Word

יָפֶה

yâpheh · H3303 · Hebrew · 42 occurrences

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Meanings

beautiful, handsome

State in which the outward appearance of humans, animals, or objects is pleasing to the eye

Examples
Genesis 12:11 It came about, when he was approaching Egypt, that he said to his wife Sarai, “See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman;
Genesis 12:14 Now it came about, when Abram entered Egypt, that the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
Genesis 29:17 And Leah’s eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in figure and appearance.
beautiful, proper

State in which an event is performed in a pleasing way

Examples
Ecclesiastes 5:18 Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat, to drink, and enjoy oneself in all one’s labor in which he labors under the sun during the few years of his life which God has given him; for this is his reward.
Ezekiel 33:32 “And behold, you are to them like a love song by one who has a beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument; for they hear your words but they do not practice them.

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

6 occurrences in 4 groups

מַרְאֶהappearance, sight, vision 2
יmy 2
נוֹףelevation 1
עַיִןeye, sight 1

Named alongside itApposition

4 occurrences in 3 groups

רַעְיָה(my) friend 2
מָשׂוֹשׂjoy 1
פָּרָהcow 1

What is done to itIt is the object

4 occurrences in 1 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 4

Second object ofSecond object

2 occurrences in 1 groups

עָשָׂהto do, to make 2

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

12 occurrences in 7 groups

הִנֵּהbehold 5
נַעֲרָהgirl, young woman, servant 2
הוּאhe, she, it 1
הַרmountain 1
אִשָּׁהwoman, wife 1
אַתָּהyou 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 1 groups

עִםwith 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

נָאוֶה nâʼveh · H5000 · beautiful, lovely, appropriate: Both words describe aesthetic or moral positivity — beautiful, comely, fair, versus comely, seemly, becoming — distinct words with overlapping senses of fittingness or attractiveness.

In the other Testament 1 word

καλός kalós · G2570 · good, fine, praiseworthy: Greek καλός renders Hebrew יָפֶה with broad overlap in both physical beauty and moral/aesthetic goodness, though καλός extends more consistently into abstract ethical register while יָפֶה remains more anchored to visible/sensory beauty.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Good002001001031: יָפֶה is the common adjective for beautiful or fair, describing what is pleasing in form or appearance.
Right002001003013: יָפֶה extends to what is fitting or proper, a beauty tied to rightness or suitability rather than mere physical appearance.

Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

יָפָה yâphâh · H3302 · to be beautiful, to attractive, to be handsome · 8×יָפֶהyâpheh · H3303מוֹפֵת môwphêth · H4159 · sign, souvenir, miracle · 36×יֳפִי yŏphîy · H3308 · beauty · 19×יְפֵה־פִיָּה yᵉphêh-phîyâh · H3304 · beautiful · 2×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3303. yapheh יָפֶה adjective fair, beautiful; — masculine absolute יָפֶה 2Sa 14:25 2Sa…

H3303. yapheh
יָפֶה adjective fair, beautiful; — masculine absolute יָפֶה 2Sa 14:25 2Sa 14:4t.; construct יְפֵה Gen 39:6 (twice in verse) + 6 t.; feminine יָפָה Gen 12:14 Gen 12:14t.; construct יְפַת; Gen 2:11+ 6 t.; suffix יָפָתִי Son 2:10, Son 2:13; plural יָפוֺת Job 42:15; Amo 8:13; construct יְפוֺת Gen 41:2; יְפֹת Gen 41:4; Gen 41:18; — fair, beautiful, as attribute of woman 2Sa 13:1; 1Ki 1:3; Amo 8:13; Pro 11:22; compare Job 42:15; Son 6:10 (׳י כלבנה); predicate Gen 12:14; 1Ki 1:4; Son 1:15 (twice in verse); Son 4:1 (twice in verse); Cant 4:17; 6:4; = substantive fair one Son 1:8; Son 2:10, Son 2:13; Son 5:9; Son 6:1; often construct מַרְאֶה יְפַתֿ Gen 12:11; Gen 29:17; 2Sa 14:27; יְפַתתֹּֿאַר Gen 29:17; 1Sa 25:3; Deu 21:11; Est 2:7: of kine יְפוֺתמַֿרְאֶה Gen 41:2, compare Gen 41:4; יְפוֺתתֹּֿאַר Gen 41:18; less often of boy, young man יָפֶה אִישׁ 2Sa 14:25; predicate Son 1:16; תֹאַר יְפֵה Gen 39:6; מַרְאֶה וִיפֵה Gen 39:6 (of Joseph); of Jerusalem נוֺף יְפֵה Psa 48:3; of a singer קוֺל יְפֵה Eze 33:32; of trees: olive פְרִיתֹֿאַר יְפֵה Jer 11:16; cedar (figurative of Egypt) עָנָף יְפֵה Eze 31:3, compare Eze 31:9; יָפֶה of everything in its time Ecc 3:11; of various Act 5:17. — In עִם עֵינַיִם יְפֵה 1Sa 16:12, מַרְאֶה יְפֵה עִם 1Sa 17:42, either יפה = substantive abstract with beauty of eyes, or עִם is textual error (Gr KrenkelZAW, 1882, 309 Bu עֶלֶם youth), see Dr.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Good37 occurrences Right2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0