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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. Ecclesiastes 8:7שֶּׁיִּֽהְיֶ֑ה · will happen; יִֽהְיֶ֔ה · is to come
    Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?
  2. Ecclesiastes 8:12יִהְיֶה־ · it will go
    Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.
  3. Ecclesiastes 8:13יִהְיֶ֣ה · go
    Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.
  4. Ecclesiastes 9:8יִהְי֥וּ · be
    Let your garments always be white, and never spare the oil for your head.
  5. Ecclesiastes 10:14שֶׁיִּֽהְיֶ֔ה · is coming; יִֽהְיֶה֙ · will come
    Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?
  6. Ecclesiastes 11:2יִּהְיֶ֥ה · may befall
    Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
  7. Ecclesiastes 11:8יִהְי֖וּ · they will be
    So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.
  8. Ecclesiastes 12:7כְּשֶׁהָיָ֑ה · from which it came
    …before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
  9. Ecclesiastes 12:9שֶׁהָיָ֥ה · was
    Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught the people knowledge; he pondered, searched out, and arranged many proverbs.
  10. Song of Solomon 1:7אֶֽהְיֶה֙ · should I be
    Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?
  11. Song of Solomon 7:8וְיִֽהְיוּ־ · be
    I said, “I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its fruit.” May your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the fragrance of your breath like apples,
  12. Song of Solomon 8:10הָיִ֥יתִי · I have become
    I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. So I have become in his eyes like one who brings peace.
  13. Song of Solomon 8:11הָיָ֤ה · had
    Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.
  14. Isaiah 1:9הָיִ֔ינוּ · we would have become
    Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.
  15. Isaiah 1:14הָי֥וּ · They have become
    I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.
  16. Isaiah 1:18יִֽהְי֨וּ · are; יִהְיֽוּ׃ · they will become
    “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
  17. Isaiah 1:21הָיְתָ֣ה · has become
    See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!
  18. Isaiah 1:22הָיָ֣ה · has become
    Your silver has become dross; your fine wine is diluted with water.
  19. Isaiah 1:30תִֽהְי֔וּ · you will become
    For you will become like an oak whose leaves are withered, like a garden without water.
  20. Isaiah 1:31וְהָיָ֤ה · will become
    The strong man will become tinder and his work will be a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the flames.
  21. Isaiah 2:2וְהָיָ֣ה׀ · will be; יִֽהְיֶ֜ה
    In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
  22. Isaiah 3:6תִּֽהְיֶה־ · you be
    A man will seize his brother within his father’s house: “You have a cloak—you be our leader! Take charge of this heap of rubble.”
  23. Isaiah 3:7אֶהְיֶ֣ה · I am
    On that day he will cry aloud: “I am not a healer. I have no food or clothing in my house. Do not make me leader of the people!”
  24. Isaiah 3:24וְהָיָה֩ · there will be; יִֽהְיֶ֗ה
    Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame.
  25. Isaiah 4:2יִֽהְיֶה֙ · will be
    On that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.
  26. Isaiah 4:3וְהָיָ֣ה׀
    Whoever remains in Zion and whoever is left in Jerusalem will be called holy—all in Jerusalem who are recorded among the living—
  27. Isaiah 4:6תִּהְיֶ֥ה
    …a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and the rain.
  28. Isaiah 5:1הָיָ֥ה · had
    I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
  29. Isaiah 5:5וְהָיָ֣ה · and it will be; וְהָיָ֥ה · and it will be
    Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.
  30. Isaiah 5:9יִֽהְי֔וּ · will become
    I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.
  31. Isaiah 5:12וְהָיָ֨ה
    At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
  32. Isaiah 5:24יִֽהְיֶ֔ה · will decay
    Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
  33. Isaiah 5:25וַתְּהִ֧י · lie
    Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lie like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
  34. Isaiah 6:13וְהָיְתָ֣ה · it will be
    And though a tenth remains in the land, it will be burned again. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.”
  35. Isaiah 7:1וַיְהִ֡י · Now
    Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.
  36. Isaiah 7:7תִֽהְיֶֽה׃ · happen
    But this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘It will not arise; it will not happen.
  37. Isaiah 7:18וְהָיָ֣ה׀
    On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria.
  38. Isaiah 7:21וְהָיָ֖ה
    On that day a man will raise a young cow and two sheep,
  39. Isaiah 7:22וְהָיָ֗ה · and from
    …and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.
  40. Isaiah 7:23וְהָיָה֙; יִֽהְיֶ֣ה; יִֽהְיֶה־ · had; יִֽהְיֶֽה׃ · will be found
    And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns will be found.
  41. Isaiah 7:24תִּֽהְיֶ֥ה · will be
    Men will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns.