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

    The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it came to pass in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,

  2. Nehemiah 1:1 הָיִ֖יתִי ha.Yi.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it came to pass in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,

  3. Nehemiah 1:4 וַיְהִ֞י vay.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,

  4. Nehemiah 1:4 וָֽאֱהִ֥י va.'e.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by me

    And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,

  5. Nehemiah 1:6 תְּהִ֣י te.Hi · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee. Yea, I and my father's house have sinned:

  6. Nehemiah 1:9 יִהְיֶ֨ה yih.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    but if ye return unto me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there.

  7. Nehemiah 1:11 תְּהִ֣י te.Hi · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who delight to fear thy name; and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was cupbearer to the king.

  8. Nehemiah 1:11 הָיִ֥יתִי ha.Yi.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who delight to fear thy name; and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was cupbearer to the king.

  9. Nehemiah 2:1 וַיְהִ֣י׀ vay.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.

  10. Nehemiah 2:1 הָיִ֥יתִי ha.Yi.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.

  11. Nehemiah 2:6 יִהְיֶ֥ה yih.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And the king said unto me (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

  12. Nehemiah 2:11 וָאֱהִי־ va.'e.hi- · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by me

    So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

  13. Nehemiah 2:13 וָאֱהִ֨י va.'e.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by me

    And I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the jackal's well, and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.

  14. Nehemiah 2:15 וָאֱהִ֨י va.'e.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by me

    Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.

  15. Nehemiah 2:15 וָאֱהִ֥י va.'e.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by me

    Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.

  16. Nehemiah 2:17 נִהְיֶ֥ה nih.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

    Then said I unto them, Ye see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

  17. Nehemiah 3:26 הָי֥וּ ha.Yu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    (Now the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that standeth out.)

  18. Nehemiah 4:1 וַיְהִ֞י va.ye.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    But it came to pass that, when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

  19. Nehemiah 4:4 הָיִ֣ינוּ ha.Yi.nu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by us

    Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity;

  20. Nehemiah 4:6 וַיְהִ֧י vay.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto half the height thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

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