Yafe (יפה) means beautiful in Hebrew.
It can also mean fair and pretty. It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
beautiful, fair, pretty
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 3 meanings for Yafe.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1נושא חן; בעל חזות ערבה; נעים ונחמד למראה.
וּכְאַבְשָׁלוֹם, לֹא הָיָה אִישׁ יָפֶה בְּכָל יִשְׂרָאֵל לְהַלֵּל מְאֹד: מִכַּף רַגְלוֹ וְעַד קָדְקֳדוֹ, לֹא הָיָה בוֹ מוּם
- 2טוב.
- 3מתאים או רצוי בנסיבות מסוימות.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Yafe is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- יָפֶה
- Written without vowel points
- יפה
- Said
- yafe
- Root
- י־פ־ה
- Pattern
- קָטֵל
- Plural
- יָפִים
- Feminine form
- יָפָה
- Inflections
- נ' יָפָה, יְפַת־; ר' יָפִים, יְפֵי־; נ"ר יָפוֹת; יְפֵה־
- Gematria
- 95
This is how Yafe is said in other languages.
- English
- beautiful, fair, pretty
- Arabic
- جميل
- Russian
- красивый
- French
- beau, belle
- Spanish
- bello, lindo, bonito
- German
- schön
- Yiddish
- שיין
These words mean nearly the same as Yafe.
- נאה
- מצויןexceptional
- משובח
- הולם
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words mean the opposite of Yafe.
These words rhyme with Yafe.
The word Yafe is part of these phrases and sayings.
- גם יפה וגם אופה
- יפה מראה
- יפה נפש
- יפה שעה אחת קודם
- יפה תואר
- כוחו יפה
- סבר פנים יפות
- ספרות יפה
- עין יפה
- עלה יפה
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Yafe comes from the root י־פ־ה, like these words.
These words come before and after Yafe in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Yafe.
What does Yafe (יפה) mean in Hebrew?
Yafe (יפה) means beautiful, fair, and pretty. It is said yafe, with the stress on fe.
What is a synonym for Yafe (יפה)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Yafe (יפה) are נאה, מצוין, משובח, and הולם.
What is the opposite of Yafe (יפה)?
Words that mean the opposite of Yafe (יפה) are מכוער.
What rhymes with Yafe (יפה)?
Words that rhyme with Yafe (יפה) include מאפה, קפה, רופא, צופה, אופה, and ישפה.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry יפה of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.