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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 8:24וַיְהִ֣י
    When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had pursued them into the field and wilderness, and when every last one of them had fallen by the sword, all the Israelites returned to Ai and put it to the sword as well.
  2. Joshua 8:25וַיְהִי֩
    A total of twelve thousand men and women fell that day—all the people of Ai.
  3. Joshua 8:35הָיָ֣ה · There was
    There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua failed to read before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, the little ones, and the foreigners who lived among them.
  4. Joshua 9:1וַיְהִ֣י · Now when
    Now when news of this reached all the kings west of the Jordan—those in the hill country, the foothills, and all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon (the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)—
  5. Joshua 9:5הָיָ֥ה
    They put worn, patched sandals on their feet and threadbare clothing on their bodies, and their whole supply of bread was dry and moldy.
  6. Joshua 9:12וְהָיָ֖ה · and
    This bread of ours was warm when we packed it at home on the day we left to come to you. But look, it is now dry and moldy.
  7. Joshua 9:16וַיְהִ֗י
    Three days after they had made the treaty with the Gibeonites, the Israelites learned that they were neighbors, living among them.
  8. Joshua 9:20יִֽהְיֶ֤ה · will fall
    This is how we will treat them: We will let them live, so that no wrath will fall on us because of the oath we swore to them.”
  9. Joshua 9:21וַ֠יִּֽהְיוּ · but let them be
    They continued, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the whole congregation.” So the leaders kept their promise.
  10. Joshua 10:1וַיְהִי֩ · Now; וַיִּֽהְי֖וּ · and were [living]
    Now Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and devoted it to destruction—doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king—and that the people of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were living near them.
  11. Joshua 10:11וַיְהִ֞י
    As they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites.
  12. Joshua 10:14הָיָ֜ה · There has been
    There has been no day like it before or since, when the LORD listened to the voice of a man, because the LORD fought for Israel.
  13. Joshua 10:20וַיְהִי֩
    So Joshua and the Israelites continued to inflict a terrible slaughter until they had finished them off, and the remaining survivors retreated to the fortified cities.
  14. Joshua 10:24וַ֠יְהִי
    When they had brought the kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the army commanders who had accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So the commanders came forward and put their feet on their necks.
  15. Joshua 10:26וַיִּֽהְי֛וּ · and left them
    After this, Joshua struck down and killed the kings, and he hung their bodies on five trees and left them there until evening.
  16. Joshua 10:27וַיְהִ֞י
    At sunset Joshua ordered that they be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave in which they had hidden. Then large stones were placed against the mouth of the cave, and the stones are there to this day.
  17. Joshua 11:1וַיְהִ֕י · Now when
    Now when Jabin king of Hazor heard about these things, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon; to the kings of Shimron and Achshaph;
  18. Joshua 11:19הָיְתָ֣ה
    No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; all others were taken in battle.
  19. Joshua 11:20הָיְתָ֡ה · it was; הֱיוֹת־ · [and] would receive
    For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  20. Joshua 13:16וַיְהִ֨י
    The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, to the whole plateau beyond Medeba,
  21. Joshua 13:23וַיְהִ֗י · was
    And the border of the Reubenites was the bank of the Jordan. This was the inheritance of the clans of the Reubenites, including the cities and villages.
  22. Joshua 13:25וַיְהִ֤י
    The territory of Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer, near Rabbah;
  23. Joshua 13:29וַיְהִ֗י · that is
    This is what Moses had given to the clans of the half-tribe of Manasseh, that is, to half the tribe of the descendants of Manasseh:
  24. Joshua 13:30וַיְהִ֣י
    The territory from Mahanaim through all Bashan—all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, including all the towns of Jair that are in Bashan, sixty cities;
  25. Joshua 14:4הָי֧וּ · became
    The descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion of the land was given to the Levites, except for cities in which to live, along with pasturelands for their flocks and herds.
  26. Joshua 14:9תִֽהְיֶ֧ה · will be
    On that day Moses swore to me, saying, ‘Surely the land on which you have set foot will be an inheritance to you and your children forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.’
  27. Joshua 14:14הָיְתָֽה־ · belongs to
    Therefore Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.
  28. Joshua 15:1וַיְהִ֣י · extended
    Now the allotment for the clans of the tribe of Judah extended to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin at the extreme southern boundary:
  29. Joshua 15:2וַיְהִ֤י · started
    Their southern border started at the bay on the southern tip of the Salt Sea,
  30. Joshua 15:4וְהָיָה; יִהְיֶ֥ה · was
    It proceeded to Azmon, joined the Brook of Egypt, and ended at the Sea. This was their southern border.
  31. Joshua 15:7וְהָי֥וּ · and came out
    Then the border went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning north to Gilgal, which faces the Ascent of Adummim south of the ravine. It continued along the waters of En-shemesh and came out at En-rogel.
  32. Joshua 15:11וְהָי֛וּ · and ended
    Then it went out to the northern slope of Ekron, curved toward Shikkeron, proceeded to Mount Baalah, went on to Jabneel, and ended at the Sea.
  33. Joshua 15:18וַיְהִ֣י · One day
    One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”
  34. Joshua 15:21וַיִּֽהְי֣וּ · These were
    These were the southernmost cities of the tribe of Judah in the Negev toward the border of Edom: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,
  35. Joshua 16:3וְהָי֥וּ · and it ended
    Then it descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and on to Gezer, and it ended at the Sea.
  36. Joshua 16:5וַיְהִ֛י · This was; וַיְהִ֞י
    This was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar in the east to Upper Beth-horon
  37. Joshua 16:8וְהָי֥וּ · and ended
    From Tappuah the border went westward to the Brook of Kanah and ended at the Sea. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Ephraim,
  38. Joshua 16:10וַיְהִ֖י · but they are
    But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.
  39. Joshua 17:1וַיְהִ֤י · Now this was; הָיָה֙ · was; וַֽיְהִי־ · who had received
    Now this was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph’s firstborn son, namely for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh and father of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead and Bashan because Machir was a man of war.
  40. Joshua 17:2וַ֠יְהִי · So this allotment was
    So this allotment was for the rest of the descendants of Manasseh—the clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the other male descendants of the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph.
  41. Joshua 17:3הָ֥יוּ · had
    But Zelophehad son of Hepher (the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh) had no sons but only daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
  42. Joshua 17:6הָיְתָ֥ה · belonged to
    …because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his sons. And the land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh.
  43. Joshua 17:7וַיְהִ֤י · went
    Now the border of Manasseh went from Asher to Michmethath near Shechem, then southward to include the inhabitants of En-tappuah.
  44. Joshua 17:8הָיְתָ֖ה · belonged to
    The region of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah itself, on the border of Manasseh, belonged to Ephraim.