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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. Leviticus 15:24וּתְהִ֤י · touches
    If a man lies with her and her menstrual flow touches him, he will be unclean for seven days, and any bed on which he lies will become unclean.
  2. Leviticus 15:25תִּהְיֶ֖ה · will be
    When a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days at a time other than her menstrual period, or if it continues beyond her period, she will be unclean all the days of her unclean discharge, just as she is during the days of her menstruation.
  3. Leviticus 15:26יִֽהְיֶה־; יִהְיֶ֔ה · will be
    Any bed on which she lies or any furniture on which she sits during the days of her discharge will be unclean, like her bed during her menstrual period.
  4. Leviticus 16:4יִהְי֣וּ
    He is to wear the sacred linen tunic, with linen undergarments. He must tie a linen sash around him and put on the linen turban. These are holy garments, and he must bathe himself with water before he wears them.
  5. Leviticus 16:17יִהְיֶ֣ה׀ · may be
    No one may be in the Tent of Meeting from the time Aaron goes in to make atonement in the Most Holy Place until he leaves, after he has made atonement for himself, his household, and the whole assembly of Israel.
  6. Leviticus 16:29וְהָיְתָ֥ה · This is to be
    This is to be a permanent statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble yourselves and not do any work—whether the native or the foreigner who resides among you—
  7. Leviticus 16:34וְהָֽיְתָה־ · is to be
    This is to be a permanent statute for you, to make atonement once a year for the Israelites because of all their sins.” And all this was done as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  8. Leviticus 17:7תִּֽהְיֶה־ · will be
    They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.’
  9. Leviticus 19:2תִּהְי֑וּ · Be
    “Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
  10. Leviticus 19:20תִּהְיֶ֛ה · there must be
    If a man lies carnally with a slave girl promised to another man but who has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment. But they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed.
  11. Leviticus 19:23יִהְיֶ֥ה · it will be
    When you enter the land and plant any kind of tree for food, you shall regard the fruit as forbidden. For three years it will be forbidden to you and must not be eaten.
  12. Leviticus 19:24יִהְיֶ֖ה · must be
    In the fourth year all its fruit must be consecrated as a praise offering to the LORD.
  13. Leviticus 19:34יִהְיֶ֨ה · You must treat; הֱיִיתֶ֖ם · you were
    You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
  14. Leviticus 19:36יִהְיֶ֣ה · You shall maintain
    You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
  15. Leviticus 20:7וִהְיִיתֶ֖ם · therefore, and be
    Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.
  16. Leviticus 20:14תִהְיֶ֥ה · so that there will be
    If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.
  17. Leviticus 20:21יִהְיֽוּ׃ · they shall be
    If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is an act of impurity. He has uncovered the nakedness of his brother; they shall be childless.
  18. Leviticus 20:26וִהְיִ֤יתֶם · You are to be; לִהְי֥וֹת · to be
    You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own.
  19. Leviticus 20:27יִהְיֶ֨ה · who is
    A man or a woman who is a medium or spiritist must surely be put to death. They shall be stoned; their blood is upon them.’”
  20. Leviticus 21:3הָיְתָ֖ה · she has
    …or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband.
  21. Leviticus 21:6יִהְיוּ֙ · They must be; וְהָ֥יוּ · they must be
    They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the food offerings, the food of their God, they must be holy.
  22. Leviticus 21:8יִֽהְיֶה־ · He shall be
    You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.
  23. Leviticus 21:17יִהְיֶ֥ה · has
    “Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.
  24. Leviticus 21:19יִהְיֶ֥ה · has
    …no man who has a broken foot or hand,
  25. Leviticus 22:12תִהְיֶ֖ה · is married
    If the priest’s daughter is married to a man other than a priest, she is not to eat of the sacred contributions.
  26. Leviticus 22:13תִהְיֶ֜ה · becomes
    But if a priest’s daughter with no children becomes widowed or divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it.
  27. Leviticus 22:20יִהְיֶ֥ה · be
    You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.
  28. Leviticus 22:21יִֽהְיֶה֙ · it must be; יִהְיֶה־
    When a man presents a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or flock to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without blemish or defect to be acceptable.
  29. Leviticus 22:27וְהָיָ֛ה · it must remain
    “When an ox, a sheep, or a goat is born, it must remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as a food offering presented to the LORD.
  30. Leviticus 22:33לִהְי֥וֹת · to be
    …who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD.”
  31. Leviticus 23:7יִהְיֶ֣ה · you are to hold
    On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work.
  32. Leviticus 23:15תִּהְיֶֽינָה׃
    From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, you are to count off seven full weeks.
  33. Leviticus 23:17תִּהְיֶ֔ינָה
    Bring two loaves of bread from your dwellings as a wave offering, each made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour, baked with leaven, as the firstfruits to the LORD.
  34. Leviticus 23:18יִהְי֤וּ · They will be
    Along with the bread you are to present seven unblemished male lambs a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the LORD, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
  35. Leviticus 23:20יִהְי֥וּ · shall be
    The priest is to wave the lambs as a wave offering before the LORD, together with the bread of the firstfruits. The bread and the two lambs shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.
  36. Leviticus 23:21יִהְיֶ֣ה
    On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This is to be a permanent statute wherever you live for the generations to come.
  37. Leviticus 23:24יִהְיֶ֤ה · you are to have
    “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly announced by trumpet blasts.
  38. Leviticus 23:27יִהְיֶ֣ה · You shall hold
    “The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves, and present a food offering to the LORD.
  39. Leviticus 23:36יִהְיֶ֨ה · you are to hold
    For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present a food offering to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work.
  40. Leviticus 24:5יִהְיֶ֖ה · using
    You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf,
  41. Leviticus 24:7וְהָיְתָ֤ה · so that it may serve
    And you are to place pure frankincense near each row, so that it may serve as a memorial portion for the bread, a food offering to the LORD.
  42. Leviticus 24:9וְהָֽיְתָה֙ · It belongs to
    It belongs to Aaron and his sons, who are to eat it in a holy place; for it is to him a most holy part of the food offerings to the LORD—his portion forever.”
  43. Leviticus 24:22יִהְיֶ֣ה · You are to have; יִהְיֶ֑ה
    You are to have the same standard of law for the foreign resident and the native; for I am the LORD your God.’”
  44. Leviticus 25:4יִהְיֶ֣ה · {there shall} be
    But in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land—a Sabbath to the LORD. You are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard.