יָפָה
yâphâh · yaw-faw'
properly, to be bright, i.e. (by implication) beautiful
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to be bright, i.e. (by implication) beautiful
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be beautiful, be (make self) fair(-r), deck.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to speak, the word › to reveal, behold
The hand that works that works to speak, the word that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָפָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- how fair2 · 25%
- thou art fairer1 · 13%
- how beautiful1 · 13%
- shalt thou make thyself fair1 · 13%
- they deck1 · 13%
- beautiful1 · 13%
- thus was he fair1 · 13%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.