Genesis 7:17:6Gen.7.17.W6PAT
וַיִּרְבּ֣וּ
vayirbu
“increased”
- Transliteration
- va-yir-BU
- Extended
- vah-yihr-BOO
- IPA
- /waj.jirˈbuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- increased
- French
- augmentèrent
- Spanish
- aumentaron
- Portuguese
- aumentaram
- German
- nahmen zu
- Russian
- увеличились
- Arabic-Simplified
- ازدادت
- Hindi
- बढ़ा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 增加了
- Korean
- 불어났다
- Indonesian
- bertambah
- Bengali
- বাড়ল
- Tagalog
- dumami
- Swahili
- yaliongezeka
- Amharic
- በዛ
- Yoruba
- pọ̀ sí
- Igbo
- ba ụba
- Twi
- dɔɔso
- Ewe
- ɖe edzi
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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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-yir-BU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yir-BU ham-MA-yim
- clause
va-yir-BU ham-MA-yim va-yis-OO et-ha-te-VA va-TA-ram me-AL ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-ye-HI ha-mma-BUL ar-ba-EEM YOM al-ha-A-rets va-yir-BU ham-MA-yim va-yis-OO et-ha-te-VA va-TA-ram me-AL ha-A-rets
In context — Genesis 7:17
the flood lasted forty days upon the earth the waters increased lifted up the ark rose above the earth
About this coordinate
Genesis 7:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 7:17, so the Hebrew word וַיִּרְבּ֣וּ (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.7.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.7.17.W6.S1) and character.