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הָיָה

ha.yah · to be

Hebrew · Strong's H1961 · Verb · Sounds like: haw-yaw · 3,562 occurrences

English

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
הָיָה 3570 vb. fall out, come to pass, become, be
Qal
I.
1.
a. Fall out, happen
b. occur, take place, come about, come to pass
2. esp. & very oft., come about, come to pass
a.
(1). וַיְהִי and it came to pass that, most often (c. 292 t.)
(2). rarely also Pf. c. וְ conj. וְהָיָה
b. less oft. וְהָיָה Pf. consec. and it shall come to pass, or frequentat. came to pass (repeatedly, etc.)
II. Come into being, become
1.
a. abs., in lively narrative, arise, appear, come
b. sq. prep.
2. become
a. sq. pred. noun (to be viewed as implicit accus.)
b. sq. pred. adj.
c. become like
d. sq. pred. לְ pers.
e. sq. לְ pred.
f. oft. c. לְ pred. לְ pers.
g. with עַל and לְ
h. sts. c. לְ pers. only = became the property of, come into the possession of
III. Be (often with subbordinate idea of becoming)
1. exist, be in existence
2. abide, remain, continue
3. with word of locality, be in or at a place, be situated, stand, lie
4. as copula, joining subj. & pred.
5. periphrastic conjug.
Niph.
1. either be done, be brought about, or occur, come to pass
2. be done, finished, gone

Every occurrence

  1. 1 Samuel 1:1 וַיְהִי֩ vay.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite:

  2. 1 Samuel 1:2 וַיְהִ֤י vay.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    and he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

  3. 1 Samuel 1:4 וַיְהִ֣י vay.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And when the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:

  4. 1 Samuel 1:12 וְהָיָה֙ ve.ha.Yah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass, as she continued praying before Jehovah, that Eli marked her mouth.

  5. 1 Samuel 1:18 הָיוּ־ ha.yu- · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And she said, Let thy handmaid find favor in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat; and her countenance was no more sad.

  6. 1 Samuel 1:20 וַיְהִי֙ vay.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass, when the time was come about, that Hannah conceived, and bare a son; and she called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of Jehovah.

  7. 1 Samuel 1:28 הָיָ֔ה ha.Yah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    therefore also I have granted him to Jehovah; as long as he liveth he is granted to Jehovah. And he worshipped Jehovah there.

  8. 1 Samuel 2:11 הָיָ֤ה ha.Yah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto Jehovah before Eli the priest.

  9. 1 Samuel 2:17 וַתְּהִ֨י va.te.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah; for the men despised the offering of Jehovah.

  10. 1 Samuel 2:27 בִּֽהְיוֹתָ֥ם bih.yo.Tam · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Did I reveal myself unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh's house?

  11. 1 Samuel 2:31 מִֽהְי֥וֹת mih.Yot · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thy house.

  12. 1 Samuel 2:32 יִהְיֶ֥ה yih.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And thou shalt behold the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel; and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever.

  13. 1 Samuel 2:36 וְהָיָ֗ה ve.ha.Yah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thy house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.

  14. 1 Samuel 3:1 הָיָ֤ה ha.Yah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And the child Samuel ministered unto Jehovah before Eli. And the word of Jehovah was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.

  15. 1 Samuel 3:2 וַֽיְהִי֙ vay.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to wax dim, so that he could not see),

  16. 1 Samuel 3:9 וְהָיָה֙ ve.ha.Yah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Jehovah; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

  17. 1 Samuel 3:19 הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And Samuel grew, and Jehovah was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.

  18. 1 Samuel 4:1 וַיְהִ֥י vay.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.

  19. 1 Samuel 4:5 וַיְהִ֗י vay.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And when the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.

  20. 1 Samuel 4:7 הָיְתָ֛ה ha.ye.Tah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.

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