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

    And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

  2. Genesis 4:8 בִּהְיוֹתָ֣ם bih.yo.Tam · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

  3. Genesis 4:12 תִּֽהְיֶ֥ה tih.Yeh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee its strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth.

  4. Genesis 4:14 וְהָיִ֜יתִי ve.ha.Yi.ti · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by me

    Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the ground; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth; and it will come to pass, that whosoever findeth me will slay me.

  5. Genesis 4:14 וְהָיָ֥ה ve.ha.Yah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the ground; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth; and it will come to pass, that whosoever findeth me will slay me.

  6. Genesis 4:17 וַֽיְהִי֙ vay.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.

  7. Genesis 4:20 הָיָ֔ה ha.Yah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle.

  8. Genesis 4:21 הָיָ֔ה ha.Yah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe.

  9. Genesis 5:4 וַיִּֽהְי֣וּ vai.yih.Yu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    and the days of Adam after he begat Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters.

  10. Genesis 5:5 וַיִּֽהְי֞וּ vai.yih.Yu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.

  11. Genesis 5:8 וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ vai.yih.Yu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    and all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.

  12. Genesis 5:11 וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ vai.yih.Yu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    and all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years: and he died.

  13. Genesis 5:14 וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ vai.yih.Yu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    and all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

  14. Genesis 5:17 וַיִּהְיוּ֙ vai.yih.Yu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    and all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.

  15. Genesis 5:20 וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ vai.yih.Yu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.

  16. Genesis 5:23 וַיְהִ֖י vay.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    and all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:

  17. Genesis 5:27 וַיִּהְיוּ֙ vai.yih.Yu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

  18. Genesis 5:31 וַֽיְהִי֙ vay.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

  19. Genesis 5:32 וַֽיְהִי־ vay.hi- · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

  20. Genesis 6:1 וַֽיְהִי֙ vay.Hi · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born unto them,

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