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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. Micah 1:1 הָיָ֗ה ha.Yah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    The word of Jehovah that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

  2. Micah 1:2 וִיהִי֩ vi.Hi · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Hear, ye peoples, all of you: hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord Jehovah be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.

  3. Micah 2:4 נִֽהְיָה֙ nih.Yah · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We are utterly ruined: he changeth the portion of my people: how doth he remove it from me! to the rebellious he divideth our fields.

  4. Micah 2:5 יִֽהְיֶ֣ה yih.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the line by lot in the assembly of Jehovah.

  5. Micah 2:11 וְהָיָ֥ה ve.ha.Yah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.

  6. Micah 3:12 תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה tih.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

  7. Micah 4:1 וְהָיָ֣ה׀ ve.ha.Yah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

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

  8. Micah 4:1 יִ֠הְיֶה Yih.yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

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

  9. Micah 5:2 לִֽהְיוֹת֙ lih.yOt · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.

  10. Micah 5:2 לִֽהְי֥וֹת lih.Yot · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.

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

    And this man shall be our peace. When the Assyrian shall come into our land, and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.

  12. Micah 5:7 וְהָיָ֣ה׀ ve.ha.Yah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as dew from Jehovah, as showers upon the grass, that tarry not for man, nor wait for the sons of men.

  13. Micah 5:8 וְהָיָה֩ ve.ha.Yah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he go through, treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and there is none to deliver.

  14. Micah 5:10 וְהָיָ֤ה 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 that day, saith Jehovah, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and will destroy thy chariots:

  15. Micah 5:12 יִֽהְיוּ־ yih.yu- · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:

  16. Micah 7:1 הָיִ֙יתִי֙ ha.Yi.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat; my soul desireth the first-ripe fig.

  17. Micah 7:4 תִהְיֶ֖ה tih.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    The best of them is as a brier; the most upright is worse than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen, even thy visitation, is come; now shall be their perplexity.

  18. Micah 7:10 תִּֽהְיֶ֥ה tih.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Then mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her who said unto me, Where is Jehovah thy God? Mine eyes shall see my desire upon her; now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.

  19. Micah 7:13 וְהָיְתָ֥ה ve.ha.ye.Tah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    Yet shall the land be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.

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