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ˈdʒeɪ fɪθjapheth
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Princeton's WordNet
Japhethnoun
(Old Testament) son of Noah
Wiktionary
Japhethnoun
The third son of Noah, brother to Shem and Ham.
Japhethnoun
of biblical origin.
Etymology: A translation of יֶפֶת.
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Japheth
Japheth (Hebrew: יֶפֶת Yép̄eṯ, in pausa יָפֶת Yā́p̄eṯ; Greek: Ἰάφεθ Iápheth; Latin: Iafeth, Iapheth, Iaphethus, Iapetus), is one of the three sons of Noah in the Book of Genesis, in which he plays a role in the story of Noah's drunkenness and the curse of Ham, and subsequently in the Table of Nations as the ancestor of the peoples of the Aegean Sea, Anatolia, and elsewhere. In medieval and early modern European tradition he was considered to be the progenitor of the European peoples.
Wikidata
Japheth
Japheth is one of the sons of Noah in the Abrahamic tradition. In Arabic citations, his name is normally given as Yafeth bin Nuh.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Japheth
one of the three sons of Noah and the ancestor of the Gentiles, as distinct from the descendants of Shem, or the Semites, and of Ham, or the Hamites. See Iapetos.
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Japheth
Third officer of the Ark.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Japheth in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Japheth in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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