Genesis 25:27:1Gen.25.27.W1PAT

וַֽיִּגְדְּלוּ֙

vayigdelu

grew up

Transliteration
va-yig-de-LU
Extended
vah-yig-deh-LOO
IPA
/waj.jiɣ.də.ˈluː/

Meaning by language

English
grew up
French
grandirent
Spanish
crecieron
Portuguese
cresceram
German
wuchsen heran
Russian
выросли
Arabic-Simplified
وَكَبِرُوا
Hindi
बड़े हुए
Chinese-Simplified
长大了
Korean
자라났다
Indonesian
bertumbuh dewasa
Bengali
বড় হল
Tagalog
at lumaki
Swahili
walikua
Amharic
አደጉ
Yoruba
dagba
Igbo
toro
Twi
nyinii
Ewe
dzi

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַֽ + יִּגְ + דְּ + לוּ֙
va + yig + de + lu
vayigdelu

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
Gimelg as in good
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Daletd as in door
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yig-de-LU

  2. clause

    va-yig-de-LU han-ne-a-RIM va-ye-HI e-SAV ISH yo-DE-a TSA-yid ISH sa-DE

  3. sentence

    va-yig-de-LU han-ne-a-RIM va-ye-HI e-SAV ISH yo-DE-a TSA-yid ISH sa-DE ve-ya-a-KOV ISH TAM yo-SHEV o-ha-LIM

In contextGenesis 25:27

the youths grew up Esau was a man skillful in hunting a man of the field and Jacob a man quiet dwelling in tents

About this coordinate

Genesis 25:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 25:27, so the Hebrew word וַֽיִּגְדְּלוּ֙ (vayigdelu) 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.25.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.25.27.W1.S1) and character.