Strong's Definition
a primitive root; properly, to be bright, i.e. (by implication) beautiful
KJV Usage: be beautiful, be (make self) fair(-r), deck
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
יָפָה (ya.phah) — be beautiful. 1) to be bright, be beautiful, be handsome, be fair 1a) (Qal) to be beautiful 1b) (Piel) to beautify 1c) (Pual) to be beautiful 1d) (Hithpael) to beautify oneself
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · יָפֶה · יְפֵה־פִיָּה · יֳפִי
Good | verb qal, verb pi
to be beautiful, to attractive, to be handsome = process by which humans or plants develop into a state that is pleasing to the eye
Good | verb hit
to beautify oneself, to make oneself pretty = action by which humans make themselves pleasing to the eye
Good | verb pi
to beautify, to embellish, to adorn = causative action by which humans cause an object to be pleasing to the eye
Well | verb qal
to be delightful, to become delightful = process in which a condition of becomes exceedingly pleasant
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[יָפָה] vb. be fair, beautiful Qal be beautiful
Pi. beautify an idol
Hithp. beautify thyself
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