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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 Kings 5:14יִהְי֣וּ · so that they would spend
    He sent them to Lebanon in monthly shifts of 10,000 men, so that they would spend one month in Lebanon and two months at home. And Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.
  2. 1 Kings 5:15וַיְהִ֧י · had
    Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,
  3. 1 Kings 6:1וַיְהִ֣י
    In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD.
  4. 1 Kings 6:11וַֽיְהִי֙ · came
    Then the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying:
  5. 1 Kings 6:17הָיָ֣ה · was
    And the main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long.
  6. 1 Kings 7:8הָיָ֑ה · was
    And the palace where Solomon would live, set further back, was of similar construction. He also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married.
  7. 1 Kings 8:8וַיִּ֣הְיוּ · and they are
    The poles extended far enough that their ends were visible from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.
  8. 1 Kings 8:10וַיְהִ֕י · And
    And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD
  9. 1 Kings 8:16לִהְי֥וֹת · would be; לִֽהְי֖וֹת · to be
    ‘Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there. But I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
  10. 1 Kings 8:17וַיְהִ֕י · Now it was
    Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
  11. 1 Kings 8:18הָיָה֙ · it was; הָיָ֖ה · to have this
    But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.
  12. 1 Kings 8:29לִהְיוֹת֩ · be; יִהְיֶ֥ה · shall be
    May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
  13. 1 Kings 8:35יִהְיֶ֥ה · and there is
    When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,
  14. 1 Kings 8:37יִהְיֶ֣ה · comes; יִ֠הְיֶה · [or]; יִהְיֶ֔ה
    When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,
  15. 1 Kings 8:38תִֽהְיֶה֙ · make
    …then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
  16. 1 Kings 8:52לִהְי֨וֹת · be
    May Your eyes be open to the pleas of Your servant and of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You.
  17. 1 Kings 8:54וַיְהִ֣י׀ · Now when
    Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven.
  18. 1 Kings 8:57יְהִ֨י · be; הָיָ֖ה · He was
    May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He never leave us or forsake us.
  19. 1 Kings 8:59וְיִֽהְי֨וּ · And may
    And may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may uphold the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires,
  20. 1 Kings 8:61וְהָיָ֤ה · be
    So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.”
  21. 1 Kings 9:1וַיְהִי֙ · Now
    Now when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and had achieved all that he had desired to do,
  22. 1 Kings 9:3וְהָי֨וּ · will be
    And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
  23. 1 Kings 9:7וְהָיָ֧ה · will become
    …then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.
  24. 1 Kings 9:8יִהְיֶ֣ה · has become
    And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
  25. 1 Kings 9:10וַיְהִ֗י · Now
    Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon built these two houses, the house of the LORD and the royal palace,
  26. 1 Kings 9:19הָי֣וּ · had
    …as well as all the store cities that Solomon had for his chariots and horses—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.
  27. 1 Kings 10:2הָיָ֖ה · was
    She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in great abundance, and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke to him all that was on her mind.
  28. 1 Kings 10:3הָיָ֤ה · was
    And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for the king to explain.
  29. 1 Kings 10:5הָ֥יָה
    …the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants, his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.
  30. 1 Kings 10:6הָיָ֣ה · is
    She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and wisdom is true.
  31. 1 Kings 10:9יְהִ֨י · be
    Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.”
  32. 1 Kings 10:14וַֽיְהִי֙ · was
    The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,
  33. 1 Kings 10:26וַיְהִי־
    Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
  34. 1 Kings 11:3וַיְהִי־ · He had
    He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.
  35. 1 Kings 11:4וַיְהִ֗י · grew; הָיָ֨ה · and he was
    For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
  36. 1 Kings 11:11הָֽיְתָה־ · you have done
    Then the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.
  37. 1 Kings 11:15וַיְהִ֗י · Earlier; בִּֽהְי֤וֹת · was
    Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab the commander of the army had gone to bury the dead and had struck down every male in Edom.
  38. 1 Kings 11:20וַיְהִ֤י · lived
    And the sister of Tahpenes bore Hadad a son named Genubath. Tahpenes herself weaned him in Pharaoh’s palace, and Genubath lived there among the sons of Pharaoh.
  39. 1 Kings 11:24וַיְהִ֣י · [Rezon] captained
    …and had gathered men to himself. When David killed the Zobaites, Rezon captained a band of raiders and went to Damascus, where they settled and gained control.
  40. 1 Kings 11:25וַיְהִ֨י · Rezon was
    Rezon was Israel’s enemy throughout the days of Solomon, adding to the trouble caused by Hadad. So Rezon ruled over Aram with hostility toward Israel.
  41. 1 Kings 11:29וַֽיְהִי֙ · During
    During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as he was going out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself in a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the open field.
  42. 1 Kings 11:32יִֽהְיֶה־ · will remain
    But one tribe will remain for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.