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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. Jeremiah 6:10הָיָ֥ה · has become
    To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.
  2. Jeremiah 7:1הָיָ֣ה · came
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
  3. Jeremiah 7:11הָיָ֨ה · become
    Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD.
  4. Jeremiah 7:23וְהָיִ֤יתִי · and I will be; תִּֽהְיוּ־ · will be
    …but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.
  5. Jeremiah 7:24וַיִּהְי֥וּ · They went
    Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.
  6. Jeremiah 7:33וְֽהָ֨יְתָ֜ה · will become
    The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.
  7. Jeremiah 7:34תִּהְיֶ֥ה · will become
    I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”
  8. Jeremiah 8:2יִֽהְיֽוּ׃ · but will become
    They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.
  9. Jeremiah 11:1הָיָ֣ה · came
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
  10. Jeremiah 11:4וִהְיִ֤יתֶם · and you will be; אֶהְיֶ֥ה · will be
    …which I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, ‘Obey Me, and do everything I command you, and you will be My people, and I will be your God.’
  11. Jeremiah 11:13הָי֥וּ · are
    Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’
  12. Jeremiah 11:23תִֽהְיֶ֖ה · There will be
    There will be no remnant, for I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.”
  13. Jeremiah 12:8הָיְתָה־ · has become
    My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore I hate her.
  14. Jeremiah 12:15וְהָיָ֗ה · But
    But after I have uprooted them, I will once again have compassion on them and return each one to his inheritance and to his land.
  15. Jeremiah 12:16וְהָיָ֡ה · And
    And if they will diligently learn the ways of My people and swear by My name, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives’—just as they once taught My people to swear by Baal—then they will be established among My people.
  16. Jeremiah 13:3וַיְהִ֧י · came
    Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time:
  17. Jeremiah 13:6וַיְהִ֕י
    Many days later the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to Perath, and get the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.”
  18. Jeremiah 13:8וַיְהִ֥י · came
    Then the word of the LORD came to me:
  19. Jeremiah 13:10וִיהִי֙ · they will be
    These evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth—of no use at all.
  20. Jeremiah 13:11לִֽהְי֥וֹת · so that they might be
    For just as a loincloth clings to a man’s waist, so I have made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to Me, declares the LORD, so that they might be My people for My renown and praise and glory. But they did not listen.
  21. Jeremiah 14:1הָיָ֤ה · came
    This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
  22. Jeremiah 14:4הָיָ֥ה
    The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.
  23. Jeremiah 14:5הָיָ֖ה · there is
    Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.
  24. Jeremiah 14:8תִֽהְיֶה֙ · are You
    O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays but a night?
  25. Jeremiah 14:9תִֽהְיֶה֙ · are You
    Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!
  26. Jeremiah 14:13יִהְיֶ֣ה · or suffer
    “Ah, Lord GOD!” I replied, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’”
  27. Jeremiah 14:15יִהְיֶ֖ה · will touch
    Therefore this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name: I did not send them, yet they say, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ By sword and famine these very prophets will meet their end!
  28. Jeremiah 14:16יִֽהְי֣וּ · will be
    And the people to whom they prophesy will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and sword. There will be no one to bury them or their wives, their sons or their daughters. I will pour out their own evil upon them.
  29. Jeremiah 15:2וְהָיָ֛ה
    If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’
  30. Jeremiah 15:16וַיְהִ֤י · became
    Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.
  31. Jeremiah 15:18הָיָ֤ה · is; הָי֨וֹ · You have indeed become; תִֽהְיֶ֥ה
    Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me—water that is not there.
  32. Jeremiah 15:19תִֽהְיֶ֑ה · you will be
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to you, but you must not turn to them.
  33. Jeremiah 16:1וַיְהִ֥י · came
    Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  34. Jeremiah 16:2יִהְי֤וּ · have
    “You must not marry or have sons or daughters in this place.”
  35. Jeremiah 16:4יִֽהְי֑וּ · but will lie; וְהָיְתָ֤ה · will become
    “They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts of the earth.”
  36. Jeremiah 16:10וְהָיָ֗ה
    When you tell these people all these things, they will ask you, ‘Why has the LORD pronounced all this great disaster against us? What is our iniquity? What is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?’
  37. Jeremiah 17:6וְהָיָה֙ · He will be
    He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.
  38. Jeremiah 17:7וְהָיָ֥ה · is
    But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
  39. Jeremiah 17:8וְהָיָ֞ה · He is; וְהָיָ֥ה · are always
    He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.
  40. Jeremiah 17:11יִהְיֶ֥ה · he will be
    Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”
  41. Jeremiah 17:16הָיָֽה׃ · was [spoken]
    But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.
  42. Jeremiah 17:17תִּֽהְיֵה־ · become
    Do not become a terror to me; You are my refuge in the day of disaster.
  43. Jeremiah 17:24וְ֠הָיָה · however
    If, however, you listen carefully to Me, says the LORD, and bring no load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, and keep the Sabbath day holy, and do no work on it,
  44. Jeremiah 18:1הָיָ֣ה · came
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: