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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 Chronicles 9:24יִהְי֖וּ · were stationed
    The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.
  2. 1 Chronicles 9:26וְהָיוּ֙ · were
    But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.
  3. 1 Chronicles 10:8וַיְהִי֙
    The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
  4. 1 Chronicles 11:2בִּהְי֣וֹת · was; תִּהְיֶ֣ה · will be
    Even in times past, while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD your God said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”
  5. 1 Chronicles 11:6יִהְיֶ֥ה · will become; וַיְהִ֥י · and he became
    Now David had said, “Whoever is the first to strike down a Jebusite will become chief commander.” And Joab son of Zeruiah went up first, and he became the chief.
  6. 1 Chronicles 11:13הָיָ֨ה · was; וַתְּהִ֛י · At
    He was with David at Pas-dammim when the Philistines gathered there for battle. At a place with a field full of barley, the troops fled from the Philistines.
  7. 1 Chronicles 11:20הָיָה֙ · was
    Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the Three, and he wielded his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name along with the Three.
  8. 1 Chronicles 11:21וַיְהִ֥י · and he became
    He was doubly honored above the Three, and he became their commander, even though he was not included among the Three.
  9. 1 Chronicles 12:17יִֽהְיֶה־ · will be
    And David went out to meet them, saying, “If you have come to me in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free of violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge you.”
  10. 1 Chronicles 12:21וַיִּהְי֥וּ · they were
    They helped David against the raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor and commanders in the army.
  11. 1 Chronicles 12:39וַיִּהְיוּ־ · They spent
    They spent three days there eating and drinking with David, for their relatives had provided for them.
  12. 1 Chronicles 14:4הָיוּ־
    These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
  13. 1 Chronicles 14:15וִ֠יהִי · As soon as
    As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move out to battle, because this will mean that God has gone out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”
  14. 1 Chronicles 15:25וַיְהִ֥י · So
    So David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom.
  15. 1 Chronicles 15:26וַֽיְהִי֙
    And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
  16. 1 Chronicles 15:29וַיְהִ֗י · was
    As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.
  17. 1 Chronicles 16:19בִּֽהְיֽוֹתְכֶם֙ · When they were
    When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,
  18. 1 Chronicles 17:1וַיְהִ֕י · After
    After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”
  19. 1 Chronicles 17:3וַֽיְהִ֖י · came; וַיְהִי֙
    But that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
  20. 1 Chronicles 17:5וָֽאֶהְיֶ֛ה · but I have moved
    For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved from tent to tent and dwelling to dwelling.
  21. 1 Chronicles 17:7לִהְי֣וֹת · to be
    Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
  22. 1 Chronicles 17:8וָֽאֶהְיֶ֣ה · I have been
    I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like that of the greatest in the land.
  23. 1 Chronicles 17:11וְהָיָ֗ה · And; יִהְיֶ֖ה
    And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.
  24. 1 Chronicles 17:13אֶֽהְיֶה־ · will be; יִֽהְיֶה־ · will be; הָיָ֖ה
    I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor.
  25. 1 Chronicles 17:14יִהְיֶ֥ה · will be
    But I will set him over My house and My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.”
  26. 1 Chronicles 17:22הָיִ֥יתָ · have become
    For You have made Your people Israel Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.
  27. 1 Chronicles 17:27לִהְי֥וֹת · that it may continue
    So now You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O LORD, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever.”
  28. 1 Chronicles 18:1וַיְהִי֙ · Some time later
    Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its villages from the hand of the Philistines.
  29. 1 Chronicles 18:2וַיִּהְי֤וּ · became
    David also defeated the Moabites, and they became subject to David and brought him tribute.
  30. 1 Chronicles 18:6וַיְהִ֤י · 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.
  31. 1 Chronicles 18:7הָי֔וּ · belonged
    And David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.
  32. 1 Chronicles 18:10הָיָ֣ה · had been
    …he sent his son Hadoram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze,
  33. 1 Chronicles 18:13וַיִּהְי֥וּ · were
    He placed garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
  34. 1 Chronicles 18:14וַיְהִ֗י · and
    Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
  35. 1 Chronicles 19:1וַיְהִי֙
    Some time later, Nahash king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son.
  36. 1 Chronicles 19:5הָי֥וּ · had been
    When someone came and told David about his men, he sent messengers to meet them, since the men had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
  37. 1 Chronicles 19:10הָיְתָ֧ה
    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.
  38. 1 Chronicles 19:12וְהָיִ֥יתָ · 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.
  39. 1 Chronicles 20:1וַיְהִ֡י
    In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab attacked Rabbah and demolished it.
  40. 1 Chronicles 20:2וַתְּהִ֖י · and it was
    Then David took the crown from the head of their king. It was found to weigh 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.
  41. 1 Chronicles 20:4וַיְהִי֙ · Some time later
    Some time later, war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued.
  42. 1 Chronicles 20:5וַתְּהִי־ · there was
    Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
  43. 1 Chronicles 20:6וַתְּהִי־ · And there was
    And there was also a battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha,