What does יָפַע mean in the Bible?
יָפַע is a Hebrew word meaning "to shine".
Hebrew · H3313
יָפַע
To shine
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יָפַע H3313
What does יָפַע mean in the Bible?
יָפַע is a Hebrew word meaning "to shine".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H3313?
The BSB source-word alignment has 8 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include shine forth (2), and favor (1), flash (1), He shone forth (1), shine (1).
Where does יָפַע appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Deuteronomy 33:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Job (4), Psalms (3), Deuteronomy (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It shine forth 2× Psalms 80:1, Psalms 94:1
and favor 1× Job 10:3
flash 1× Job 37:15
He shone forth 1× Deuteronomy 33:2
shine 1× Job 3:4
shines forth 1× Psalms 50:2
where even the light 1× Job 10:22
Show sample aligned rows
Deuteronomy 33:2 הוֹפִ֙יעַ֙ to He shone forth Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Job 3:4 תּוֹפַ֖ע to shine Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - third person feminine singular Job 10:3 הוֹפָֽעְתָּ׃ to and favor Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular Job 10:22 וַתֹּ֥פַע to where even the light Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Job 37:15 וְ֝הוֹפִ֗יעַ to flash Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Psalms 50:2 הוֹפִֽיעַ׃ to shines forth Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Psalms 80:1 הוֹפִֽיעָה׃ to shine forth Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Psalms 94:1 הוֹפִֽיַע׃ to shine forth Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Deuteronomy 33:2
Aligned rows 8
Books represented 3
Deuteronomy 1 Job 4 Psalms 3
Source forms
הוֹפִ֙יעַ֙ 1x hō·w·p̄î·a‘ Deuteronomy 33:2
הוֹפִֽיעַ׃ 1x hō·w·p̄î·a‘ Psalms 50:2
הוֹפִֽיַע׃ 1x hō·w·p̄i·ya‘ Psalms 94:1
הוֹפִֽיעָה׃ 1x hō·w·p̄î·‘āh Psalms 80:1
הוֹפָֽעְתָּ׃ 1x hō·w·p̄ā·‘ə·tā Job 10:3
וְ֝הוֹפִ֗יעַ 1x wə·hō·w·p̄î·a‘ Job 37:15
וַתֹּ֥פַע 1x wat·tō·p̄a‘ Job 10:22
תּוֹפַ֖ע 1x tō·w·p̄a‘ Job 3:4
Parsing patterns
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular 2x Deuteronomy 33:2, Psalms 50:2
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular 1x Job 37:15
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular 1x Job 10:22
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular 1x Psalms 94:1
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular 1x Psalms 80:1
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - third person feminine singular 1x Job 3:4
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular 1x Job 10:3
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. to shine
Source Gloss
to shine
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
to shine BDB: shine out Usage: be light, shew self, (cause to) shine (forth).
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 1 Aligned forms 5
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 5×
Perfect Deut 33:2 · Ps 50:2 · Job 10:3 3×
Jussive Job 3:4 1×
Sequential imperfect Ps 94:1 1×
Word Origins
יָפַע is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain