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

Result
וַ + יִּפְ + ר֥וּ
va + yif + ru
vayifru

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
Pep with dagesh; f without
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yif-RU

  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 47:27:9 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.