Genesis 1:20:3Gen.1.20.W3PAT
יִשְׁרְצ֣וּ
yishretsu
“swarm with”
- Transliteration
- yish-re-TSU
- Extended
- yihsh-reh-TSOO
- IPA
- /jiʃ.rə.ˈtsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- swarm with
- French
- fourmillent
- Spanish
- pululen
- Portuguese
- pululem
- German
- wimmeln
- Russian
- кишат
- Arabic-Simplified
- لْتَعُجَّ
- Hindi
- उमड़ें
- Chinese-Simplified
- 繁衍
- Korean
- 우글거리라
- Indonesian
- berkeriapan
- Bengali
- উথলে উঠুক
- Tagalog
- maglipana
- Swahili
- yajae
- Amharic
- ይብዙ
- Yoruba
- kún
- Igbo
- jupụta
- Twi
- nhyɛ ma
- Ewe
- ɖe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
yish-re-TSU
- phraseyour reading level
yish-re-TSU ham-MA-yim
- clause
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM yish-re-TSU ham-MA-yim SHE-rets NE-fesh kha-YA
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM yish-re-TSU ham-MA-yim SHE-rets NE-fesh kha-YA ve-OF ye-o-FEF al-ha-A-rets al-pe-NE re-KEE-a hash-sha-MA-yim
In context — Genesis 1:20
God {And He} said the waters swarm with swarms of creatures living {And} birds fly over the earth across the surface of the expanse of the heavens
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 1:20, so the Hebrew word יִשְׁרְצ֣וּ (yishretsu) 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.1.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.20.W3.S1) and character.