Genesis 8:17:15Gen.8.17.W15PAT

וְרָב֖וּ

veravu

multiply

Transliteration
ve-ra-VU
Extended
veh-rah-VOO
IPA
/və.ra.ˈvuː/

Meaning by language

English
multiply
French
multiplient
Spanish
multipliquen
Portuguese
multipliquem
German
vermehren
Russian
умножаются
Arabic-Simplified
لِيَكْثُرُوا
Hindi
बढ़ें
Chinese-Simplified
增多
Korean
많아지게 하라
Indonesian
bertambah banyak
Bengali
বৃদ্ধি পাক
Tagalog
dumami
Swahili
zizidi
Amharic
ይብዙ
Yoruba
pọ̀ sí i
Igbo
baa ụba
Twi
dɔɔso
Ewe
woageɖe

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Result
וְ + רָ + ב֖וּ
ve + ra + vu
veravu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-ra-VU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-fa-RU ve-ra-VU

  3. clause

    ve-shar-TSU va-A-rets u-fa-RU ve-ra-VU al-ha-A-rets

  4. sentence

    kol-ha-khai-YAH a-sher-it-te-KHA mi-kol-ba-SAR ba-OF u-vab-be-he-MAH u-ve-khol-ha-RE-mes ha-ro-MES al-ha-A-rets ho-TSE ha-ye-TSE it-TAKH ve-shar-TSU va-A-rets u-fa-RU ve-ra-VU al-ha-A-rets

In contextGenesis 8:17

bring out bring out with you every living thing from all flesh that is with you among birds among the livestock among every creeping thing that creeps on the earth swarm on the earth be fruitful multiply on the earth

About this coordinate

Genesis 8:17:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Genesis 8:17, so the Hebrew word וְרָב֖וּ (veravu) 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.8.17.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.8.17.W15.S1) and character.