Exodus 1:7:5Exod.1.7.W5PAT

וַיִּרְבּ֥וּ

vayirbu

and multiplied

Transliteration
va-yir-BU
Extended
vah-yihr-BOO
IPA
/vaj.jirˈbuː/

Meaning by language

English
and multiplied
French
et se multiplièrent
Spanish
y se multiplicaron
Portuguese
e se multiplicaram
German
und vermehrten sich
Russian
и размножились
Arabic-Simplified
وَتَكَاثَرُوا
Hindi
और बढ़े
Chinese-Simplified
并且增多
Korean
그리고 많아졌다
Indonesian
dan bertambah banyak
Bengali
এবং বহুগুণে বেড়ে গেল
Tagalog
at dumami
Swahili
wakaongezeka
Amharic
እና ተበዙ
Yoruba
ati pọ si
Igbo
ma baa ụba
Twi
na wɔdɔɔso
Ewe
eye woɖe geɖe

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּרְ + בּ֥וּ
va + yir + bu
vayirbu

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
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yir-BU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yir-BU va-ya-ats-MU

  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 1:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 1:7, so the Hebrew word וַיִּרְבּ֥וּ (vayirbu) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.1.7.W5.S1) and character.