Genesis 17:20:8Gen.17.20.W8PAT
וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֥י
vehirebeiti
“and I will multiply”
- Transliteration
- ve-hi-re-BEI-ti
- Extended
- veh-hih-reh-BEE-tee
- IPA
- /və.hi.rəˈbeː.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will multiply
- French
- et je multiplierai
- Spanish
- y multiplicaré
- Russian
- и умножу
- Arabic-Simplified
- وأكثر
- Hindi
- और बढ़ाऊँगा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 并增多
- Swahili
- na nitazidisha
- Twi
- na mɛdɔɔso
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-hi-re-BEI-ti
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hi-re-BEI-ti o-TO
- clause
u-le-yish-ma-EL she-ma-TI-kha hi-NE be-ra-khe-TI o-TO ve-hi-fe-RE-ti o-TO ve-hi-re-BEI-ti o-TO bi-me-OD me-OD
- sentence
u-le-yish-ma-EL she-ma-TI-kha hi-NE be-ra-khe-TI o-TO ve-hi-fe-RE-ti o-TO ve-hi-re-BEI-ti o-TO bi-me-OD me-OD she-nei-a-SAR ne-si-IM yo-LID u-ne-TA-tiv le-GOY ga-DOL
In context — Genesis 17:20
and as for Ishmael I have heard you behold I have blessed him and I will make fruitful him and I will multiply him greatly very he will father twelve princes and I will make him into a nation great
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 17:20, so the Hebrew word וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֥י (vehirebeiti) 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.17.20.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.20.W8.S1) and character.