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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. Isaiah 56:12וְהָיָ֤ה · will be
    “Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”
  2. Isaiah 58:5יִֽהְיֶה֙ · Is
    Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?
  3. Isaiah 58:11וְהָיִ֙יתָ֙ · You will be
    The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
  4. Isaiah 59:2הָי֣וּ
    But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.
  5. Isaiah 59:6יִהְי֣וּ · be made into
    Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.
  6. Isaiah 59:15וַתְּהִ֤י · is
    Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.
  7. Isaiah 60:15הֱיוֹתֵ֛ךְ · you have been
    Whereas you have been forsaken and despised, with no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting pride, a joy from age to age.
  8. Isaiah 60:19יִֽהְיֶה־ · be; וְהָיָה־ · will be
    No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.
  9. Isaiah 60:20יִֽהְיֶה־ · will be
    Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.
  10. Isaiah 60:22יִֽהְיֶ֣ה · will become
    The least of you will become a thousand, and the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; in its time I will accomplish it quickly.
  11. Isaiah 61:7תִּֽהְיֶ֥ה · will be
    Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.
  12. Isaiah 62:3וְהָיִ֛יתְ · You will be
    You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, a royal diadem in the palm of your God.
  13. Isaiah 63:8וַיְהִ֥י · So He became
    For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior.
  14. Isaiah 63:19הָיִ֗ינוּ · We have become
    We have become like those You never ruled, like those not called by Your name.
  15. Isaiah 64:6וַנְּהִ֤י · has become
    Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
  16. Isaiah 64:10הָי֣וּ · have become; הָיָ֔תָה · has become
    Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation.
  17. Isaiah 64:11הָיָ֖ה · has been; הָיָ֥ה · lies
    Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.
  18. Isaiah 65:10וְהָיָ֤ה · will become
    Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, for My people who seek Me.
  19. Isaiah 65:20יִֽהְיֶ֨ה · live
    No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days, or an old man fail to live out his years. For the youth will die at a hundred years, and he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.
  20. Isaiah 65:24וְהָיָ֥ה
    Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
  21. Isaiah 66:2וַיִּהְי֥וּ · came into being
    Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
  22. Isaiah 66:23וְהָיָ֗ה
    From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come to worship before Me,” says the LORD.
  23. Isaiah 66:24וְהָי֥וּ · and they will be
    “As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”
  24. Jeremiah 1:2הָיָ֤ה · came
    The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,
  25. Jeremiah 1:3וַיְהִ֗י · and
    …and through the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, until the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile.
  26. Jeremiah 1:4וַיְהִ֥י · came
    The word of the LORD came to me, saying:
  27. Jeremiah 1:11וַיְהִ֤י · came
    And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.
  28. Jeremiah 1:13וַיְהִ֨י · came
    Again the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “What do you see?” “I see a boiling pot,” I replied, “and it is tilting toward us from the north.”
  29. Jeremiah 2:1וַיְהִ֥י · came
    Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  30. Jeremiah 2:10הָיְתָ֖ה · there has ever been
    Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:
  31. Jeremiah 2:14הָיָ֥ה · has he become
    Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why then has he become prey?
  32. Jeremiah 2:28הָי֥וּ · are
    But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.
  33. Jeremiah 2:31הָיִ֙יתִי֙ · Have I been
    You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?
  34. Jeremiah 3:1וְהָיְתָ֣ה · to marry
    “If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers—and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD.
  35. Jeremiah 3:3הָיָ֑ה · have fallen; הָ֣יָה · Yet you have
    Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.
  36. Jeremiah 3:9וְהָיָה֙ · Indifferent to
    Indifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.
  37. Jeremiah 3:16וְהָיָ֡ה
    “In those days, when you multiply and increase in the land,” declares the LORD, “they will no longer discuss the ark of the covenant of the LORD. It will never come to mind, and no one will remember it or miss it, nor will another one be made.
  38. Jeremiah 4:9וְהָיָ֤ה
    “In that day,” declares the LORD, “the king and officials will lose their courage. The priests will tremble in fear, and the prophets will be astounded.”
  39. Jeremiah 4:10יִהְיֶ֣ה · You will have
    Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”
  40. Jeremiah 4:17הָי֥וּ
    They surround her like men guarding a field, because she has rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.
  41. Jeremiah 4:27תִהְיֶ֖ה · will be
    For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction.
  42. Jeremiah 5:8הָי֑וּ · They are
    They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.
  43. Jeremiah 5:13יִֽהְי֣וּ · are
    The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall them.”
  44. Jeremiah 5:19וְהָיָה֙ · And
    And when the people ask, ‘For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’”
  45. Jeremiah 5:23הָיָ֔ה · have
    But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone away.
  46. Jeremiah 5:30נִהְיְתָ֖ה · has happened
    A horrible and shocking thing has happened in the land.