Proverbs 11:22:6Prov.11.22.W6TAB

יָ֝פָ֗ה

yafa

“beautiful”

Transliteration: ya-FA
Extended: yaa-FAA
IPA: /jaːˈfaː/

Meaning by language

English: beautiful

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Result

יָ֝ + פָ֗ה

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ya + fa

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yafa

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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Word in context

word
ya-FA
phraseyour reading level
i-SHA ya-FA
clause
i-SHA ya-FA ve-sa-RAT TA-am
sentence
NE-zem za-HAV be-AF kha-ZIR i-SHA ya-FA ve-sa-RAT TA-am

Exegesis

The Hebrew clause is a verbless comparative built on two parallel construct chains: nezem zahav be’af khazir {נֶזֶם זָהָב בְּאַף חֲזִיר | neẓem zahāv bə-ʾap̄ ḥăẓîr} ‘ring of gold in a pig’s snout’ and ishah yafah ve-sarat ta’am {אִשָּׁה יָפָה וְסָרַת טָעַם | ’iššāh yāp̄āh wə-sā-raṯ ṭā‛am} ‘a beautiful woman, turned aside from discretion.’

In context — Proverbs 11:22

Like a ring of gold in a pig’s snout, so is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion .

About this coordinate

Proverbs 11:22:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 11:22, so the Hebrew word יָ֝פָ֗ה (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 Prov.11.22.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.11.22.W6.S1) and character.

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