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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. Ezekiel 30:7תִּֽהְיֶֽינָה׃ · will lie
    They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will lie among ruined cities.
  2. Ezekiel 30:9וְהָיְתָ֨ה · will come
    On that day messengers will go out from Me in ships to frighten Cush out of complacency. Anguish will come upon them on the day of Egypt’s doom. For it is indeed coming.
  3. Ezekiel 30:13יִֽהְיֶה־ · be
    This is what the Lord GOD says: I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis. There will no longer be a prince in Egypt, and I will instill fear in that land.
  4. Ezekiel 30:16תִּהְיֶ֣ה · will be
    I will set fire to Egypt, Pelusium will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be split open, and Memphis will face daily distress.
  5. Ezekiel 30:20וַיְהִ֗י; הָיָ֥ה · came
    In the eleventh year, on the seventh day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  6. Ezekiel 31:1וַיְהִ֗י; הָיָ֥ה · came
    In the eleventh year, on the first day of the third month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  7. Ezekiel 31:3הָיְתָ֖ה · was
    Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.
  8. Ezekiel 31:7הָיָ֥ה · extended
    It was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its limbs, for its roots extended to abundant waters.
  9. Ezekiel 31:8הָי֖וּ · match
    The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare with its branches, nor the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with its beauty.
  10. Ezekiel 31:13הָי֔וּ · lived
    All the birds of the air nested on its fallen trunk, and all the beasts of the field lived among its boughs.
  11. Ezekiel 32:1וַֽיְהִי֙; הָיָ֥ה · came
    In the twelfth year, on the first day of the twelfth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  12. Ezekiel 32:17וַֽיְהִי֙ · came; הָיָ֥ה
    In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  13. Ezekiel 32:23וַיְהִ֣י · is
    Her graves are set in the depths of the Pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who once spread terror in the land of the living.
  14. Ezekiel 32:27וַתְּהִ֤י · rested
    They do not lie down with the fallen warriors of old, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were placed under their heads, whose shields rested on their bones, although the terror of the mighty was once in the land of the living.
  15. Ezekiel 33:1וַיְהִ֥י · came
    Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  16. Ezekiel 33:4יִֽהְיֶֽה׃ · will be
    Then if anyone hears the sound of the horn but fails to heed the warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head.
  17. Ezekiel 33:5יִֽהְיֶ֑ה · will be
    Since he heard the sound of the horn but failed to heed the warning, his blood will be on his own head. If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life.
  18. Ezekiel 33:21וַיְהִ֞י
    In the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth day of the tenth month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, “The city has been taken!”
  19. Ezekiel 33:22הָיְתָ֨ה · was
    Now the evening before the fugitive arrived, the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer mute.
  20. Ezekiel 33:23וַיְהִ֥י · came
    Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  21. Ezekiel 33:24הָיָ֣ה · was
    “Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’
  22. Ezekiel 33:33הָיָ֥ה · has been
    So when it comes to pass—and surely it will come—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”
  23. Ezekiel 34:1וַיְהִ֥י · came
    Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  24. Ezekiel 34:2הָיוּ֙
    “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock?
  25. Ezekiel 34:5וַתִּהְיֶ֧ינָה · they became
    They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.
  26. Ezekiel 34:8הֱיֽוֹת־ · and has become; וַתִּֽהְיֶינָה֩
    ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,
  27. Ezekiel 34:10תִהְיֶ֥יןָ · be
    This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand from them My flock and remove them from tending the flock, so that they can no longer feed themselves. For I will deliver My flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.’
  28. Ezekiel 34:12הֱיוֹת֤וֹ · he is
    As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.
  29. Ezekiel 34:14יִהְיֶ֣ה · will be
    I will feed them in good pasture, and the lofty mountains of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in a good grazing land; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.
  30. Ezekiel 34:22תִהְיֶ֥ינָה · be
    I will save My flock, and they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.
  31. Ezekiel 34:23יִהְיֶ֥ה · be
    I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.
  32. Ezekiel 34:24אֶהְיֶ֤ה · will be
    I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant David will be a prince among them. I, the LORD, have spoken.
  33. Ezekiel 34:26יִֽהְיֽוּ׃
    I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing.
  34. Ezekiel 34:27וְהָי֥וּ · My flock will be
    The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and delivered them from the hands that enslaved them.
  35. Ezekiel 34:28יִהְי֨וּ · be
    They will no longer be prey for the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not consume them. They will dwell securely, and no one will frighten them.
  36. Ezekiel 34:29יִהְי֨וּ · be
    And I will raise up for them a garden of renown, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations.
  37. Ezekiel 35:1וַיְהִ֥י · came
    Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  38. Ezekiel 35:4תִֽהְיֶ֑ה · will become
    I will turn your cities into ruins, and you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
  39. Ezekiel 35:5הֱי֤וֹת · you harbored
    Because you harbored an ancient hatred and delivered the Israelites over to the sword in the time of their disaster at the final stage of their punishment,
  40. Ezekiel 35:10תִהְיֶ֖ינָה · will be; הָיָֽה׃ · was
    Because you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’ even though the LORD was there,
  41. Ezekiel 35:15תִֽהְיֶ֤ה · You will become
    As you rejoiced when the inheritance of the house of Israel became desolate, so will I do to you. You will become a desolation, O Mount Seir, and so will all of Edom. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
  42. Ezekiel 36:2הָ֥יְתָה · have become
    This is what the Lord GOD says: Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,’
  43. Ezekiel 36:3לִֽהְיוֹתְכֶ֤ם · so that you became
    …therefore prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of the rest of the nations and were taken up in slander by the lips of their talkers,
  44. Ezekiel 36:4הָי֤וּ · have become
    …therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoil and a mockery to the rest of the nations around you.