Genesis 48:16:14Gen.48.16.W14PAT
וְיִדְגּ֥וּ
veyidgu
“may they multiply”
- Transliteration
- ve-yid-GU
- Extended
- veh-yid-GOO
- IPA
- /və.jid.ˈguː/
Meaning by language
- English
- may they multiply
- French
- qu'ils se multiplient
- Spanish
- que se multipliquen
- Portuguese
- que se multipliquem
- German
- mögen sie sich vermehren
- Russian
- пусть они умножатся
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِيَكْثُرُوا
- Hindi
- वे बहुत बढ़ें
- Chinese-Simplified
- 愿他们增多
- Korean
- 그들이 번성하기를
- Indonesian
- kiranya mereka bertambah banyak
- Bengali
- তারা যেন বৃদ্ধি পায়
- Tagalog
- dumami sila
- Swahili
- waongezeke
- Amharic
- ይብዙ
- Yoruba
- kí wọ́n pò si
- Igbo
- ka ha baa ụba
- Twi
- wɔn nnɔɔso
- Ewe
- ne woaɖi geɖe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-yid-GU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-yid-GU la-ROV
- clause
ve-yid-GU la-ROV be-KE-rev ha-A-rets
- sentence
ha-mal-AKH ha-go-EL o-TI mi-kol-RA ye-va-REKH et-ha-ne-a-RIM ve-yik-ka-RE va-HEM she-MI ve-SHEM a-vo-TAI av-ra-HAM ve-yits-KHAK ve-yid-GU la-ROV be-KE-rev ha-A-rets
In context — Genesis 48:16
the angel the one redeeming me from all evil bless the boys be called in them my name and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac may they multiply to a multitude in the midst of the earth
About this coordinate
Genesis 48:16:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 48:16, so the Hebrew word וְיִדְגּ֥וּ (veyidgu) 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.48.16.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.16.W14.S1) and character.