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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 Kings 19:37וַיְהִי֩ · One day
    One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
  2. 2 Kings 20:4וַיְהִ֣י; הָיָ֥ה · came
    Before Isaiah had left the middle courtyard, the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
  3. 2 Kings 20:13הָיָ֣ה · There was
    And Hezekiah received the envoys and showed them all that was in his treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his armory—all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.
  4. 2 Kings 20:15הָיָ֥ה
    “What have they seen in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They have seen everything in my palace,” answered Hezekiah. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”
  5. 2 Kings 20:18וְהָיוּ֙ · to be
    And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
  6. 2 Kings 20:19יִהְיֶ֥ה · be
    But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Will there not at least be peace and security in my lifetime?”
  7. 2 Kings 21:14וְהָי֥וּ · And they will become
    So I will forsake the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies. And they will become plunder and spoil to all their enemies,
  8. 2 Kings 21:15וַיִּהְי֥וּ
    …because they have done evil in My sight and have provoked Me to anger from the day their fathers came out of Egypt until this day.’”
  9. 2 Kings 22:3וַיְהִ֗י · Now
    Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, King Josiah sent the scribe, Shaphan son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the house of the LORD, saying,
  10. 2 Kings 22:11וַֽיְהִי֙
    When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes
  11. 2 Kings 22:19לִהְי֤וֹת · that they would become
    …because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
  12. 2 Kings 23:25הָיָ֨ה · was there
    Neither before nor after Josiah was there any king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, according to all the Law of Moses.
  13. 2 Kings 23:27יִהְיֶ֥ה · shall be
    For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”
  14. 2 Kings 24:1וַיְהִי־ · became
    During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.
  15. 2 Kings 24:3הָֽיְתָה֙ · this happened
    Surely this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all that he had done,
  16. 2 Kings 24:7הָיְתָ֖ה · his territory
    Now the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.
  17. 2 Kings 24:20הָיְתָ֤ה · [all this] happened
    For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.
  18. 2 Kings 25:1וַיְהִי֩ · So
    So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
  19. 2 Kings 25:3הָ֥יָה · had
    By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
  20. 2 Kings 25:16הָיָ֣ה
    As for the two pillars, the Sea, and the movable stands that Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.
  21. 2 Kings 25:25וַיְהִ֣י׀; הָי֥וּ · were
    In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
  22. 2 Kings 25:27וַיְהִי֩
    On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison.
  23. 1 Chronicles 1:10לִהְי֥וֹת · to be
    Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
  24. 1 Chronicles 1:51וַיִּהְיוּ֙
    Then Hadad died. Now the chiefs of Edom were Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,
  25. 1 Chronicles 2:3וַיְהִ֞י · was
    The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death.
  26. 1 Chronicles 2:22וַֽיְהִי־ · who had
    Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
  27. 1 Chronicles 2:25וַיִּהְי֧וּ
    The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron: Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.
  28. 1 Chronicles 2:26וַתְּהִ֨י · had
    Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah, who was the mother of Onam.
  29. 1 Chronicles 2:27וַיִּהְי֥וּ
    The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.
  30. 1 Chronicles 2:28וַיִּהְי֥וּ
    The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.
  31. 1 Chronicles 2:33הָי֖וּ · were
    The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.
  32. 1 Chronicles 2:34הָיָ֧ה · had
    Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters. He also had an Egyptian servant named Jarha.
  33. 1 Chronicles 2:50הָיוּ֙ · were
    These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,
  34. 1 Chronicles 2:52וַיִּהְי֤וּ · These were
    These were the descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim: Haroeh, half the Manahathites,
  35. 1 Chronicles 3:1הָיוּ֙ · were
    These were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was Amnon by Ahinoam of Jezreel; the second was Daniel by Abigail of Carmel;
  36. 1 Chronicles 4:5הָי֖וּ · had
    Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
  37. 1 Chronicles 4:9וַיְהִ֣י · was
    Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”
  38. 1 Chronicles 4:10וְהָיְתָ֤ה · be
    And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted the request of Jabez.
  39. 1 Chronicles 4:14הָיֽוּ׃פ · [its people] were
    Meonothai was the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of those living in Ge-harashim, which was given this name because its people were craftsmen.
  40. 1 Chronicles 6:32וַיִּהְי֨וּ
    They ministered with song before the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem. And they performed their duties according to the regulations given them.
  41. 1 Chronicles 6:54הָיָ֥ה · fell
    Now these were the territories assigned to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clan for their settlements, because the first lot fell to them:
  42. 1 Chronicles 6:66וַיְהִי֙
    And some of the clans of the Kohathites were given cities from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:
  43. 1 Chronicles 7:15וַתִּהְיֶ֥נָה · who had
    Machir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. The name of his sister was Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters.
  44. 1 Chronicles 7:19וַיִּהְי֖וּ · And these were
    And these were the sons of Shemida: Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.
  45. 1 Chronicles 7:23הָיְתָ֥ה · had come
    And again he slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because tragedy had come upon his house.
  46. 1 Chronicles 8:3וַיִּהְי֥וּ
    The sons of Bela: Addar, Gera, Abihud,
  47. 1 Chronicles 8:40וַֽיִּהְי֣וּ · were
    The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and they had many sons and grandsons—150 in all. All these were the descendants of Benjamin.
  48. 1 Chronicles 9:20הָיָ֧ה · had been
    In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar had been in charge of the gatekeepers, and the LORD was with him.