Lexical Definition

‎שָׁפַר‎ shâphar (shaw-far') to polish ^H:V
a primitive root

[idiom] goodly.

• to glisten, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) fair

1) to be pleasing, be beautiful, be fair, be comely, be bright, glisten
1a) (Qal) to be beautiful

See Greek: κρεῖσσον · κρείττων

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: she.phar (‎ש‎ְׁ‎פ‎ַ‎ר‎ "to acceptable" שְׁפַר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎שָׁפַר‎] verb be beautiful, fair, comely (Arabic remove veil (of women), shine; Aramaic ‎שְׁפַר‎ be pleasing (see Dan 6:2*), be beautiful, bright, pleasing, beautiful); —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎שָֽׁפְרָה עָלָ֑י‎ (Aramaic) Ps 16:6 (the) heritage is beautiful for (pleasing to) me (see ‎עַל‎ II. 8).

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