Genesis 47:27:10Gen.47.27.W10PAT

וַיִּרְבּ֖וּ

vayirbu

they multiplied

Transliteration
va-yir-BU
Extended
vah-yir-BOO
IPA
/vaj.jir.ˈbuː/

Meaning by language

English
they multiplied
French
ils se multiplièrent
Spanish
se multiplicaron
Portuguese
multiplicaram-se
German
sie vermehrten sich
Russian
они умножились
Arabic-Simplified
وكثروا
Hindi
बढ़े
Chinese-Simplified
增多
Korean
불어났다
Indonesian
bertambah banyak
Bengali
বংশবৃদ্ধি করল
Tagalog
at dumami
Swahili
wakaongezeka
Amharic
በዙ
Yoruba
wọ́n pọ̀ sí i
Igbo
ha bara ụba
Twi
wɔdɔɔso
Ewe
wo geɖe ɖe edzi

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Result
וַ + יִּרְ + בּ֖וּ
va + yir + bu
vayirbu

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
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yir-BU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yif-RU va-yir-BU

  3. clause

    va-ye-a-kha-ZU BAH va-yif-RU va-yir-BU me-OD

  4. sentence

    va-YE-shev yis-ra-EL be-E-rets mits-RA-yim be-E-rets GO-shen va-ye-a-kha-ZU BAH va-yif-RU va-yir-BU me-OD

In contextGenesis 47:27

{And} settled Israel in the land of Egypt in the land of Goshen {And} they gained holdings in it they were fruitful they multiplied greatly

About this coordinate

Genesis 47:27:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 47:27, so the Hebrew word וַיִּרְבּ֖וּ (vayirbu) 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.47.27.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.27.W10.S1) and character.