Genesis 16:10:5Gen.16.10.W5TAB
הַרְבָּ֥ה
harba
“surely”
- Transliteration
- har-BA
- Extended
- hahr-BAA
- IPA
- /har.ˈbaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- surely
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
har-BA
- phraseyour reading level
har-BA ar-BE
- clause
va-YO-mer LAH mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH har-BA ar-BE et-zar-EKH
- sentence
va-YO-mer LAH mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH har-BA ar-BE et-zar-EKH ve-LO yis-sa-FER me-ROV
Exegesis
The intensification harbah arbeh {הַרְבָּה אַרְבֶּה | har-bāh ʾar-beh}, combining an infinitive absolute with a cognate imperfect, conveys assured, large-scale multiplication.
Root and etymology
r-b-b
“to be many, be great in number”
In context — Genesis 16:10
And the messenger of the LORD said to her, “I will greatly multiply your seed , so that it will not be counted because of abundance.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:10:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 16:10, so the Hebrew word הַרְבָּ֥ה (harba) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.16.10.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.10.W5.S1) and character.