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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 25:19וְהָיָ֡ה
    When the LORD your God gives you rest from the enemies around you in the land that He is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you are to blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!
  2. Deuteronomy 26:1וְהָיָה֙
    When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you take possession of it and settle in it,
  3. Deuteronomy 26:3יִהְיֶ֖ה · is
    …to the priest who is serving at that time, and say to him, “I declare today to the LORD your God that I have entered the land that the LORD swore to our fathers to give us.”
  4. Deuteronomy 26:5וַֽיְהִי־ · and became
    …and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.
  5. Deuteronomy 26:17לִהְיוֹת֩ · is
    Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice.
  6. Deuteronomy 26:18לִהְי֥וֹת · you are
    And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,
  7. Deuteronomy 26:19וְלִֽהְיֹתְךָ֧ · and that you will be
    …that He will set you high in praise and name and honor above all the nations He has made, and that you will be a holy people to the LORD your God, as He has promised.
  8. Deuteronomy 27:2וְהָיָ֗ה · And
    And on the day you cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, set up large stones and coat them with plaster.
  9. Deuteronomy 27:4וְהָיָה֮ · And
    And when you have crossed the Jordan, you are to set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I am commanding you today, and you are to coat them with plaster.
  10. Deuteronomy 27:9נִהְיֵ֣יתָֽ · you have become
    Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel: “Be silent, O Israel, and listen! This day you have become the people of the LORD your God.
  11. Deuteronomy 28:1וְהָיָ֗ה · Now
    “Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
  12. Deuteronomy 28:13וְהָיִ֙יתָ֙; תִהְיֶ֖ה
    The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.
  13. Deuteronomy 28:15וְהָיָ֗ה
    If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
  14. Deuteronomy 28:23וְהָי֥וּ · will be
    The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.
  15. Deuteronomy 28:25וְהָיִ֣יתָ · You will be
    The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
  16. Deuteronomy 28:26וְהָיְתָ֤ה · will be
    Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.
  17. Deuteronomy 28:29וְהָיִ֜יתָ · you will; וְהָיִ֜יתָ · you will be
    …and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.
  18. Deuteronomy 28:33וְהָיִ֗יתָ · you will be
    A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.
  19. Deuteronomy 28:34וְהָיִ֖יתָ · You will be
    You will be driven mad by the sights you see.
  20. Deuteronomy 28:37וְהָיִ֣יתָ · You will become
    You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
  21. Deuteronomy 28:40יִהְי֥וּ · You will have
    You will have olive trees throughout your territory but will never anoint yourself with oil, because the olives will drop off.
  22. Deuteronomy 28:41יִהְי֣וּ · remain
    You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity.
  23. Deuteronomy 28:44יִהְיֶ֣ה · will be; תִּֽהְיֶ֥ה · will be
    He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.
  24. Deuteronomy 28:46וְהָי֣וּ · These curses will be
    These curses will be a sign and a wonder upon you and your descendants forever.
  25. Deuteronomy 28:62הֱיִיתֶ֔ם · You who were
    You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.
  26. Deuteronomy 28:63וְ֠הָיָה
    Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.
  27. Deuteronomy 28:65יִהְיֶ֥ה
    Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.
  28. Deuteronomy 28:66וְהָי֣וּ
    So your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of survival.
  29. Deuteronomy 29:13יִֽהְיֶה־ · may be
    …and so that He may establish you today as His people, and He may be your God as He promised you and as He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
  30. Deuteronomy 29:19וְהָיָ֡ה; יִֽהְיֶה־ · will have
    …because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.
  31. Deuteronomy 30:1וְהָיָה֩
    “When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you,
  32. Deuteronomy 30:4יִהְיֶ֥ה
    Even if you have been banished to the farthest horizon, He will gather you and return you from there.
  33. Deuteronomy 31:8יִהְיֶ֣ה · will be
    The LORD Himself goes before you; He will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”
  34. Deuteronomy 31:17וְהָיָ֣ה · so that they will be
    On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’
  35. Deuteronomy 31:19תִּהְיֶה־ · may be
    Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.
  36. Deuteronomy 31:21וְ֠הָיָה
    And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”
  37. Deuteronomy 31:23אֶֽהְיֶ֥ה · will be
    Then the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land that I swore to give them, and I will be with you.”
  38. Deuteronomy 31:24וַיְהִ֣י׀
    When Moses had finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end,
  39. Deuteronomy 31:26וְהָֽיָה־ · so that it may remain
    “Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you.
  40. Deuteronomy 31:27הֱיִתֶם֙ · If you are already
    For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!
  41. Deuteronomy 32:38יְהִ֥י · let them give you
    …which ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you; let them give you shelter!
  42. Deuteronomy 33:5וַיְהִ֥י · So [the LORD] became
    So the LORD became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered, when the tribes of Israel came together.
  43. Deuteronomy 33:6וִיהִ֥י · nor
    Let Reuben live and not die, nor his men be few.”
  44. Deuteronomy 33:7תִּהְיֶֽה׃ס · but may You be
    And concerning Judah he said: “O LORD, hear the cry of Judah and bring him to his people. With his own hands he defends his cause, but may You be a help against his foes.”
  45. Deuteronomy 33:24יְהִ֤י · may he be
    And concerning Asher he said: “May Asher be the most blessed of sons; may he be the most favored among his brothers and dip his foot in oil.
  46. Joshua 1:1וַיְהִ֗י · Now
    Now after the death of His servant Moses, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying,