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Japheth
Ja·pheth [ jáyfith ]


noun 
Definition:
 
biblical patriarch: in the Bible, the third son of Noah and brother of Shem and Ham. He was traditionally regarded as the ancestor of a number of non-Semitic peoples of the Mediterranean (Genesis 10:1-5).
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