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

    In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of Jehovah unto Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,

  2. Zechariah 1:4 תִּהְי֣וּ tih.Yu · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets cried, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Return ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith Jehovah.

  3. Zechariah 1:7 הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of Jehovah unto Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,

  4. Zechariah 2:5 אֶֽהְיֶה־ 'eh.yeh- · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    For I, saith Jehovah, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.

  5. Zechariah 2:5 אֶֽהְיֶ֥ה 'eh.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    For I, saith Jehovah, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.

  6. Zechariah 2:9 וְהָי֥וּ ve.ha.Yu · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

    For, behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they shall be a spoil to those that served them; and ye shall know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me.

  7. Zechariah 2:11 וְהָ֥יוּ ve.Ha.yu · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

    And many nations shall join themselves to Jehovah in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts has sent me unto thee.

  8. Zechariah 3:3 הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the angel.

  9. Zechariah 4:8 וַיְהִ֥י vay.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

  10. Zechariah 6:9 וַיְהִ֥י vay.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

  11. Zechariah 6:13 וְהָיָ֤ה ve.ha.Yah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    even he shall build the temple of Jehovah; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne; and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.

  12. Zechariah 6:13 תִּהְיֶ֖ה tih.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    even he shall build the temple of Jehovah; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne; and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.

  13. Zechariah 6:14 תִּֽהְיֶה֙ tih.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of Jehovah.

  14. Zechariah 6:15 וְהָיָה֙ ve.ha.Yah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of Jehovah; and ye shall know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of Jehovah your God.

  15. Zechariah 7:1 וַֽיְהִי֙ vay.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chislev.

  16. Zechariah 7:1 הָיָ֨ה ha.Yah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chislev.

  17. Zechariah 7:4 וַיְהִ֛י vay.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then came the word of Jehovah of hosts unto me, saying,

  18. Zechariah 7:7 בִּהְי֤וֹת bih.Yot · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Should ye not hear the words which Jehovah cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited?

  19. Zechariah 7:8 וַֽיְהִי֙ vay.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah, saying,

  20. Zechariah 7:12 וַֽיְהִי֙ vay.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which Jehovah of hosts had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets: therefore there came great wrath from Jehovah of hosts.

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