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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 11:10יִהְיֶ֤ה · is
    And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The LORD is our witness if we do not do as you say.”
  2. Judges 11:29וַתְּהִ֤י · came
    Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah of Gilead. And from there he advanced against the Ammonites.
  3. Judges 11:31וְהָיָ֣ה · then; וְהָיָה֙ · will belong to
    …then whatever comes out the door of my house to greet me on my triumphant return from the Ammonites will belong to the LORD, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”
  4. Judges 11:35וַיְהִי֩ · As soon as; הָיִ֣יתְ
    As soon as Jephthah saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “No! Not my daughter! You have brought me to my knees! You have brought great misery upon me, for I have given my word to the LORD and cannot take it back.”
  5. Judges 11:39וַיְהִ֞י; וַתְּהִי־ · So it has become
    After two months, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. And she had never had relations with a man. So it has become a custom in Israel
  6. Judges 12:2הָיִ֛יתִי · had
    But Jephthah replied, “My people and I had a serious conflict with the Ammonites, and when I called, you did not save me out of their hands.
  7. Judges 12:5וְֽ֠הָיָה · and
    The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim would say, “Let me cross over,” the Gileadites would ask him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he answered, “No,”
  8. Judges 12:9וַיְהִי־ · He had
    He had thirty sons, as well as thirty daughters whom he gave in marriage to men outside his clan; and for his sons he brought back thirty wives from elsewhere. Ibzan judged Israel seven years.
  9. Judges 12:14וַיְהִי־ · He had
    He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. And he judged Israel eight years.
  10. Judges 13:2וַיְהִי֩ · Now there was
    Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.
  11. Judges 13:5יִהְיֶ֥ה · will be
    For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall touch his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”
  12. Judges 13:7יִהְיֶ֣ה · will be
    But he said to me, ‘Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. Now, therefore, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb until the day of his death.’”
  13. Judges 13:12יִּֽהְיֶ֥ה · will be
    Then Manoah asked, “When your words come to pass, what will be the boy’s rule of life and mission?”
  14. Judges 13:20וַיְהִי֩
    When the flame went up from the altar to the sky, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown to the ground.
  15. Judges 14:11וַיְהִ֖י · And when; וַיִּהְי֖וּ
    And when the Philistines saw him, they selected thirty men to accompany him.
  16. Judges 14:15וַיְהִ֣י׀ · So
    So on the fourth day they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband to explain the riddle to us, or we will burn you and your father’s household to death. Did you invite us here to rob us?”
  17. Judges 14:17הָיָ֥ה; וַיְהִ֣י׀ · and finally
    She wept the whole seven days of the feast, and finally on the seventh day, because she had pressed him so much, he told her the answer. And in turn she explained the riddle to her people.
  18. Judges 14:20וַתְּהִ֖י · was given
    …and his wife was given to one of the men who had accompanied him.
  19. Judges 15:1וַיְהִ֨י · Later on
    Later on, at the time of the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat and went to visit his wife. “I want to go to my wife in her room,” he said. But her father would not let him enter.
  20. Judges 15:2תְּהִי־ · take her
    “I was sure that you thoroughly hated her,” said her father, “so I gave her to one of the men who accompanied you. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her instead.”
  21. Judges 15:14וַתִּהְיֶ֨ינָה · became
    When Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.
  22. Judges 15:17וַֽיְהִי֙ · And
    And when Samson had finished speaking, he cast the jawbone from his hand; and he named that place Ramath-lehi.
  23. Judges 16:4וַֽיְהִי֙
    Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
  24. Judges 16:7וְהָיִ֖יתִי
    Samson told her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become as weak as any other man.”
  25. Judges 16:11וְהָיִ֖יתִי
    He replied, “If they tie me up with new ropes that have never been used, I will become as weak as any other man.”
  26. Judges 16:16וַ֠יְהִי · Finally, after
    Finally, after she had pressed him daily with her words and pleaded until he was sick to death,
  27. Judges 16:17וְהָיִ֖יתִי · as
    Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”
  28. Judges 16:21וַיְהִ֥י · and forced
    Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.
  29. Judges 16:25וַֽיְהִי֙ · And
    And while their hearts were merry, they said, “Call for Samson to entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison to entertain them. And they stationed him between the pillars.
  30. Judges 16:30וַיִּהְי֤וּ
    Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people in it. So in his death he killed more than he had killed in his life.
  31. Judges 17:1וַֽיְהִי־ · Now
    Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim
  32. Judges 17:4וַיְהִ֖י · And they were placed
    So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into a graven image and a molten idol. And they were placed in the house of Micah.
  33. Judges 17:5וַיְהִי־ · [as]
    Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.
  34. Judges 17:7וַיְהִי־ · And there was
    And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah.
  35. Judges 17:10וֶֽהְיֵה־ · and be
    “Stay with me,” Micah said to him, “and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your provisions.” So the Levite went in
  36. Judges 17:11וַיְהִ֤י · became
    …and agreed to stay with him, and the young man became like a son to Micah.
  37. Judges 17:12וַיְהִי־ · became; וַיְהִ֖י · and lived
    Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.
  38. Judges 17:13הָיָה־ · has become
    Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”
  39. Judges 18:4וָאֱהִי־ · to be
    “Micah has done this and that for me,” he replied, “and he has hired me to be his priest.”
  40. Judges 18:19וֶֽהְיֵה־ · and be; הֱיוֹתְךָ֣ · for you to be; הֱיוֹתְךָ֣
    “Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”
  41. Judges 18:27הָיָה־
    After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a quiet and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.
  42. Judges 18:30הָי֤וּ · were
    The Danites set up idols for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.