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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. Isaiah 1:9 הָיִ֔ינוּ ha.Yi.nu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by us

    Except Jehovah of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

  2. Isaiah 1:14 הָי֥וּ ha.Yu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth; they are a trouble unto me; I am weary of bearing them.

  3. Isaiah 1:18 יִֽהְי֨וּ yih.Yu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

  4. Isaiah 1:18 יִהְיֽוּ׃ yih.Yu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

  5. Isaiah 1:21 הָיְתָ֣ה ha.ye.Tah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    How is the faithful city become a harlot! she that was full of justice! righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.

  6. Isaiah 1:22 הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.

  7. Isaiah 1:30 תִֽהְי֔וּ tih.Yu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

  8. Isaiah 1:31 וְהָיָ֤ה ve.ha.Yah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

  9. Isaiah 2:2 וְהָיָ֣ה׀ ve.ha.Yah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

  10. Isaiah 2:2 יִֽהְיֶ֜ה yih.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

  11. Isaiah 3:6 תִּֽהְיֶה־ tih.yeh- · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    When a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand;

  12. Isaiah 3:7 אֶהְיֶ֣ה 'eh.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    in that day shall he lift up his voice, saying, I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: ye shall not make me ruler of the people.

  13. Isaiah 3:24 וְהָיָה֩ 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 instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well set hair, baldness; and instead of a robe, a girding of sackcloth; branding instead of beauty.

  14. Isaiah 3:24 יִֽהְיֶ֗ה yih.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well set hair, baldness; and instead of a robe, a girding of sackcloth; branding instead of beauty.

  15. Isaiah 4:2 יִֽהְיֶה֙ yih.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    In that day shall the branch of Jehovah be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.

  16. Isaiah 4:3 וְהָיָ֣ה׀ 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 he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem;

  17. Isaiah 4:6 תִּהְיֶ֥ה tih.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And there shall be a pavilion for a shade in the day-time from the heat, and for a refuge and for a covert from storm and from rain.

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

    Let me sing for my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:

  19. Isaiah 5:5 וְהָיָ֣ה ve.ha.Yah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; I will break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:

  20. Isaiah 5:5 וְהָיָ֥ה ve.ha.Yah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; I will break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:

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