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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. Genesis 12:14וַיְהִ֕י · So
    So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
  2. Genesis 12:16וַֽיְהִי־ · and Abram acquired
    He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.
  3. Genesis 13:3הָ֨יָה · been pitched
    From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,
  4. Genesis 13:5הָיָ֥ה · had
    Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.
  5. Genesis 13:6הָיָ֤ה · they had
    But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.
  6. Genesis 13:7וַֽיְהִי־ · And there was
    And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.
  7. Genesis 13:8תְהִ֤י · let there be
    So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are kinsmen.
  8. Genesis 14:1וַיְהִ֗י
    In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim
  9. Genesis 15:1הָיָ֤ה · came
    After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
  10. Genesis 15:5יִהְיֶ֖ה · be
    And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
  11. Genesis 15:12וַיְהִ֤י · was
    As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.
  12. Genesis 15:13יִהְיֶ֣ה · will be
    Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
  13. Genesis 15:17וַיְהִ֤י · had fallen; הָיָ֑ה
    When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.
  14. Genesis 16:12יִהְיֶה֙ · will be
    He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”
  15. Genesis 17:1וַיְהִ֣י · was; וֶהְיֵ֥ה · and be
    When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
  16. Genesis 17:4וְהָיִ֕יתָ · You will be
    “As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
  17. Genesis 17:5וְהָיָ֤ה · will be
    No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
  18. Genesis 17:7לִהְי֤וֹת · to be
    I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
  19. Genesis 17:8וְהָיִ֥יתִי · and I will be
    And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”
  20. Genesis 17:11וְהָיָה֙ · and this will be
    You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
  21. Genesis 17:13וְהָיְתָ֧ה · will be
    Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.
  22. Genesis 17:16וְהָֽיְתָ֣ה · and she will be; יִהְיֽוּ׃ · will descend
    And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”
  23. Genesis 18:11לִהְי֣וֹת
    And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
  24. Genesis 18:12הָֽיְתָה־ · will I now have
    So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
  25. Genesis 18:18הָי֧וֹ · will surely become; יִֽהְיֶ֛ה
    Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
  26. Genesis 18:25וְהָיָ֥ה · are treated alike
    Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
  27. Genesis 19:14וַיְהִ֥י · he was
    So Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
  28. Genesis 19:17וַיְהִי֩
    As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
  29. Genesis 19:26וַתְּהִ֖י · and she became
    But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
  30. Genesis 19:29וַיְהִ֗י · So
    So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.
  31. Genesis 19:34וַֽיְהִי֙
    The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”
  32. Genesis 20:12וַתְּהִי־ · and she became
    Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father—though not the daughter of my mother—and she became my wife.
  33. Genesis 20:13וַיְהִ֞י
    So when God had me journey from my father’s house, I said to Sarah, ‘This is how you can show your loyalty to me: Wherever we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’”
  34. Genesis 21:20וַיְהִ֧י · was; וַיְהִ֖י · and became
    And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.
  35. Genesis 21:22וַֽיְהִי֙
    At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.
  36. Genesis 21:30תִּֽהְיֶה־
    He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”
  37. Genesis 22:1וַיְהִ֗י
    Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.
  38. Genesis 22:20וַיְהִ֗י · Some time later
    Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor:
  39. Genesis 23:1וַיִּהְיוּ֙ · Now
    Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.
  40. Genesis 24:14וְהָיָ֣ה · Now may it happen
    Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”
  41. Genesis 24:15וַֽיְהִי־
    Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
  42. Genesis 24:22וַיְהִ֗י · And
    And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.
  43. Genesis 24:30וַיְהִ֣י׀
    As soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.
  44. Genesis 24:41וְהָיִ֥יתָ · you will be
    And when you go to my kindred, if they refuse to give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.’
  45. Genesis 24:43וְהָיָ֤ה · Now [if]
    Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’