Beautiful in form, beautiful in appearance/ good-looking/ handsome

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Beautiful in form, beautiful in appearance/ good-looking/ handsome

Very beautiful ("to'ar" means appearance or shape).

("And Leah's eyes were tender, and Rachel was beautiful in form and beautiful in appearance" - Genesis 29:17; and also: "the figure of a charming youth, beautiful in form, and a delightful maiden, perfect in all splendor" - Abraham Mapu, Ayit Tzavu'a, 17; and also: "Is there still to be found a handsome youth like this, so sharp and knowledgeable, beautiful in form and beautiful in appearance, with a heart as open as a hall" - S.Y. Agnon, Stories of the Baal Shem Tov, "The Vow"; and also: "the disappearance of dreams, heartbroken and lovely in form / the gymnasium students, the students sparkling with buttons" - Nathan Alterman, Stories of Shalom Aleichem)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

יְפֵה תֹּואַר, יְפֵה תֹואַר וִיפֵה מַרְאֶה

Definition (Hebrew)

יְפֵה מְאוֹד (תֹּואַר מַשְׁמָע מַרְאָה אוֹ צוּרָה).

("וְעֵינֵי לֵאָה רַכּוֹת וְרָחֵל הָיְתָה יְפַת תֹּאַר וִיפַת מַרְאֶה"- בְּרֵאשִׁית כְּטִי ז, וְכֵן:"תַּבְנִית עֶלֶם נֶחְמָד יְפֵה פְּרִי תֹּאַר, וְעַלְמָה נֶחְמָדָה כְּלִילַת כָּל פְּאֵר"- אַבְרָהָם מַאפּוּ/ עַיִט צָבוּעַ, 17, וְכֵן:"הַנִּמְצָא עוֹד בָּחוּר נֶחְמָד כָּזֶה בַּחֲרִיפוּת וּבִבְקִיאוּת יְפֵה תֹאַר וִיפֵה מַרְאֶה וְלִבּוֹ כְּפִתְחוֹ שֶׁל אוּלָם"- שַׁ"י עַגְנוֹן/ סִפּוּרֵי הַבֵּעשְׁ"ט, הַנֵּדֶר, וְכֵן:"הֵעָלְמוּת הַחֲלוֹמוֹת, קְרוּעוֹת הַלֵּב וְיָפוֹת הַתֹּאַר/ הַגִּימַנְזִיסְטִים, הַסְּטוּדֶנְטִים נוֹצְצֵי הַכַּפְתּוֹרִים"- נָתָן אַלְתֶּרְמָן/ סִפּוּרֵי שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם)

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