`el and derivatives; Aramaic Aph`el is suffice, finish, fail; compare Aramaic (PS3015) beautiful, fit, Nö§ 172 c. Anm. G H[offmann] LCB1882, 321. Arabic fulfil, perform; Ethiopic II. 2 give (entirely) over to, into power of, Di349) — Qal Perfect יָפִיתְ Cant 7:7; יָפוּ Song of Solomon 4:10; 7:2 Imperfect2feminine singular וַתִּ֫יפִי (KöLgh. i. 581) Ezekiel 16:13; 3masculine singular with apocope וַיִּיף 31:7; — be beautiful, subject person Cant 4:10; Song of Solomon 7:7; of feet 7:2; of Jerusalem under figure of woman Ezekiel 16:13; Egypt under figure of tree 31:7. Pi`el Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יְיַמֵּ֑הוּ Jeremiah 10:4 beautify an idol. The (Pe`al`al ?) Perfect form מִבְּנֵי יָפְיָפִיתָ אָדָם 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. |
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