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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. Judges 1:33הָי֥וּ · served
    Naphtali failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath. So the Naphtalites also lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, but the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath served them as forced laborers.
  2. Judges 1:35וַיִּהְי֖וּ · they pressed the Amorites
    And the Amorites were determined to dwell in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. But when the house of Joseph grew in strength, they pressed the Amorites into forced labor.
  3. Judges 2:3וְהָי֤וּ · they will be [thorns]; יִהְי֥וּ · will be
    So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”
  4. Judges 2:4וַיְהִ֗י
    When the angel of the LORD had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept.
  5. Judges 2:15הָיְתָה־ · was
    Wherever Israel marched out, the hand of the LORD was against them to bring calamity, just as He had sworn to them. So they were greatly distressed.
  6. Judges 2:18וְהָיָ֤ה · was
    Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.
  7. Judges 2:19וְהָיָ֣ה׀ · But when
    But when the judge died, the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.
  8. Judges 3:4וַֽיִּהְי֕וּ · [These nations] were [left]
    These nations were left to test the Israelites, to find out whether they would keep the commandments of the LORD, which He had given their fathers through Moses.
  9. Judges 3:10וַתְּהִ֨י · came
    The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against him.
  10. Judges 3:18וַֽיְהִי֙
    After Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he ushered out those who had carried it.
  11. Judges 3:27וַיְהִ֣י
    On arriving in Seirah, he blew the ram’s horn throughout the hill country of Ephraim. The Israelites came down with him from the hills, and he became their leader.
  12. Judges 3:31הָיָה֙ · came
    After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.
  13. Judges 4:9תִֽהְיֶ֜ה · will bring you
    “I will certainly go with you,” Deborah replied, “but the road you are taking will bring you no honor, because the LORD will be selling Sisera into the hand of a woman.” So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh,
  14. Judges 4:20וְהָיָה֩ · and
    “Stand at the entrance to the tent,” he said, “and if anyone comes and asks you, ‘Is there a man here?’ say, ‘No.’”
  15. Judges 6:3וְהָיָ֖ה
    Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,
  16. Judges 6:7וַיְהִ֕י · Now
    Now when the Israelites cried out to the LORD because of Midian,
  17. Judges 6:16אֶהְיֶ֖ה · I will be
    “Surely I will be with you,” the LORD replied, “and you will strike down all the Midianites as one man.”
  18. Judges 6:25וַיְהִי֮
    On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.
  19. Judges 6:27וַיְהִ֡י
    So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city, he did it by night rather than in the daytime.
  20. Judges 6:37יִהְיֶ֨ה · there is
    …then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”
  21. Judges 6:38וַיְהִי־ · happened
    And that is what happened. When Gideon arose the next morning, he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew—a bowlful of water.
  22. Judges 6:39יְהִי־ · let it be; יִֽהְיֶה־
    Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me; let me speak one more time. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time let it be dry, and the ground covered with dew.”
  23. Judges 6:40וַיְהִי־ · was; הָ֥יָה · covered
    And that night God did so. Only the fleece was dry, and dew covered the ground.
  24. Judges 7:1הָיָה־ · was
    Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.
  25. Judges 7:4וְהָיָ֡ה
    Then the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go. But if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”
  26. Judges 7:6וַיְהִ֗י · was
    And the number of those who lapped the water with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men; all the others knelt to drink.
  27. Judges 7:8הָ֥יָה · lay
    So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites to their tents but kept the three hundred men, who took charge of the provisions and rams’ horns of the others. And the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley.
  28. Judges 7:9וַֽיְהִי֙
    That night the LORD said to Gideon, “Get up and go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.
  29. Judges 7:15וַיְהִי֩
    When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”
  30. Judges 7:17וְהָיָ֥ה
    “Watch me and do as I do,” Gideon said. “When I come to the outskirts of the camp, do exactly as I do.
  31. Judges 8:11הָ֥יָה
    And Gideon went up by way of the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, taking them by surprise.
  32. Judges 8:26וַיְהִ֗י · was
    The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.
  33. Judges 8:27וַיְהִ֛י · and it became
    From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
  34. Judges 8:30הָיוּ֙ · had; הָ֥יוּ · he had
    Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.
  35. Judges 8:33וַיְהִ֗י · And
    And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.
  36. Judges 9:33וְהָיָ֤ה · And
    And in the morning at sunrise, get up and advance against the city. When Gaal and his men come out against you, do to them whatever you are able.”
  37. Judges 9:42וַֽיְהִי֙
    The next day the people of Shechem went out into the fields, and this was reported to Abimelech.
  38. Judges 9:51הָיָ֣ה · But there was
    But there was a strong tower inside the city, and all the men, women, and leaders of the city fled there. They locked themselves in and went up to the roof of the tower.
  39. Judges 10:4וַֽיְהִי־ · He had
    He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.
  40. Judges 10:18יִֽהְיֶ֣ה · will be
    And the rulers of Gilead said to one another, “Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all who live in Gilead.”
  41. Judges 11:1הָיָה֙ · was
    Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor; he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father.
  42. Judges 11:4וַיְהִ֖י · Some time later
    Some time later, when the Ammonites fought against Israel
  43. Judges 11:5וַיְהִ֕י · and
    …and made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
  44. Judges 11:6וְהָיִ֥יתָה · be
    “Come,” they said, “be our commander, so that we can fight against the Ammonites.”
  45. Judges 11:8וְהָיִ֤יתָ · and become
    They answered Jephthah, “This is why we now turn to you, that you may go with us, fight the Ammonites, and become leader over all of us who live in Gilead.”
  46. Judges 11:9אֶהְיֶ֥ה · really be
    But Jephthah asked them, “If you take me back to fight the Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me, will I really be your leader?”