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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. 1 Samuel 3:2וַֽיְהִי֙ · And
    And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.
  2. 1 Samuel 3:9וְהָיָה֙ · and
    “Go and lie down,” he said to Samuel, “and if He calls you, say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
  3. 1 Samuel 3:19הָיָ֣ה · was
    And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and He let none of Samuel’s words fall to the ground.
  4. 1 Samuel 4:1וַיְהִ֥י · came
    Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.
  5. 1 Samuel 4:5וַיְהִ֗י · When
    When the ark of the covenant of the LORD entered the camp, all the Israelites raised such a great shout that the ground shook.
  6. 1 Samuel 4:7הָיְתָ֛ה · has happened
    …the Philistines were afraid. “The gods have entered their camp!” they said. “Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before.
  7. 1 Samuel 4:9וִֽהְי֤וּ · and be; וִהְיִיתֶ֥ם · Now be
    Take courage and be men, O Philistines! Otherwise, you will serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight!”
  8. 1 Samuel 4:10וַתְּהִ֥י · was
    So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.
  9. 1 Samuel 4:13הָיָ֤ה
    When he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out.
  10. 1 Samuel 4:16הָיָ֥ה · happened
    “I have just come from the battle,” the man said to Eli. “I fled from there today.” “What happened, my son?” Eli asked.
  11. 1 Samuel 4:17הָיְתָ֣ה · there has been
    The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”
  12. 1 Samuel 4:18וַיְהִ֞י · As soon as
    As soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And Eli had judged Israel forty years.
  13. 1 Samuel 5:9וַיְהִ֞י · was also; וַתְּהִ֨י
    But after they had moved the ark to Gath, the LORD’s hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion and afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.
  14. 1 Samuel 5:10וַיְהִ֗י
    So they sent the ark of God to Ekron, but as it arrived, the Ekronites cried out, “They have brought us the ark of the God of Israel in order to kill us and our people!”
  15. 1 Samuel 5:11הָיְתָ֤ה · had pervaded
    Then the Ekronites called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was very heavy upon it.
  16. 1 Samuel 6:1וַיְהִ֧י · had been
    When the ark of the LORD had been in the land of the Philistines seven months,
  17. 1 Samuel 6:9הָ֥יָה · happened
    …but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”
  18. 1 Samuel 7:2וַיְהִ֗י · passed; וַיִּֽהְי֖וּ · in all
    And from that day a long time passed, twenty years in all, as the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim. And all the house of Israel mournfully sought the LORD.
  19. 1 Samuel 7:10וַיְהִ֤י · was
    As the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was offering up the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel.
  20. 1 Samuel 7:13וַתְּהִ֤י · was
    So the Philistines were subdued, and they stopped invading the territory of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
  21. 1 Samuel 7:14וַיְהִ֣י · And there was
    The cities from Ekron to Gath, which the Philistines had taken, were restored to Israel, who also delivered the surrounding territory from the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between the Israelites and the Amorites.
  22. 1 Samuel 8:1וַיְהִ֕י
    When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
  23. 1 Samuel 8:2וַיְהִ֞י · was
    The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.
  24. 1 Samuel 8:11יִֽהְיֶה֙ · will be
    He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to serve his own chariots and horses, and to run in front of his chariots.
  25. 1 Samuel 8:17תִּֽהְיוּ־ · will become
    He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.
  26. 1 Samuel 8:19יִֽהְיֶ֥ה · We must have
    Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.
  27. 1 Samuel 8:20וְהָיִ֥ינוּ · be
    Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to judge us, to go out before us, and to fight our battles.”
  28. 1 Samuel 9:1וַֽיְהִי־ · Now there was
    Now there was a Benjamite, a powerful man, whose name was Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin.
  29. 1 Samuel 9:2הָיָ֨ה · he had
    And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.
  30. 1 Samuel 9:26וַיְהִ֞י
    They got up early in the morning, and just before dawn Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get ready, and I will send you on your way!” So Saul got ready, and both he and Samuel went outside together.
  31. 1 Samuel 10:5וִיהִי֩
    After that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.
  32. 1 Samuel 10:7וְהָיָ֗ה
    When these signs have come, do as the occasion demands, for God is with you.
  33. 1 Samuel 10:9וְהָיָ֗ה
    As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul’s heart, and all the signs came to pass that day.
  34. 1 Samuel 10:11וַיְהִ֗י · When; הָיָ֣ה · has happened
    When all those who had formerly known Saul saw him prophesying with the prophets, they asked one another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”
  35. 1 Samuel 10:12הָיְתָ֣ה · became
    Then a man who lived there replied, “And who is their father?” So the saying became a proverb: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
  36. 1 Samuel 10:27וַיְהִ֖י · but [Saul] remained
    But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it.
  37. 1 Samuel 11:8וַיִּהְי֤וּ · there were
    And when Saul numbered them at Bezek, there were 300,000 Israelites and 30,000 men of Judah.
  38. 1 Samuel 11:9תִּהְיֶֽה־ · will be
    So they said to the messengers who had come, “Tell the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’” And when the messengers relayed this to the men of Jabesh, they rejoiced.
  39. 1 Samuel 11:11וַיְהִ֣י; וַיְהִ֤י · And
    The next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions, and during the morning watch they invaded the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them, until the hottest part of the day. And the survivors were so scattered that no two of them were left together.
  40. 1 Samuel 12:14וִהְיִתֶ֣ם · and if
    If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well.
  41. 1 Samuel 12:15וְהָיְתָ֧ה · will be
    But if you disobey the LORD and rebel against His command, then the hand of the LORD will be against you as it was against your fathers.
  42. 1 Samuel 13:2וַיִּהְי֨וּ · were; הָיוּ֙ · were
    He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.
  43. 1 Samuel 13:10וַיְהִ֗י
    Just as he finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to greet him.
  44. 1 Samuel 13:21וְֽהָיְתָ֞ה · was
    The charge was a pim for sharpening a plowshare or mattock, a third of a shekel for sharpening a pitchfork or an axe, and a third of a shekel for repointing an oxgoad.