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

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Result
וַ + יִּרְ + בּ֣וּ
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-yir-BU ham-MA-yim

  3. clause

    va-yir-BU ham-MA-yim va-yis-OO et-ha-te-VA va-TA-ram me-AL ha-A-rets

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.