Genesis 7:24:1Gen.7.24.W1PAT
וַיִּגְבְּר֥וּ
vayigberu
“{And} grew stronger”
- Transliteration
- va-yig-be-RU
- Extended
- vah-yihg-beh-ROO
- IPA
- /waj.jiɣ.bə.ˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} grew stronger
- French
- {Et} devinrent plus fortes
- Spanish
- {Y} se hicieron más fuertes
- Portuguese
- {E} tornaram-se mais fortes
- German
- {Und} wurden stärker
- Russian
- {И} стали сильнее
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَغَلَبَتْ
- Hindi
- {और} प्रबल हुए
- Chinese-Simplified
- {并} 变强
- Korean
- {그리고} 강해졌다
- Indonesian
- {Dan} menjadi kuat
- Bengali
- {এবং} প্রবল হল
- Tagalog
- at lumakas
- Swahili
- {Na} yalizidi nguvu
- Amharic
- {እና} በረቱ
- Yoruba
- {Sì} di alágbára
- Igbo
- {Ma} siri ike
- Twi
- {Na} yɛɛ den
- Ewe
- {Eye} ɖe ŋusẽ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יִּגְ + בְּ + ר֥וּ
↓
va + yig + be + ru
↓
vayigberu
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 | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yig-be-RU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yig-be-RU ha-MA-yim
- clause
va-yig-be-RU ha-MA-yim al-ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-yig-be-RU ha-MA-yim al-ha-A-rets kha-mi-SHIM u-me-AT YOM
In context — Genesis 7:24
the waters {And} grew stronger over the earth and a hundred fifty days
About this coordinate
Genesis 7:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 7:24, so the Hebrew word וַיִּגְבְּר֥וּ (vayigberu) 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.7.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.7.24.W1.S1) and character.