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יָפָה

yafa · be beautiful

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3302 · appears 7 times in the Bible

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What it means

yafa (יָפָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “be beautiful”.

To be beautiful, lovely; originally "to be bright". Also "to make beautiful, to adorn".

How to say it

ya·fa

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. To have a lovely look; also to adorn oneself to look lovely.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • You are more beautiful ×1
  • beautiful is ×1
  • beautiful you are ×1
  • it was beautiful ×1
  • they adorn it ×1
  • you became beautiful ×1
  • you make yourself beautiful ×1

Related words

Words that come from it

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Psalms 45:2

    You are more beautiful than human beings; grace has been poured on your lips; therefore Elohim has blessed you forever.

  • Song of Songs 4:10

    How beautiful is your love, my sister, bride! How much better is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your perfumes than all balsams!

  • Song of Songs 7:6

    How beautiful you are, and how pleasant, love, among delights!

  • Jeremiah 4:30

    And you, devastated one, what will you do? Though you dress in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold, though you enlarge your eyes with antimony, in vain you make yourself beautiful. The lovers despise you; they seek your soul.

  • Jeremiah 10:4

    With silver and with gold they adorn it; with nails and with hammers they fasten them, and it will not totter.

  • Ezekiel 16:13

    And you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was fine linen and silk and embroidered cloth; fine flour and honey and oil you ate; and you became beautiful exceedingly, and you prospered to royalty.

  • Ezekiel 31:7

    And it was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches, for its root was by many waters.