יָפַע
yâphaʻ · yaw-fah'
to shine
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to shine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be light, shew self, (cause to) shine (forth).
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
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to speak, the word › to see and know
The hand that works that works to speak, the word that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָפַע 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.
- unto them; he shined forth1 · 13%
- shine1 · 13%
- and shine1 · 13%
- and where the light1 · 13%
- to shine1 · 13%
- hath shined1 · 13%
- shine forth1 · 13%
- belongeth, shew1 · 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.