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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 24:51וּתְהִ֤י · and let her become
    Rebekah is here before you. Take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master’s son, just as the LORD has decreed.”
  2. Genesis 24:52וַיְהִ֕י
    When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.
  3. Genesis 24:60הֲיִ֖י · become the mother
    And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”
  4. Genesis 24:67וַתְּהִי־ · as
    And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.
  5. Genesis 25:3הָי֛וּ · were
    Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites.
  6. Genesis 25:11וַיְהִ֗י
    After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi.
  7. Genesis 25:20וַיְהִ֤י · was
    …and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
  8. Genesis 25:27וַיְהִ֣י · became
    When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.
  9. Genesis 26:1וַיְהִ֤י · Now there was; הָיָ֖ה · had occurred
    Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.
  10. Genesis 26:3וְאֶֽהְיֶ֥ה · and I will be
    Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
  11. Genesis 26:8וַיְהִ֗י
    When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
  12. Genesis 26:14וַֽיְהִי־ · He owned so many
    He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
  13. Genesis 26:28הָיָ֣ה · has been; תְּהִ֨י · there should now be
    “We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you,” they replied. “We recommend that there should now be an oath between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you
  14. Genesis 26:32וַיְהִ֣י׀
    On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.
  15. Genesis 26:34וַיְהִ֤י · was
    When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.
  16. Genesis 26:35וַתִּהְיֶ֖יןָ · And
    And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
  17. Genesis 27:1וַיְהִי֙ · was
    When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.
  18. Genesis 27:12וְהָיִ֥יתִי · Then I would be revealed
    What if my father touches me? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver, and I would bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.”
  19. Genesis 27:23הָי֣וּ · were
    Isaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.
  20. Genesis 27:30וַיְהִ֗י; וַיְהִ֗י
    As soon as Isaac had finished blessing him and Jacob had left his father’s presence, his brother Esau returned from the hunt.
  21. Genesis 27:33יִהְיֶֽה׃ · he will be
    Isaac began to tremble violently and said, “Who was it, then, who hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will be blessed!”
  22. Genesis 27:39יִהְיֶ֣ה · shall be
    His father Isaac answered him: “Behold, your dwelling place shall be away from the richness of the land, away from the dew of heaven above.
  23. Genesis 27:40וְהָיָה֙
    You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”
  24. Genesis 28:3וְהָיִ֖יתָ · so that you may become
    May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
  25. Genesis 28:14וְהָיָ֤ה · will be
    Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.
  26. Genesis 28:20יִהְיֶ֨ה · will be
    Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,
  27. Genesis 28:21וְהָיָ֧ה · will be
    …so that I may return safely to my father’s house, then the LORD will be my God.
  28. Genesis 28:22יִהְיֶ֖ה · will be
    And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.”
  29. Genesis 29:10וַיְהִ֡י
    As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.
  30. Genesis 29:13וַיְהִי֩
    When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that had happened.
  31. Genesis 29:17הָֽיְתָ֔ה · was
    Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.
  32. Genesis 29:20וַיִּהְי֤וּ · yet it seemed
    So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.
  33. Genesis 29:23וַיְהִ֣י · But when
    But when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.
  34. Genesis 29:25וַיְהִ֣י · came
    When morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob said to Laban. “Wasn’t it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?”
  35. Genesis 30:25וַיְהִ֕י · Now
    Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland.
  36. Genesis 30:29הָיָ֥ה · have thrived
    Then Jacob answered, “You know how I have served you and how your livestock have thrived under my care.
  37. Genesis 30:30הָיָ֨ה · you had
    Indeed, you had very little before my arrival, but now your wealth has increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I set foot. But now, when may I also provide for my own household?”
  38. Genesis 30:32וְהָיָ֖ה · These will be
    Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, and every spotted or speckled goat. These will be my wages.
  39. Genesis 30:34יְהִ֥י · Let it be
    “Agreed,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.”
  40. Genesis 30:41וְהָיָ֗ה
    Whenever the stronger females of the flock were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs, in full view of the animals, so that they would breed in front of the branches.
  41. Genesis 30:42וְהָיָ֤ה · went to
    But if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.
  42. Genesis 30:43וַֽיְהִי־ · He owned
    Thus Jacob became exceedingly prosperous. He owned large flocks, maidservants and menservants, and camels and donkeys.
  43. Genesis 31:3וְאֶֽהְיֶ֖ה · and I will be
    Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”
  44. Genesis 31:5הָיָ֖ה · has been
    …and he told them, “I can see from your father’s countenance that his attitude toward me has changed; but the God of my father has been with me.
  45. Genesis 31:8יִהְיֶ֣ה · will be; יִהְיֶ֣ה · will be
    If he said, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore speckled offspring. If he said, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore streaked offspring.
  46. Genesis 31:10וַיְהִ֗י
    When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.