Genesis 47:27:9Gen.47.27.W9PAT
וַיִּפְר֥וּ
vayifru
“they were fruitful”
- Transliteration
- va-yif-RU
- Extended
- vah-yif-ROO
- IPA
- /vaj.jif.ˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they were fruitful
- French
- ils furent féconds
- Spanish
- fueron fecundos
- Portuguese
- frutificaram
- German
- sie wurden fruchtbar
- Russian
- они стали плодовиты
- Arabic-Simplified
- وأثمروا
- Hindi
- फलवन्त हुए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 繁衍
- Korean
- 번성하였다
- Indonesian
- beranak
- Bengali
- ফলবান হল
- Tagalog
- at naging mabunga
- Swahili
- wakazaa
- Amharic
- ፍሬ አፈሩ
- Yoruba
- wọ́n bímọ
- Igbo
- ha mụrụ ụmụ
- Twi
- wɔwoo mma
- Ewe
- wo fu vi
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 | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yif-RU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yif-RU va-yir-BU
- clause
va-ye-a-kha-ZU BAH va-yif-RU va-yir-BU me-OD
- 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 context — Genesis 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 47:27:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 47:27, so the Hebrew word וַיִּפְר֥וּ (vayifru) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.27.W9.S1) and character.