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yāfīʿa יָפִיעַ ‘Japhia’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from yāfaʿ יָפַע ‘to shine’
Roots: יפע

yāfīʿa pr n loc + pr n m pers
Japhia = "shining"
n pr loc
1) a town on the border of Zebulun and Issachar
 1a) perhaps modern 'Yafa'
n pr m
2) the king of Lachish at the time of the conquest of Canaan by Joshua
3) a son of David by a concubine

Mentioned in Joshua 10:3, 19:12 2 Samuel 5:15 1 Chronicles 3:7, 14:6

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