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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. Deuteronomy 7:26וְהָיִ֥יתָ · or you,
    And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction.
  2. Deuteronomy 8:19וְהָיָ֗ה
    If you ever forget the LORD your God and go after other gods to worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.
  3. Deuteronomy 9:7הֱיִיתֶ֖ם · you have been
    Remember this, and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place, you have been rebelling against the LORD.
  4. Deuteronomy 9:11וַיְהִ֗י · And
    And at the end of forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.
  5. Deuteronomy 9:22הֱיִיתֶ֖ם
    You continued to provoke the LORD at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah.
  6. Deuteronomy 9:24הֱיִיתֶ֖ם · You have been
    You have been rebelling against the LORD since the day I came to know you.
  7. Deuteronomy 10:2הָי֛וּ · were
    And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you are to place them in the ark.”
  8. Deuteronomy 10:5וַיִּ֣הְיוּ · they have remained
    …and I went back down the mountain and placed the tablets in the ark I had made, as the LORD had commanded me; and there they have remained.
  9. Deuteronomy 10:9הָיָ֧ה · has
    That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.
  10. Deuteronomy 10:19הֱיִיתֶ֖ם · you yourselves were
    So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
  11. Deuteronomy 11:13וְהָיָ֗ה · So
    So if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,
  12. Deuteronomy 11:17יִהְיֶ֣ה · so that there will be
    …or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you. He will shut the heavens so that there will be no rain, nor will the land yield its produce, and you will soon perish from the good land that the LORD is giving you.
  13. Deuteronomy 11:18וְהָי֥וּ · and bind them
    Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
  14. Deuteronomy 11:24יִהְיֶ֑ה · will be yours; יִהְיֶ֖ה · will extend
    Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.
  15. Deuteronomy 11:29וְהָיָ֗ה
    When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
  16. Deuteronomy 12:11וְהָיָ֣ה
    …then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.
  17. Deuteronomy 12:26יִהְי֥וּ
    But you are to take your holy things and your vow offerings and go to the place the LORD will choose.
  18. Deuteronomy 13:9תִּֽהְיֶה־ · must be
    Instead, you must surely kill him. Your hand must be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.
  19. Deuteronomy 13:16וְהָיְתָה֙ · [The city] must remain
    And you are to gather all its plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. The city must remain a mound of ruins forever, never to be rebuilt.
  20. Deuteronomy 14:2לִֽהְי֥וֹת · you to be
    …for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.
  21. Deuteronomy 15:3יִהְיֶ֥ה · owes
    You may collect something from a foreigner, but you must forgive whatever your brother owes you.
  22. Deuteronomy 15:4יִֽהְיֶה־ · There will be
    There will be no poor among you, however, because the LORD will surely bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance,
  23. Deuteronomy 15:7יִהְיֶה֩ · there is
    If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.
  24. Deuteronomy 15:9יִהְיֶ֣ה; וְהָיָ֥ה · and you will be
    Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
  25. Deuteronomy 15:15הָיִ֙יתָ֙ · you were
    Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today.
  26. Deuteronomy 15:16וְהָיָה֙
    But if your servant says to you, ‘I do not want to leave you,’ because he loves you and your household and is well off with you,
  27. Deuteronomy 15:17וְהָיָ֥ה · and he will become
    …then take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he will become your servant for life. And treat your maidservant the same way.
  28. Deuteronomy 15:21יִהְיֶ֨ה · [an animal] has
    But if an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.
  29. Deuteronomy 16:12הָיִ֖יתָ · you were
    Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these statutes.
  30. Deuteronomy 16:15וְהָיִ֖יתָ · will be
    For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete.
  31. Deuteronomy 17:1יִהְיֶ֥ה
    You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep with any defect or serious flaw, for that is detestable to the LORD your God.
  32. Deuteronomy 17:7תִּֽהְיֶה־ · shall be
    The hands of the witnesses shall be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. So you must purge the evil from among you.
  33. Deuteronomy 17:9יִהְיֶ֖ה
    You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you a verdict in the case.
  34. Deuteronomy 17:18וְהָיָ֣ה
    When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
  35. Deuteronomy 17:19וְהָיְתָ֣ה · It is to remain
    It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all the words of this instruction and these statutes.
  36. Deuteronomy 18:1יִ֠הְיֶה · shall have
    The Levitical priests—indeed the whole tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They are to eat the food offerings to the LORD; that is their inheritance.
  37. Deuteronomy 18:2יִֽהְיֶה־ · Although they have
    Although they have no inheritance among their brothers, the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.
  38. Deuteronomy 18:3יִהְיֶה֩ · shall be
    This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.
  39. Deuteronomy 18:13תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה · You must be
    You must be blameless before the LORD your God.
  40. Deuteronomy 18:19וְהָיָ֗ה
    And I will hold accountable anyone who does not listen to My words that the prophet speaks in My name.
  41. Deuteronomy 18:22יִהְיֶ֤ה · come to pass
    When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD and the message does not come to pass or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.
  42. Deuteronomy 19:3וְהָיָ֕ה
    You are to build roads for yourselves and divide into three regions the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that any manslayer can flee to these cities.
  43. Deuteronomy 19:10וְהָיָ֥ה · so that you will not be
    Thus innocent blood will not be shed in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.
  44. Deuteronomy 19:11יִהְיֶ֥ה
    If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities,
  45. Deuteronomy 19:17יִהְי֖וּ · are [in office]
    …both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time.
  46. Deuteronomy 20:2וְהָיָ֕ה · When you are about to
    When you are about to go into battle, the priest is to come forward and address the army,
  47. Deuteronomy 20:9וְהָיָ֛ה
    When the officers have finished addressing the army, they are to appoint commanders to lead it.
  48. Deuteronomy 20:11וְהָיָה֙
    If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.