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הָיָה

ha.yah · to be

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

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

    Now among these were, of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.

  2. Daniel 1:16 וַיְהִ֣י vay.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    So the steward took away their dainties, and the wine that they should drink, and gave them pulse.

  3. Daniel 1:21 וַֽיְהִי֙ vay.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus.

  4. Daniel 2:1 נִהְיְתָ֥ה nih.ye.Tah · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.

  5. Daniel 8:2 וַיְהִי֙ vay.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And I saw in the vision; now it was so, that when I saw, I was in Shushan the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in the vision, and I was by the river Ulai.

  6. Daniel 8:2 הָיִ֖יתִי ha.Yi.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    And I saw in the vision; now it was so, that when I saw, I was in Shushan the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in the vision, and I was by the river Ulai.

  7. Daniel 8:5 הָיִ֣יתִי ha.Yi.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    And as I was considering, behold, a he-goat came from the west over the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.

  8. Daniel 8:7 הָ֥יָה Ha.yah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with anger against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns; and there was no power in the ram to stand before him; but he cast him down to the ground, and trampled upon him; and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.

  9. Daniel 8:7 הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with anger against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns; and there was no power in the ram to stand before him; but he cast him down to the ground, and trampled upon him; and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.

  10. Daniel 8:15 וַיְהִ֗י vay.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, that I sought to understand it; and, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.

  11. Daniel 8:19 יִהְיֶ֖ה yih.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the latter time of the indignation; for it belongeth to the appointed time of the end.

  12. Daniel 8:27 נִהְיֵ֤יתִי nih.Yei.ti · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    And I, Daniel, fainted, and was sick certain days; then I rose up, and did the king's business: and I wondered at the vision, but none understood it.

  13. Daniel 9:2 הָיָ֤ה ha.Yah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years whereof the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah the prophet, for the accomplishing of the desolations of Jerusalem, even seventy years.

  14. Daniel 10:2 הָיִ֣יתִי ha.Yi.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three whole weeks.

  15. Daniel 10:4 הָיִ֛יתִי ha.Yi.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel,

  16. Daniel 10:7 הָי֣וּ ha.Yu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision; for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, and they fled to hide themselves.

  17. Daniel 10:9 הָיִ֛יתִי ha.Yi.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    Yet heard I the voice of his words; and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I fallen into a deep sleep on my face, with my face toward the ground.

  18. Daniel 11:17 תִהְיֶֽה׃ tih.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And he shall set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and with him equitable conditions; and he shall perform them: and he shall give him the daughter of women, to corrupt her; but she shall not stand, neither be for him.

  19. Daniel 11:29 תִהְיֶ֥ה tih.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    At the time appointed he shall return, and come into the south; but it shall not be in the latter time as it was in the former.

  20. Daniel 11:42 תִהְיֶ֖ה tih.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries; and the land of Egypt shall not escape.

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