יָפַע yâphaʻ — to shine
Translated in the KJV as be light, shew self, shine.
a primitive root; to shine.
yâphaʻ in each stem
Hiph'il
Perfect (qatal) 4Imperative 2Jussive 1Wayyiqtol 1
And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›