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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. Proverbs 1:14 יִהְיֶ֥ה yih.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Thou shalt cast thy lot among us; We will all have one purse:

  2. Proverbs 3:7 תְּהִ֣י te.Hi · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Be not wise in thine own eyes; Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:

  3. Proverbs 3:8 תְּהִ֣י te.Hi · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    It will be health to thy navel, And marrow to thy bones.

  4. Proverbs 3:22 וְיִֽהְי֣וּ ve.yih.Yu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    So shall they be life unto thy soul, And grace to thy neck.

  5. Proverbs 3:26 יִהְיֶ֣ה yih.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    For Jehovah will be thy confidence, And will keep thy foot from being taken.

  6. Proverbs 3:27 בִּהְי֨וֹת bih.Yot · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

  7. Proverbs 4:3 הָיִ֣יתִי ha.Yi.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

  8. Proverbs 5:14 הָיִ֣יתִי ha.Yi.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    I was well-nigh in all evil In the midst of the assembly and congregation.

  9. Proverbs 5:17 יִֽהְיוּ־ yih.yu- · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee.

  10. Proverbs 5:18 יְהִֽי־ ye.hi- · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.

  11. Proverbs 8:30 וָֽאֶהְיֶ֥ה va.'eh.Yeh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by me

    Then I was by him, as a master workman; And I was daily his delight, Rejoicing always before him,

  12. Proverbs 8:30 וָֽאֶהְיֶ֣ה va.'eh.Yeh · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by me

    Then I was by him, as a master workman; And I was daily his delight, Rejoicing always before him,

  13. Proverbs 12:8 יִהְיֶ֥ה yih.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    A man shall be commended according to his wisdom; But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

  14. Proverbs 12:24 תִּהְיֶ֥ה tih.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.

  15. Proverbs 13:19 נִ֭הְיָה Nih.yah · An -ing word: receiving the action

    The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul; But it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.

  16. Proverbs 14:23 יִהְיֶ֣ה yih.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

  17. Proverbs 14:26 יִהְיֶ֥ה yih.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence; And his children shall have a place of refuge.

  18. Proverbs 14:35 תִּהְיֶ֥ה tih.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    The king's favor is toward a servant that dealeth wisely; But his wrath will be against him that causeth shame.

  19. Proverbs 22:19 לִהְי֣וֹת lih.Yot · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I have made them known to thee this day, even to thee.

  20. Proverbs 22:26 תְּהִ֥י te.Hi · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Or of them that are sureties for debts.

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