יפת

From the root פ־ת־ה (p-t-h), compare פ־ת־ח (p-t-ḥ). An allusion to the etymology is shown in Genesis 9:27 (see quotation).

Another etymology posits an origin in the root יפה (y-p-h) meaning "beautiful, pretty, handsome".

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈje.fet/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈjɛː.fɛːθ/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈjɛ.fɛs/
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈjæ.fæθ/, [ˈjæː.fæːθ]
• (Persian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈje.fetʰ/

יֶפֶת • (Yéfet) m

1. Japheth, one of the three sons of Noah in Genesis, traditionally interpreted to be the progenitor of the Indo-European peoples.
   • Tanach, Genesis 9:27, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     יַ֤פְתְּ אֱלֹהִים֙ לְיֶ֔פֶת וְיִשְׁכֹּ֖ן בְּאׇֽהֳלֵי־שֵׁ֑ם וִיהִ֥י כְנַ֖עַן עֶ֥בֶד לָֽמוֹ׃

     yaft Elohím l'yéfet v'yishkón b'aholéi shem vi'hí ch'na'án éved la'mó

     May God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem; and let Canaan be a slave to them.”

• → Ancient Greek: Ἰάφεθ (Iápheth)
  • Greek: Ιάφεθ (Iáfeth)
  • → Old Armenian: Յաբէթ (Yabētʻ)
    • Armenian: Հաբեթ (Habetʻ)
  • → Old Church Slavonic: Іафеѳъ (Iafeθŭ)
    • → Old East Slavic: Афетъ (Afetŭ)
  • → Latin: Iapheth

• H3315 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible