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יָפַע

yâphaʻ · H3313 · Hebrew · 8 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. to shine, to shine forth

    Process by which a light bearing object gives out or reflects a bright light

    Examples

    Job 3:4 “May that day be darkness; May God above not care for it, Nor light shine on it.

    Job 10:22 The land of utter gloom like darkness itself, Of deep shadow without order, And it shines like darkness.”

  2. to make shine

    Process by which some light source or luminous object is caused to send light

    Examples

    Job 37:15 “Do you know how God establishes them, And makes the lightning of His clouds to shine?

  3. to smile

    Literally: to shine (on); hence: action by which deities look on something with approval, as if their eyes shine upon it

    Examples

    Job 10:3 ‘Is it right for You indeed to oppress, To reject the work of Your hands, And to look favorably on the plan of the wicked?

  4. to shine forth

    Literally: to shine (forth); hence: process by which a deity appears accompanied by a bright shining light

    Examples

    Deuteronomy 33:2 He said, “The LORD came from Sinai, And dawned on them from Seir; He shone from Mount Paran, And He came from the midst of myriads of holy ones; At His right hand there was flashing lightning for them.

    Psalm 50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone.

    Psalm 80:1 Listen, Shepherd of Israel, Who leads Joseph like a flock; You who are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!

How it’s used In 5 roles

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

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

8 occurrences in 4 groups

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

5 occurrences in 5 groups

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

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.

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.

Near synonyms 2 words
אוֹר ʼôwr · H215 · to be light, to become light, to shine
Both are Hebrew verbs of light, meaning "to shine" or "to give light," and both describe the emission of light.
זָהַר zâhar · H2094 · to shine, to be bright, to be brilliant
זָהַר (zâhar, H2094) has a dual semantic profile ("admonish/warn" and "shine"), while יָפַע (yâphaʻ, H3313) is more purely focused on "shine forth" or "be light"; where they overlap in the sense of shining, they function as near-synonyms.
Semantic domains 3 entries
Shine002001001053
יָפַע means to shine forth, as the LORD 'shone from Mount Paran' when He came to give the law (Deuteronomy 33:2).
Willing002001002028
יָפַע can carry a sense of willingly showing oneself or manifesting favor, tied to the shining forth of divine or personal favor.
Space002002001017
יָפַע ties its shining to a location of origin, describing light emanating outward from a specific place such as Sinai or Seir.
Word family 2 words

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

יָפַעyâphaʻ · H3313יִפְעָה yiphʻâh · H3314 · splendor · 2×
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3313. yapha [יָפַע] verb only Hiph`il shine out or forth, send out beams, cause to shine…
H3313. yapha
[יָפַע] verb only
Hiph`il shine out or forth, send out beams, cause to shine (Late Hebrew id., in figure Senses; יְפַע ᵑ7; Assyrian Shaph`el šûpu, shine, cause to shine, glorify, LotzTP Col. Vii. 93 ZimBP 97, 105 SASAssurbanipal ii. 18; compare Arabic adificium elatum; kindered seem to be ascendit montem, adults fuit; Sabean יפע raise, heighten OsZMG 1865, 210 f., יפע name of a temple DHMZMG 1883, 350) —
Hiph`il Perfect הוֺפִיעַ Deu 33:2; Psa 50:2; וְהוֺפִיעַ consecutive Job 37:15; Job 37:2masculine singular הוֺפָ֑עְתָּ Job 10:3; Imperfect3feminine singular תּוֺפַע Job 3:4; וַתּ֫וֺפַע Job 10:22; Imperative הוֺפִיעַ Psa 94:1; הוֺפִ֫יעָה Psa 80:2; —
1 shine out, forth, display beans: of ׳י Deu 33:2; Psa 50:2; Psa 80:2; Psa 94:1; Job 10:3 (followed by עַל); subject נְהָרָה light Job 3:4; Job 10:22 אֹפֶל כְּמוֺ וַתֹּפַע (of She' ôl).
2 cause to shine עֲנָנוֺ אוֺר וְהוֺפִיעַ Job 37:15, subject ׳י.

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

Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Shine3 occurrencesWilling1 occurrenceSpace4 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

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