Yafo (יפו) means Jaffa in Hebrew.
It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
יָפוֹ
yafo
noun · feminine
In English
Jaffa
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Yafo.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1עיר השוכנת לחופו המזרחי של הים התיכון, שכיום מסופחת לעיר תל אביב.
וּמֵי הַיַּרְקוֹן וְהָרַקּוֹן עִם הַגְּבוּל מוּל יָפוֹ.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Yafo is a feminine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- יָפוֹ
- Written without vowel points
- יפו
- Said
- yafo
- Root
- י־פ־ה
- Pattern
- קָטוֹל
- Gematria
- 96
This is how Yafo is said in other languages.
- English
- Jaffa
- Arabic
- يافا
- Russian
- Яффа
The word Yafo comes from the root י־פ־ה, like these words.
These words come before and after Yafo in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Yafo.
What does Yafo (יפו) mean in Hebrew?
Yafo (יפו) means Jaffa. It is said yafo, with the stress on fo.
Is Yafo (יפו) masculine or feminine?
The word Yafo (יפו) is a feminine noun.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry יפו of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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