2 Samuel 13:1:62 Sam.13.1.W6TAB
יָפָ֖ה
yafa
“beautiful”
- Transliteration
- ya-FA
- Extended
- yaa-FAH
- IPA
- /jaːˈfaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- beautiful
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-FA
- phraseyour reading level
a-KHOT ya-FA
- clause
va-ye-HI a-kha-RE-KHEN u-le-av-sha-LOM ben-da-VID a-KHOT ya-FA u-she-MA ta-MAR
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-kha-RE-KHEN u-le-av-sha-LOM ben-da-VID a-KHOT ya-FA u-she-MA ta-MAR va-ye-e-HA-ve-HA am-ne-NON ben-da-VID
Exegesis
The noun-adjective collocation ʾāḥôt yāp̄â {אָחוֹת יָפָה | ʾāḥôt yāp̄â} ‘sister beautiful’ positions the adjective after the noun for emphasis.
Root and etymology
y-p-hyod–pe–he
“to be beautiful, to please”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:1
And it came to pass after this that Absalom , the son of David, had a beautiful sister whose name was Tamar, and Amnon, the son of David, loved her.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 13:1, so the Hebrew word יָפָ֖ה (yafa) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Sam.13.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.1.W6.S1) and character.