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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 18:31הֱי֥וֹת · was
    So they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image, and it was there the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh.
  2. Judges 19:1וַיְהִי֙ · Now; וַיְהִ֣י׀
    Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
  3. Judges 19:2וַתְּהִי־ · After she had been
    But she was unfaithful to him and left him to return to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. After she had been there four months,
  4. Judges 19:5וַֽיְהִי֙
    On the fourth day, they got up early in the morning and prepared to depart, but the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Refresh your heart with a morsel of bread, and then you can go.”
  5. Judges 19:30וְהָיָ֣ה · And; נִהְיְתָ֤ה · or done
    And everyone who saw it said, “Nothing like this has been seen or done from the day the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt until this day. Think it over, take counsel, and speak up!”
  6. Judges 20:3נִהְיְתָ֖ה · happen
    (Meanwhile the Benjamites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) And the Israelites asked, “Tell us, how did this wicked thing happen?”
  7. Judges 20:12נִהְיְתָ֖ה · has occurred
    And the tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this wickedness that has occurred among you?
  8. Judges 20:38הָיָ֛ה · had arranged
    The men of Israel had arranged a signal with the men in ambush: When they sent up a great cloud of smoke from the city,
  9. Judges 20:46וַיְהִי֩
    That day 25,000 Benjamite swordsmen fell, all men of valor.
  10. Judges 21:3הָ֥יְתָה · happened
    “Why, O LORD God of Israel,” they cried out, “has this happened in Israel? Today in Israel one tribe is missing!”
  11. Judges 21:4וַֽיְהִי֙
    The next day the people got up early, built an altar there, and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings.
  12. Judges 21:5הָיְתָ֗ה · they had taken
    The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.
  13. Judges 21:22וְהָיָ֡ה
    When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will tell them, ‘Do us a favor by helping them, since we did not get wives for each of them in the war. Since you did not actually give them your daughters, you have no guilt.’”
  14. Ruth 1:1וַיְהִ֗י · there was; וַיְהִ֥י
    In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab.
  15. Ruth 1:2וַיִּֽהְיוּ־ · and settled
    The man’s name was Elimelech, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah, and they entered the land of Moab and settled there.
  16. Ruth 1:7הָיְתָה־ · she had been [living]
    Accompanied by her two daughters-in-law, she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road leading back to the land of Judah.
  17. Ruth 1:11וְהָי֥וּ · to become
    But Naomi replied, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb to become your husbands?
  18. Ruth 1:12מִהְי֣וֹת · to have; הָיִ֤יתִי · to have
    Return home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was hope for me to have a husband tonight and to bear sons,
  19. Ruth 1:13הֱי֣וֹת · having
    …would you wait for them to grow up? Would you refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, it is much more bitter for me than for you, because the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.”
  20. Ruth 1:19וַיְהִ֗י · When they
    So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women of the town exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”
  21. Ruth 2:12וּתְהִ֨י · and may you receive
    May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge.”
  22. Ruth 2:13אֶֽהְיֶ֔ה · am
    “My lord,” she said, “may I continue to find favor in your eyes, for you have comforted and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.”
  23. Ruth 2:17וַיְהִ֖י · it was
    So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. And when she beat out what she had gleaned, it was about an ephah of barley.
  24. Ruth 2:19יְהִ֥י · be [the man]
    Then her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today, and where did you work? Blessed be the man who noticed you.” So she told her mother-in-law where she had worked. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.
  25. Ruth 3:2הָיִ֖ית · you have been [working]
    Now is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you have been working, a relative of ours? In fact, tonight he is winnowing barley on the threshing floor.
  26. Ruth 3:4וִיהִ֣י
    When he lies down, note the place where he lies. Then go in and uncover his feet, and lie down, and he will explain to you what you should do.”
  27. Ruth 3:8וַיְהִי֙
    At midnight, Boaz was startled, turned over, and there lying at his feet was a woman!
  28. Ruth 3:13וְהָיָ֤ה
    Stay here tonight, and in the morning, if he wants to redeem you, good. Let him redeem you. But if he does not want to redeem you, as surely as the LORD lives, I will. Now lie here until morning.”
  29. Ruth 4:12וִיהִ֤י · become
    And may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young woman.”
  30. Ruth 4:13וַתְּהִי־ · and she became
    So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And when he had relations with her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.
  31. Ruth 4:15וְהָ֤יָה · He will renew
    He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”
  32. Ruth 4:16וַתְּהִי־ · and became
    And Naomi took the child, placed him on her lap, and became a nurse to him.
  33. 1 Samuel 1:1וַיְהִי֩ · Now there was
    Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
  34. 1 Samuel 1:2וַיְהִ֤י · had
    He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.
  35. 1 Samuel 1:4וַיְהִ֣י · came
    And whenever the day came for Elkanah to present his sacrifice, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.
  36. 1 Samuel 1:12וְהָיָה֙
    As Hannah kept on praying before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth.
  37. 1 Samuel 1:18הָיוּ־ · downcast
    “May your maidservant find favor with you,” said Hannah. Then she went on her way, and she began to eat, and her face was no longer downcast.
  38. 1 Samuel 1:20וַיְהִי֙ · So
    So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”
  39. 1 Samuel 1:28הָיָ֔ה · long as he lives
    I now dedicate the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is dedicated to the LORD.” So they worshiped the LORD there.
  40. 1 Samuel 2:11הָיָ֤ה
    Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.
  41. 1 Samuel 2:17וַתְּהִ֨י · was
    Thus the sin of these young men was severe in the sight of the LORD, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.
  42. 1 Samuel 2:27בִּֽהְיוֹתָ֥ם · when they were
    Then a man of God came to Eli and told him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal Myself to your father’s house when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh’s house?
  43. 1 Samuel 2:31מִֽהְי֥וֹת · will reach
    Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that no one in it will reach old age.
  44. 1 Samuel 2:32יִהְיֶ֥ה · reach
    You will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age.
  45. 1 Samuel 2:36וְהָיָ֗ה · And
    And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’”
  46. 1 Samuel 3:1הָיָ֤ה · was
    And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare, and visions were scarce.