Genesis 25:23:15Gen.25.23.W15PAT
וְרַ֖ב
verav
“and the elder”
- Transliteration
- ve-RAV
- Extended
- veh-RAHV
- IPA
- /və.ˈrav/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the elder
- French
- et l'aîné
- Spanish
- y el mayor
- Portuguese
- e o mais velho
- German
- und der Ältere
- Russian
- и старший
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَالْأَكْبَرُ
- Hindi
- और बड़ा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 而年长的
- Korean
- 그리고 큰 자는
- Indonesian
- dan yang lebih tua
- Bengali
- আর বড়টি
- Tagalog
- at ang nakatatanda
- Swahili
- na mkubwa
- Amharic
- እና ታላቁ
- Yoruba
- ati àgbà
- Igbo
- na onye okenye
- Twi
- na panyin no
- Ewe
- kple amegã la
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-RAV
- clause
u-le-OM mi-le-OM ye-e-MATS ve-RAV ya-a-VOD tsa-IR
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH LAH she-NEI go-YIM go-YIM be-vit-NEKH u-she-NEI le-um-MIM mim-me-A-yikh yip-pa-RE-du u-le-OM mi-le-OM ye-e-MATS ve-RAV ya-a-VOD tsa-IR
In context — Genesis 25:23
LORD said to her two nations nations in your womb and two peoples shall be separated from within you and a people shall be stronger than another people and the elder shall serve the younger
About this coordinate
Genesis 25:23:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Genesis 25:23, so the Hebrew word וְרַ֖ב (verav) 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.25.23.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.25.23.W15.S1) and character.