Genesis 20:17:4Gen.20.17.W4PAT

וַיִּרְפָּ֨א

vayirpa

healed

Transliteration
va-yir-PA
Extended
vah-yir-PAA
IPA
/waj.jir.ˈpaː/

Meaning by language

English
healed
French
guérit
Spanish
sanó
Portuguese
curou
German
heilte
Russian
исцелил
Arabic-Simplified
شَفَى
Hindi
चंगा किया
Chinese-Simplified
医治了
Korean
치유하셨다
Indonesian
menyembuhkan
Bengali
সুস্থ করল
Tagalog
nagpagaling
Swahili
akaponya
Amharic
ፈወሰ
Yoruba
wo san
Igbo
gwọrọ
Twi
saa
Ewe
la

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּרְ + פָּ֨א
va + yir + pa
vayirpa

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
Pep with dagesh; f without
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yir-PA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yir-PA e-lo-HIM

  3. clause

    va-yir-PA e-lo-HIM et-a-vee-ME-lekh ve-et-ish-TO ve-am-ho-TAV va-ye-le-DU

  4. sentence

    va-yit-pa-LEL a-vra-HAM el-ha-e-lo-HIM va-yir-PA e-lo-HIM et-a-vee-ME-lekh ve-et-ish-TO ve-am-ho-TAV va-ye-le-DU

In contextGenesis 20:17

Abraham prayed to God God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants gave birth

About this coordinate

Genesis 20:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 20:17, so the Hebrew word וַיִּרְפָּ֨א (vayirpa) 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.20.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.17.W4.S1) and character.