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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. Exodus 1:5 וַֽיְהִ֗י vay.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: and Joseph was in Egypt already.

  2. Exodus 1:5 הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: and Joseph was in Egypt already.

  3. Exodus 1:10 וְהָיָ֞ה ve.ha.Yah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies, and fight against us, and get them up out of the land.

  4. Exodus 1:21 וַיְהִ֕י vay.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them households.

  5. Exodus 2:10 וַֽיְהִי־ vay.hi- · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said, Because I drew him out of the water.

  6. Exodus 2:11 וַיְהִ֣י׀ vay.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he saw an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren.

  7. Exodus 2:22 הָיִ֔יתִי ha.Yi.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.

  8. Exodus 2:23 וַיְהִי֩ vay.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

  9. Exodus 3:1 הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, unto Horeb.

  10. Exodus 3:12 אֶֽהְיֶ֣ה 'eh.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be the token unto thee, that I have sent thee: when thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

  11. Exodus 3:14 אֶֽהְיֶ֖ה 'eh.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

  12. Exodus 3:14 אֶֽהְיֶ֑ה 'eh.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

  13. Exodus 3:14 אֶֽהְיֶ֖ה 'eh.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

  14. Exodus 3:21 וְהָיָה֙ ve.ha.Yah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty:

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

    And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.

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

    And Jehovah said unto Moses, Put forth thy hand, and take it by the tail (and he put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand);

  17. Exodus 4:8 וְהָיָה֙ ve.ha.Yah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

  18. Exodus 4:9 וְהָיָ֡ה ve.ha.Yah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.

  19. Exodus 4:9 וְהָי֤וּ ve.ha.Yu · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

    And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.

  20. Exodus 4:9 וְהָי֥וּ ve.ha.Yu · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

    And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.

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