Hebrew verb · H3302
יָפָה
yaphahyaw-faw'
be beautiful
8 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: yâphâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3302is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3302
properly, to be bright, i.e. (by implication) beautiful
The King James renders it: be beautiful, be (make self) fair(-r), deck.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
yaphah is rendered "be beautiful". It stands 8 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Three of the uses stand in Song of Solomon, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Psalms 45:2You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips, since God has blessed you forever.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips, since God has blessed you forever.
Psalms 45:2יָפְיָפִ֡יתָ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's eight uses are in Song of Solomon.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- they are beautiful2
- and it was beautiful1
- and you were beautiful1
- he beautifies it1
- you are beautiful1
- you are handsome1
- you beautify yourself1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וַיְּיִ֣ף1
- וַתִּ֙יפִי֙1
- יְיַפֵּ֑הוּ1
- יָּפ֥וּ1
- יָּפ֧וּ1
- יָפְיָפִ֡יתָ1
- יָּפִית֙1
- תִּתְיַפִּ֑י1
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural2HVqp3cp
- Hc/Vqw2fs1Hc/Vqw2fs
- Hc/Vqw3ms1Hc/Vqw3ms
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HVpi3ms/Sp3ms
- verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular1HVpp2ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singular1HVqp2fs
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singular1HVti2fs
Psalms
one use
You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips, since God has blessed you forever.
- יָפְיָפִ֡יתָyafeyafitaverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you are handsome
Song of Solomon
three uses
How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! Your love is much better than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than all spices.
- יָּפ֥וּyafuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are beautiful
How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O daughter of the prince! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the handiwork of a master.
- יָּפ֧וּyafuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are beautiful
How fair and pleasant you are, O love, with your delights!
- יָּפִית֙yafitverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you are beautiful
Jeremiah
two uses
And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life.
- תִּתְיַפִּ֑יtityapiverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you beautify yourself
They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter.
- יְיַפֵּ֑הוּyeyapehuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he beautifies it
Ezekiel
two uses
So you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was made of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil. You became very beautiful and rose to be queen.
- וַתִּ֙יפִי֙vatifiHc/Vqw2fstagged: and you were beautiful
It was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its limbs, for its roots extended to abundant waters.
- וַיְּיִ֣ףvaiyeyifHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was beautiful
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.