yefet יֶ֫פֶת ‘Japheth’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
from pātā פָּתָה ‘to open wide / to entice’
Roots:
פתה
yefet pr n m pers
Japheth = "opened"
1) the 3rd son of Noah whose descendants after the flood settled on the coastal lands of the Mediterranean spreading north into Europe and parts of Asia