Genesis 17:2:5Gen.17.2.W5TAB
וְאַרְבֶּ֥ה
vearbe
“I will multiply”
- Transliteration
- ve-ar-BE
- Extended
- veh-ahr-BEH
- IPA
- /wə.ʔar.ˈbɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will multiply
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ar-BE
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ar-BE ot-KHA
- clause
ve-ar-BE ot-KHA bim-OD me-OD
- sentence
ve-et-te-NA ve-ri-TI bei-NI u-vei-NE-kha ve-ar-BE ot-KHA bim-OD me-OD
Exegesis
The verse consists of a single clause with two coordinated first person verbs: ve’etnah {וְאֶתְּנָה | wə-ʾet-ten-āh} ‘and I will give/establish’ signifying a decisive divine promise, and ve’arbeh {וְאַרְבֶּה | wə-ʾar-beh} ‘and I will multiply’ highlighting divine causation through the Hifil stem.
Root and etymology
r-b-hresh–bet–heh
“to multiply, increase”
In context — Genesis 17:2
I will set My covenant between Me and you, and I will increase you greatly.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 17:2, so the Hebrew word וְאַרְבֶּ֥ה (vearbe) 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.17.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.2.W5.S1) and character.