Japheth – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Japheth
n.
(Old Testament) third son of Noah, father of several non-Semitic peoples of the Mediterranean
Japheth
Japheth ( ,
Modern Hebrew: ; ; or ; ) is one of the
sons of Noah in the
Abrahamic tradition. In
Arabic citations, his name is normally given as
Yafeth bin Nuh ("Japheth, son of Noah").
Japheth
Noun
1. (Old Testament) son of Noah
(hypernym) man, adult male
(classification) Old Testament
Japhet
[Judaic] The third son of Noah. The peoples connected with Japhet occupy the northern part of the world, and include the Madai (Medes) and Javan (Ionians, i.e. Greeks).
Japheth
Japheth Yepheth (Hebrew) The second son of Noah, supposed to be the ancestor of the northern and western nations, and of the Indo-European stocks. Blavatsky equates Japheth with the titan Iapetus (SD 2:344).
