Genesis 7:18:3Gen.7.18.W3PAT
וַיִּרְבּ֥וּ
vayirbu
“multiplied”
- Transliteration
- va-yir-BU
- Extended
- vah-yir-BOO
- IPA
- /waj.jirˈbuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- multiplied
- French
- se multiplièrent
- Spanish
- se multiplicaron
- Portuguese
- se multiplicaram
- German
- vermehrten sich
- Russian
- умножились
- Arabic-Simplified
- كَثُرَتْ
- Hindi
- बढ़े
- Chinese-Simplified
- 增多了
- Korean
- 많아졌다
- Indonesian
- bertambah
- Bengali
- বাড়ল
- Tagalog
- dumami
- Swahili
- yaliongezeka
- Amharic
- በዙ
- Yoruba
- pọ̀ sí i
- Igbo
- baawanye
- Twi
- dɔɔso
- Ewe
- ɖe gbɔ
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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-yir-BU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yir-BU me-OD
- clause
va-yig-be-RU ha-MA-yim va-yir-BU me-OD al-ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-yig-be-RU ha-MA-yim va-yir-BU me-OD al-ha-A-rets va-TE-lekh ha-te-VA al-pe-NEI ha-MA-yim
In context — Genesis 7:18
the waters became mighty multiplied greatly upon the earth the ark floated on the surface of the waters
About this coordinate
Genesis 7:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 7:18, so the Hebrew word וַיִּרְבּ֥וּ (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.7.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.7.18.W3.S1) and character.