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

    Now it came to pass after the death of Moses the servant of Jehovah, that Jehovah spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,

  2. Joshua 1:4 יִֽהְיֶ֖ה yih.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.

  3. Joshua 1:5 הָיִ֤יתִי ha.Yi.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee; I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

  4. Joshua 1:5 אֶהְיֶ֣ה 'eh.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee; I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

  5. Joshua 1:17 יִֽהְיֶ֞ה yih.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only Jehovah thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.

  6. Joshua 1:17 הָיָ֖ה ha.Yah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only Jehovah thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.

  7. Joshua 2:5 וַיְהִ֨י vay.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    and it came to pass about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out; whither the men went I know not: pursue after them quickly; for ye will overtake them.

  8. Joshua 2:14 וְהָיָ֗ה ve.ha.Yah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And the men said unto her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business; and it shall be, when Jehovah giveth us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

  9. Joshua 2:19 וְהָיָ֡ה ve.ha.Yah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we shall be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.

  10. Joshua 2:19 יִֽהְיֶ֤ה yih.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we shall be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.

  11. Joshua 2:19 תִּֽהְיֶה־ tih.yeh- · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we shall be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.

  12. Joshua 2:20 וְהָיִ֣ינוּ ve.ha.Yi.nu · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by us

    But if thou utter this our business, then we shall be guiltless of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

  13. Joshua 3:2 וַיְהִ֕י vay.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the midst of the camp;

  14. Joshua 3:4 יִהְיֶ֗ה yih.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

  15. Joshua 3:7 הָיִ֛יתִי ha.Yi.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    And Jehovah said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.

  16. Joshua 3:7 אֶהְיֶ֥ה 'eh.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    And Jehovah said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.

  17. Joshua 3:13 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, when the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of Jehovah, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap.

  18. Joshua 3:14 וַיְהִ֗י vay.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over the Jordan, the priests that bare the ark of the covenant being before the people;

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

    And it came to pass, when all the nation were clean passed over the Jordan, that Jehovah spake unto Joshua, saying,

  20. Joshua 4:6 תִּֽהְיֶ֛ה tih.Yeh · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    that this may be a sign among you, that, when your children ask in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

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