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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. Joshua 1:4יִֽהְיֶ֖ה · shall extend
    Your territory shall extend from the wilderness and Lebanon to the great River Euphrates—all the land of the Hittites—and west as far as the Great Sea.
  2. Joshua 1:5הָיִ֤יתִי · so will I be; אֶהְיֶ֣ה · I was
    No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
  3. Joshua 1:17יִֽהְיֶ֞ה · be; הָיָ֖ה · He was
    Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you. And may the LORD your God be with you, as He was with Moses.
  4. Joshua 2:5וַיְהִ֨י · was
    At dusk, when the gate was about to close, the men went out, and I do not know which way they went. Pursue them quickly, and you may catch them!”
  5. Joshua 2:14וְהָיָ֗ה
    “Our lives for your lives!” the men agreed. “If you do not report our mission, we will show you kindness and faithfulness when the LORD gives us the land.”
  6. Joshua 2:19וְהָיָ֡ה; יִֽהְיֶ֤ה; תִּֽהְיֶה־ · is laid
    If anyone goes out the door of your house into the street, his blood will be on his own head, and we will be innocent. But if a hand is laid on anyone with you in the house, his blood will be on our heads.
  7. Joshua 2:20וְהָיִ֣ינוּ · we will be
    And if you report our mission, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.”
  8. Joshua 3:2וַיְהִ֕י
    After three days the officers went through the camp
  9. Joshua 3:4יִהְיֶ֗ה
    But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between yourselves and the ark. Do not go near it, so that you can see the way to go, since you have never traveled this way before.”
  10. Joshua 3:7הָיִ֛יתִי · I am; אֶהְיֶ֥ה · I was
    Now the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you just as I was with Moses.
  11. Joshua 3:13וְהָיָ֡ה
    When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD—the Lord of all the earth—touch down in the waters of the Jordan, its flowing waters will be cut off and will stand up in a heap.”
  12. Joshua 3:14וַיְהִ֗י · So
    So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of them.
  13. Joshua 4:1וַיְהִי֙
    When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua,
  14. Joshua 4:6תִּֽהְיֶ֛ה · serve as
    …to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’
  15. Joshua 4:7וְ֠הָיוּ · will be
    …you are to tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters were cut off.’ Therefore these stones will be a memorial to the Israelites forever.”
  16. Joshua 4:9וַיִּ֣הְיוּ · And [the stones] are
    Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood. And the stones are there to this day.
  17. Joshua 4:11וַיְהִ֛י
    …and after everyone had finished crossing, the priests with the ark of the LORD crossed in the sight of the people.
  18. Joshua 4:18וַ֠יְהִי
    When the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the Jordan and their feet touched the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their course and overflowed all the banks as before.
  19. Joshua 5:1וַיְהִ֣י · Now; הָ֨יָה
    Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and their spirits failed for fear of the Israelites.
  20. Joshua 5:5הָי֔וּ · were
    Though all who had come out were circumcised, none of those born in the wilderness on the journey from Egypt had been circumcised.
  21. Joshua 5:7הָי֔וּ · [Until this time] they were
    And He raised up their sons in their place, and these were the ones Joshua circumcised. Until this time they were still uncircumcised, since they had not been circumcised along the way.
  22. Joshua 5:8וַיְהִ֛י · And
    And after all the nation had been circumcised, they stayed there in the camp until they were healed.
  23. Joshua 5:12הָ֥יָה · There was
    And the day after they had eaten from the produce of the land, the manna ceased. There was no more manna for the Israelites, so that year they began to eat the crops of the land of Canaan.
  24. Joshua 5:13וַיְהִ֗י · was; בִּֽהְי֣וֹת
    Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”
  25. Joshua 6:5וְהָיָ֞ה · And when
    And when there is a long blast of the ram’s horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the wall of the city will collapse and all your people will charge straight into the city.”
  26. Joshua 6:8וַיְהִ֗י
    After Joshua had spoken to the people, seven priests carrying seven rams’ horns before the LORD advanced and blew the horns, and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.
  27. Joshua 6:15וַיְהִ֣י׀ · Then
    Then on the seventh day, they got up at dawn and marched around the city seven times in the same manner. That was the only day they circled the city seven times.
  28. Joshua 6:16וַיְהִי֙
    After the seventh time around, the priests blew the horns, and Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city!
  29. Joshua 6:17וְהָיְתָ֨ה · must be
    Now the city and everything in it must be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent.
  30. Joshua 6:20וַיְהִי֩
    So when the rams’ horns sounded, the people shouted. When they heard the blast of the horn, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed. Then all the people charged straight into the city and captured it.
  31. Joshua 6:27וַיְהִ֥י · was; וַיְהִ֥י · spread
    So the LORD was with Joshua, and his fame spread throughout the land.
  32. Joshua 7:5וַיְהִ֥י · and became
    And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people melted and became like water.
  33. Joshua 7:12הָי֖וּ · they themselves have been; לִֽהְי֣וֹת · be
    This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they themselves have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you remove from among you whatever is devoted to destruction.
  34. Joshua 7:14וְהָיָ֡ה
    In the morning you must present yourselves tribe by tribe. The tribe that the LORD selects shall come forward clan by clan, and the clan that the LORD selects shall come forward family by family, and the family that the LORD selects shall come forward man by man.
  35. Joshua 7:15וְהָיָה֙
    The one who is caught with the things devoted to destruction must be burned, along with all that belongs to him, because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD and committed an outrage in Israel.’”
  36. Joshua 8:4וִהְיִיתֶ֥ם · must be
    …with these orders: “Pay attention. You are to lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it. All of you must be ready.
  37. Joshua 8:5וְהָיָ֗ה
    Then I and all the troops with me will advance on the city. When they come out against us as they did the first time, we will flee from them.
  38. Joshua 8:8וְהָיָ֞ה · And
    And when you have taken the city, set it on fire. Do as the LORD has commanded! See, I have given you orders.”
  39. Joshua 8:14וַיְהִ֞י
    When the king of Ai saw the Israelites, he hurried out early in the morning with the men of the city to engage them in battle at an appointed place overlooking the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush had been set up against him behind the city.
  40. Joshua 8:20הָיָ֨ה
    When the men of Ai turned and looked back, the smoke of the city was rising into the sky. They could not escape in any direction, and the troops who had fled to the wilderness now turned against their pursuers.
  41. Joshua 8:22וַיִּֽהְי֤וּ · and the men of Ai were
    Meanwhile, those in the ambush came out of the city against them, and the men of Ai were trapped between the Israelite forces on both sides. So Israel struck them down until no survivor or fugitive remained.