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)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

