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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. Exodus 7:19וְהָ֤יָה · There will be
    And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and all the reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”
  2. Exodus 7:21וַיְהִ֥י · And there was
    The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.
  3. Exodus 8:15הָֽיְתָה֙ · there was
    When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
  4. Exodus 8:16וְהָיָ֥ה · that it may turn into
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.’”
  5. Exodus 8:17וַתְּהִי֙ · came upon; הָיָ֥ה · turned into
    This they did, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, gnats came upon man and beast. All the dust of the earth turned into gnats throughout the land of Egypt.
  6. Exodus 8:18וַתְּהִי֙ · remained
    The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.
  7. Exodus 8:22הֱיֽוֹת־ · will be [found]
    But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I, the LORD, am in the land.
  8. Exodus 8:23יִהְיֶ֖ה · will take place
    I will make a distinction between My people and your people. This sign will take place tomorrow.’”
  9. Exodus 9:3הוֹיָ֗ה · will bring
    …then the hand of the LORD will bring a severe plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.
  10. Exodus 9:9וְהָיָ֣ה · It will become; וְהָיָ֨ה · and
    It will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on man and beast throughout the land.”
  11. Exodus 9:10וַיְהִ֗י · and
    So they took soot from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it into the air, and festering boils broke out on man and beast.
  12. Exodus 9:11הָיָ֣ה · had broken out
    The magicians could not stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and on all the Egyptians.
  13. Exodus 9:18הָיָ֤ה · fallen
    Behold, at this time tomorrow I will rain down the worst hail that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded until now.
  14. Exodus 9:22וִיהִ֥י · may fall
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt—on man and beast and every plant of the field throughout the land of Egypt.”
  15. Exodus 9:24וַיְהִ֣י · fell; הָיָ֤ה · had ever been [seen]; הָיְתָ֥ה · it became
    The hail fell and the lightning continued flashing through it. The hail was so severe that nothing like it had ever been seen in all the land of Egypt from the time it became a nation.
  16. Exodus 9:26הָיָ֖ה · was
    The only place where it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.
  17. Exodus 9:28מִֽהְיֹ֛ת · for there has been
    Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”
  18. Exodus 9:29יִֽהְיֶה־ · and there will be
    Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.
  19. Exodus 10:6הֱיוֹתָם֙ · they came into
    They will fill your houses and the houses of all your officials and every Egyptian—something neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since the day they came into this land.’” Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh’s presence.
  20. Exodus 10:7יִהְיֶ֨ה · man be
    Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt lies in ruins?”
  21. Exodus 10:10יְהִ֨י · be
    Then Pharaoh told them, “May the LORD be with you if I ever let you go with your little ones. Clearly you are bent on evil.
  22. Exodus 10:13הָיָ֔ה
    So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.
  23. Exodus 10:14הָ֨יָה · had there been; יִֽהְיֶה־ · again will there be
    The locusts swarmed across the land and settled over the entire territory of Egypt. Never before had there been so many locusts, and never again will there be.
  24. Exodus 10:21וִ֥יהִי · may spread
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”
  25. Exodus 10:22וַיְהִ֧י · covered
    So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.
  26. Exodus 10:23הָ֥יָה · had
    No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.
  27. Exodus 11:6וְהָֽיְתָ֛ה · will go out; נִהְיָ֔תָה · been heard before
    Then a great cry will go out over all the land of Egypt. Such an outcry has never been heard before and will never be heard again.
  28. Exodus 12:4מִהְיֹ֣ת
    If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly.
  29. Exodus 12:5יִהְיֶ֣ה · must be
    Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats.
  30. Exodus 12:6וְהָיָ֤ה · You must
    You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.
  31. Exodus 12:13וְהָיָה֩ · will be; יִֽהְיֶ֨ה · will fall
    The blood on the houses where you are staying will be a sign; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
  32. Exodus 12:14וְהָיָה֩ · will be
    And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come.
  33. Exodus 12:16יִהְיֶ֣ה · you are to hold
    On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you may do.
  34. Exodus 12:25וְהָיָ֞ה
    When you enter the land that the LORD will give you as He promised, you are to keep this service.
  35. Exodus 12:26וְהָיָ֕ה
    When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’
  36. Exodus 12:29וַיְהִ֣י׀ · Now
    Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock.
  37. Exodus 12:30וַתְּהִ֛י · and there was
    During the night Pharaoh got up—he and all his officials and all the Egyptians—and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead.
  38. Exodus 12:41וַיְהִ֗י; וַיְהִ֗י
    At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt.
  39. Exodus 12:48וְהָיָ֖ה · and he shall be
    If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.
  40. Exodus 12:49יִהְיֶ֖ה · shall apply
    The same law shall apply to both the native and the foreigner who resides among you.”
  41. Exodus 12:51וַיְהִ֕י · And
    And on that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.
  42. Exodus 13:5וְהָיָ֣ה · And
    And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you shall keep this service in this month.