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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. Genesis 5:8וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ · lived
    So Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.
  2. Genesis 5:11וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ · lived
    So Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.
  3. Genesis 5:14וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ · lived
    So Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.
  4. Genesis 5:17וַיִּהְיוּ֙ · lived
    So Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.
  5. Genesis 5:20וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ · lived
    So Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.
  6. Genesis 5:23וַיְהִ֖י · lived
    So Enoch lived a total of 365 years.
  7. Genesis 5:27וַיִּהְיוּ֙ · lived
    So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
  8. Genesis 5:31וַֽיְהִי֙ · lived
    So Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.
  9. Genesis 5:32וַֽיְהִי־ · was
    After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
  10. Genesis 6:1וַֽיְהִי֙ · Now
    Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,
  11. Genesis 6:3וְהָי֣וּ · {shall} be
    So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”
  12. Genesis 6:4הָי֣וּ · were
    The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.
  13. Genesis 6:9הָיָ֖ה · was
    This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
  14. Genesis 6:19יִֽהְיֽוּ׃
    And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.
  15. Genesis 6:21וְהָיָ֥ה
    You are also to take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten and gather it as food for yourselves and for the animals.”
  16. Genesis 7:6הָיָ֔ה · came
    Now Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.
  17. Genesis 7:10וַֽיְהִ֖י · And after; הָי֖וּ · came
    And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth.
  18. Genesis 7:12וַֽיְהִ֥י · fell
    And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.
  19. Genesis 7:17וַֽיְהִ֧י · kept coming
    For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.
  20. Genesis 8:5הָיוּ֙
    And the waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.
  21. Genesis 8:6וַֽיְהִ֕י
    After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark
  22. Genesis 8:13וַֽ֠יְהִי
    In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
  23. Genesis 9:2יִֽהְיֶ֔ה · will fall
    The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.
  24. Genesis 9:3יִהְיֶ֖ה · will be
    Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.
  25. Genesis 9:11יִהְיֶ֥ה · will there be
    And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
  26. Genesis 9:13וְהָֽיְתָה֙ · and it will be
    I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
  27. Genesis 9:14וְהָיָ֕ה
    Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,
  28. Genesis 9:15יִֽהְיֶ֨ה · become
    I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
  29. Genesis 9:16וְהָיְתָ֥ה · appears
    And whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that is on the earth.”
  30. Genesis 9:18וַיִּֽהְי֣וּ · were
    The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.
  31. Genesis 9:25יִֽהְיֶ֥ה · shall he be
    …he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”
  32. Genesis 9:26וִיהִ֥י · be
    He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.
  33. Genesis 9:27וִיהִ֥י · be
    May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”
  34. Genesis 9:29וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ · a total of
    So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.
  35. Genesis 10:8לִֽהְי֥וֹת · to be
    Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
  36. Genesis 10:9הָיָ֥ה · was
    He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”
  37. Genesis 10:10וַתְּהִ֨י
    His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
  38. Genesis 10:19וַֽיְהִ֞י · extended from
    …and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
  39. Genesis 10:30וַֽיְהִ֥י
    Their territory extended from Mesha to Sephar, in the eastern hill country.
  40. Genesis 11:1וַֽיְהִ֥י · had
    Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
  41. Genesis 11:2וַֽיְהִ֖י · And
    And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
  42. Genesis 11:3וַתְּהִ֨י · So they used; הָיָ֥ה
    And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.
  43. Genesis 11:30וַתְּהִ֥י · was
    But Sarai was barren; she had no children.
  44. Genesis 11:32וַיִּהְי֣וּ · lived
    Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
  45. Genesis 12:2וֶהְיֵ֖ה · so that you will be
    I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
  46. Genesis 12:10וַיְהִ֥י · Now there was
    Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
  47. Genesis 12:11וַיְהִ֕י
    As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,
  48. Genesis 12:12וְהָיָ֗ה · and
    …and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.