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הָיָה

ha.yahto beHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb3,561 occurrences39 books3,132 verses

Definition

a primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
Traditional renderings: beacon, × altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, follow, happen, × have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, × use.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders הָיָה:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

3,561 total
  1. Exodus 29:37וְהָיָ֤ה · will become
    For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will become most holy; whatever touches the altar will be holy.
  2. Exodus 29:45וְהָיִ֥יתִי · and be
    Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.
  3. Exodus 30:2יִהְיֶ֔ה · It is to be
    It is to be square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns must be of one piece.
  4. Exodus 30:4וְהָיָה֙ · to
    And make two gold rings below the molding on opposite sides to hold the poles used to carry it.
  5. Exodus 30:12יִהְיֶ֥ה · will come
    “When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each man must pay the LORD a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will come upon them when they are numbered.
  6. Exodus 30:16וְהָיָה֩ · It will serve as
    Take the atonement money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the Tent of Meeting. It will serve as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD to make atonement for your lives.”
  7. Exodus 30:21וְהָיְתָ֨ה · this shall be
    Thus they are to wash their hands and feet so that they will not die; this shall be a permanent statute for Aaron and his descendants for the generations to come.”
  8. Exodus 30:25יִהְיֶֽה׃ · it will be
    Prepare from these a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer; it will be a sacred anointing oil.
  9. Exodus 30:29וְהָי֖וּ · so that they will be
    You are to consecrate them so that they will be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.
  10. Exodus 30:31יִהְיֶ֥ה · will be
    And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘This will be My sacred anointing oil for the generations to come.
  11. Exodus 30:32יִהְיֶ֥ה · and it must be
    It must not be used to anoint an ordinary man, and you must not make anything like it with the same formula. It is holy, and it must be holy to you.
  12. Exodus 30:34יִהְיֶֽה׃
    The LORD also said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense—in equal measures,
  13. Exodus 30:36תִּהְיֶ֥ה · It shall be
    Grind some of it into fine powder and place it in front of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.
  14. Exodus 30:37תִּהְיֶ֥ה
    You are never to use this formula to make incense for yourselves; you shall regard it as holy to the LORD.
  15. Exodus 32:1הָ֥יָה · has happened
    Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”
  16. Exodus 32:19וַֽיְהִ֗י
    As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain.
  17. Exodus 32:23הָ֥יָה · has happened
    They told me, ‘Make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!’
  18. Exodus 32:30וַיְהִי֙
    The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”
  19. Exodus 33:7וְהָיָה֙ · and
    Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it at a distance outside the camp. He called it the Tent of Meeting, and anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp.
  20. Exodus 33:8וְהָיָ֗ה · Then
    Then, whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would stand at the entrances to their own tents and watch Moses until he entered the tent.
  21. Exodus 33:9וְהָיָ֗ה · As
    As Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and remain at the entrance, and the LORD would speak with Moses.
  22. Exodus 33:22וְהָיָה֙ · and when
    …and when My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.
  23. Exodus 34:1הָי֛וּ · were
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
  24. Exodus 34:2וֶהְיֵ֥ה · Be
    Be ready in the morning, and come up on Mount Sinai to present yourself before Me on the mountaintop.
  25. Exodus 34:12יִהְיֶ֥ה · they become
    Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.
  26. Exodus 34:28וַֽיְהִי־ · So Moses was
    So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
  27. Exodus 34:29וַיְהִ֗י · And
    And when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was unaware that his face had become radiant from speaking with the LORD.
  28. Exodus 35:2יִהְיֶ֨ה · shall be
    For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death.
  29. Exodus 36:7הָיְתָ֥ה · since what they already had
    …since what they already had was more than enough to perform all the work.
  30. Exodus 36:13וַֽיְהִ֥י · was
    He also made fifty gold clasps to join the curtains together, so that the tabernacle was a unit.
  31. Exodus 36:18לִֽהְיֹ֥ת
    He also made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together as a unit.
  32. Exodus 36:29וְהָי֣וּ; יִהְי֤וּ
    …coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. He made both corners in this way.
  33. Exodus 36:30וְהָיוּ֙ · So there were
    So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.
  34. Exodus 37:9וַיִּהְי֣וּ; הָי֖וּ
    And the cherubim had wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the mercy seat.
  35. Exodus 37:14הָי֖וּ · were placed
    The rings were placed close to the rim, to serve as holders for the poles used to carry the table.
  36. Exodus 37:17הָיֽוּ׃
    Then he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold, all of one piece: its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.
  37. Exodus 37:22הָי֑וּ · were
    The buds and branches were all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.
  38. Exodus 37:25הָי֥וּ · were
    He made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns were of one piece.
  39. Exodus 38:2הָי֣וּ · were
    He made a horn at each of its four corners, so that the horns and altar were of one piece, and he overlaid the altar with bronze.
  40. Exodus 38:24וַיְהִ֣י׀ · totaled
    All the gold from the wave offering used for the work on the sanctuary totaled 29 talents and 730 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
  41. Exodus 38:27וַיְהִ֗י · were
    The hundred talents of silver were used to cast the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil—100 bases from the 100 talents, one talent per base.
  42. Exodus 39:9הָיָ֛ה
    It was square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.
  43. Exodus 39:21לִֽהְיֹת֙ · was
    Then they tied the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece was above the waistband of the ephod and would not swing out from the ephod, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  44. Exodus 40:9וְהָ֥יָה · and it shall be
    Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it along with all its furnishings, and it shall be holy.
  45. Exodus 40:10וְהָיָ֥ה · and it shall be
    Anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils; consecrate the altar, and it shall be most holy.
  46. Exodus 40:15וְ֠הָיְתָה · will qualify; לִהְיֹ֨ת
    Anoint them just as you anointed their father, so that they may also serve Me as priests. Their anointing will qualify them for a permanent priesthood throughout their generations.”
  47. Exodus 40:17וַיְהִ֞י · So
    So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.