Exodus 1:7:4Exod.1.7.W4PAT

וַֽיִּשְׁרְצ֛וּ

vayishretsu

and swarmed

Transliteration
va-yish-re-TSU
Extended
vah-yihsh-reh-TSOO
IPA
/vaj.jiʃ.rəˈtsuː/

Meaning by language

English
and swarmed
French
et pullulèrent
Spanish
y pulularon
Portuguese
e enxamearam
German
und wimmelten
Russian
и кишели
Arabic-Simplified
وَكَثُرُوا
Hindi
और बहुतायत से फैल गए
Chinese-Simplified
并且滋生
Korean
그리고 번성하였다
Indonesian
dan berkeriapan
Bengali
এবং ঝাঁকে ঝাঁকে বাড়ল
Tagalog
at nagsiksikan
Swahili
wakaenea
Amharic
እና በዙ
Yoruba
ati pọ ka
Igbo
ma juru ebe niile
Twi
na wɔtrɛw baa
Ewe
eye woʋu geɖe

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Result
וַֽ + יִּשְׁ + רְ + צ֛וּ
va + yish + re + tsu
vayishretsu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tsadets as in cats
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yish-re-TSU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    pa-RU va-yish-re-TSU

  3. clause

    u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL pa-RU va-yish-re-TSU va-yir-BU va-ya-ats-MU bi-me-OD me-OD

  4. sentence

    u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL pa-RU va-yish-re-TSU va-yir-BU va-ya-ats-MU bi-me-OD me-OD va-tim-ma-LE ha-A-rets o-TAM

In contextExodus 1:7

and the sons of Israel were fruitful and swarmed and multiplied and grew strong greatly very and was filled the land with them

About this coordinate

Exodus 1:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 1:7, so the Hebrew word וַֽיִּשְׁרְצ֛וּ (vayishretsu) 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 Exod.1.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.1.7.W4.S1) and character.