Genesis 38:12:1Gen.38.12.W1PAT
וַיִּרְבּוּ֙
vayirebu
“and they became many”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-re-BU
- Extended
- vah-yih-reh-BOO
- IPA
- /vaj.ji.rəˈbuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they became many
- French
- et ils devinrent nombreux
- Spanish
- y se hicieron muchos
- Portuguese
- e tornaram-se muitos
- German
- und sie wurden zahlreich
- Russian
- и умножились
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَكَثُرُوا
- Hindi
- और बहुत हो गए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 并且增多了
- Korean
- 그리고 많아졌다
- Indonesian
- dan menjadi banyak
- Bengali
- এবং অনেক হলো
- Tagalog
- at naging marami
- Swahili
- na wakawa wengi
- Amharic
- እና በዙ
- Yoruba
- ati di púpọ̀
- Igbo
- ma bụrụ ọtụtụ
- Twi
- na wɔdɔɔso
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yi-re-BU
- clause
va-yi-re-BU ha-ya-MIM va-TA-mot bat-SHU-a e-shet-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-yi-re-BU ha-ya-MIM va-TA-mot bat-SHU-a e-shet-ye-hu-DA va-yi-na-KHEM ye-hu-DA va-YA-al al-go-za-ZEI tso-NO HU ve-khi-RA re-E-hu ha-a-du-la-MI ti-me-na-TA
In context — Genesis 38:12
and they became many the days and she died daughter of Shua wife of Judah and he was comforted Judah and he went up to the shearers of his flock he and Hirah his friend the Adullamite to Timnah
About this coordinate
Genesis 38:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 38:12, so the Hebrew word וַיִּרְבּוּ֙ (vayirebu) 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.38.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.12.W1.S1) and character.