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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. 2 Samuel 7:28יִהְי֣וּ · are
    And now, O Lord GOD, You are God! Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant.
  2. 2 Samuel 7:29לִהְי֥וֹת · that it may continue
    Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with Your blessing the house of Your servant will be blessed forever.”
  3. 2 Samuel 8:1וַֽיְהִי֙ · Some time later
    Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.
  4. 2 Samuel 8:2וַתְּהִ֤י · became
    David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.
  5. 2 Samuel 8:6וַתְּהִ֤י · became
    Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
  6. 2 Samuel 8:7הָי֔וּ · belonged
    And David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.
  7. 2 Samuel 8:10הָיָ֣ה · had been; הָי֛וּ · [Joram] brought
    …he sent his son Joram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Toi. Joram brought with him articles of silver and gold and bronze,
  8. 2 Samuel 8:14וַיְהִ֥י · were
    He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
  9. 2 Samuel 8:15וַיְהִ֣י
    Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
  10. 2 Samuel 8:18הָיֽוּ׃פ · were
    Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.
  11. 2 Samuel 9:9הָיָ֤ה · belonged to
    Then the king summoned Saul’s servant Ziba and said to him, “I have given to your master’s grandson all that belonged to Saul and to all his house.
  12. 2 Samuel 9:10וְהָיָ֨ה · may have
    You and your sons and servants are to work the ground for him and bring in the harvest, so that your master’s grandson may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is always to eat at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
  13. 2 Samuel 10:1וַֽיְהִי֙
    Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun.
  14. 2 Samuel 10:5הָי֥וּ · they had been
    When this was reported to David, he sent messengers to meet the men, since they had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
  15. 2 Samuel 10:9הָיְתָ֤ה
    When Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him, he selected some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans.
  16. 2 Samuel 10:11וְהָיִ֥תָה · then you will come
    “If the Arameans are too strong for me,” said Joab, “then you will come to my rescue. And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to your rescue.
  17. 2 Samuel 11:1וַיְהִי֩
    In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.
  18. 2 Samuel 11:2וַיְהִ֣י׀
    One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
  19. 2 Samuel 11:14וַיְהִ֣י
    The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.
  20. 2 Samuel 11:16וַיְהִ֕י · So as
    So as Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew the strongest enemy soldiers were.
  21. 2 Samuel 11:20וְהָיָ֗ה
    …if the king’s anger flares, he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Did you not realize they would shoot from atop the wall?
  22. 2 Samuel 11:23וַנִּהְיֶ֥ה · but we drove them back
    The messenger said to David, “The men overpowered us and came out against us in the field, but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate.
  23. 2 Samuel 11:27וַתְּהִי־ · and she became
    And when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.
  24. 2 Samuel 12:1הָיוּ֙ · There were
    Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.
  25. 2 Samuel 12:2הָיָ֛ה · man had
    The rich man had a great number of sheep and cattle,
  26. 2 Samuel 12:3וַתְּהִי־ · and was
    …but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.
  27. 2 Samuel 12:10לִהְי֥וֹת · to be
    Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’
  28. 2 Samuel 12:18וַיְהִ֛י; בִהְי֨וֹת
    On the seventh day the child died. But David’s servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Look, while the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he would not listen to us. So how can we tell him the child is dead? He may even harm himself.”
  29. 2 Samuel 12:30וַתְּהִ֖י · and it was
    Then he took the crown from the head of their king. It weighed a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.
  30. 2 Samuel 13:1וַיְהִ֣י · After some time
    After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.
  31. 2 Samuel 13:13תִּהְיֶ֛ה · would be
    Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”
  32. 2 Samuel 13:20הָיָ֣ה · been
    Her brother Absalom said to her, “Has your brother Amnon been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister. He is your brother. Do not take this thing to heart.” So Tamar lived as a desolate woman in the house of her brother Absalom.
  33. 2 Samuel 13:23וַֽיְהִי֙ · were; וַיִּהְי֤וּ
    Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king.
  34. 2 Samuel 13:28וִהְי֥וּ · and
    Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”
  35. 2 Samuel 13:30וַֽיְהִי֙ · were
    While they were on the way, a report reached David: “Absalom has struck down all the sons of the king; not one of them is left!”
  36. 2 Samuel 13:32הָיְתָ֣ה
    But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, spoke up: “My lord must not think they have killed all the sons of the king, for only Amnon is dead. In fact, Absalom has planned this since the day Amnon violated his sister Tamar.
  37. 2 Samuel 13:35הָיָֽה׃
    So Jonadab said to the king, “Look, the sons of the king have arrived! It is just as your servant said.”
  38. 2 Samuel 13:36וַיְהִ֣י׀
    And as he finished speaking, the sons of the king came in, wailing loudly. Then the king and all his servants also wept very bitterly.
  39. 2 Samuel 13:38וַיְהִי־ · he stayed
    After Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur, he stayed there three years.
  40. 2 Samuel 14:2וְהָיִ֕ית · Act
    So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.
  41. 2 Samuel 14:17יִֽהְיֶה־ · May; יְהִ֥י · be
    And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.’”
  42. 2 Samuel 14:25הָיָ֧ה · Now there was; הָ֥יָה · have
    Now there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.
  43. 2 Samuel 14:26וְֽ֠הָיָה
    And when he cut the hair of his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.
  44. 2 Samuel 14:27הָיְתָ֔ה · was
    Three sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman.
  45. 2 Samuel 15:1וַֽיְהִי֙ · Some time later
    Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.