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H1961 — הָיָה

ha.yah · to be · Hebrew/Aramaic

1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) --- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

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Genesis 1:2 · הָיְתָ֥הNow the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.Genesis 1:3 · יְהִ֣י · וַֽיְהִי־And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.Genesis 1:5 · וַֽיְהִי־ · וַֽיְהִי־God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.Genesis 1:6 · יְהִ֥י · וִיהִ֣יAnd God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”Genesis 1:7 · וַֽיְהִי־So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.Genesis 1:8 · וַֽיְהִי־ · וַֽיְהִי־God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.Genesis 1:9 · וַֽיְהִי־And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.Genesis 1:11 · וַֽיְהִי־Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so.Genesis 1:13 · וַֽיְהִי־ · וַֽיְהִי־And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.Genesis 1:14 · יְהִ֤י · וְהָי֤וּAnd God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.Genesis 1:15 · וְהָי֤וּ · וַֽיְהִי־And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.Genesis 1:19 · וַֽיְהִי־ · וַֽיְהִי־And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.Genesis 1:23 · וַֽיְהִי־ · וַֽיְהִי־And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.Genesis 1:24 · וַֽיְהִי־And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.Genesis 1:29 · יִֽהְיֶ֖הThen God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.Genesis 1:30 · וַֽיְהִי־And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.Genesis 1:31 · וַֽיְהִי־ · וַֽיְהִי־And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.Genesis 2:5 · יִֽהְיֶ֣הNow no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted, for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.Genesis 2:7 · וַֽיְהִ֥יThen the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.Genesis 2:10 · וְהָיָ֖הNow a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:Genesis 2:18 · הֱי֥וֹתThe LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”Genesis 2:24 · וְהָי֖וּFor this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.Genesis 2:25 · וַיִּֽהְי֤וּAnd the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.Genesis 3:1 · הָיָ֣הNow the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”Genesis 3:5 · וִהְיִיתֶם֙“For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”Genesis 3:20 · הָֽיְתָ֖הAnd Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.Genesis 3:22 · הָיָה֙Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”Genesis 4:2 · וַֽיְהִי־ · הָיָ֖הLater she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.Genesis 4:3 · וַֽיְהִ֖יSo in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,Genesis 4:8 · וַֽיְהִי֙ · בִּהְיוֹתָ֣םThen Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.Genesis 4:12 · תִּֽהְיֶ֥הWhen you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”Genesis 4:14 · וְהָיִ֜יתִי · וְהָיָ֥הBehold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”Genesis 4:17 · וַֽיְהִי֙And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch.Genesis 4:20 · הָיָ֔הAdah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock.Genesis 4:21 · הָיָ֔הAnd his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.Genesis 5:4 · וַיִּֽהְי֣וּAnd after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.Genesis 5:5 · וַיִּֽהְי֞וּSo Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.Genesis 5:8 · וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙So Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.Genesis 5:11 · וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙So Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.Genesis 5:14 · וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙So Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.Genesis 5:17 · וַיִּהְיוּ֙So Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.Genesis 5:20 · וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙So Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.Genesis 5:23 · וַיְהִ֖יSo Enoch lived a total of 365 years.Genesis 5:27 · וַיִּהְיוּ֙So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.Genesis 5:31 · וַֽיְהִי֙So Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.Genesis 5:32 · וַֽיְהִי־After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.Genesis 6:1 · וַֽיְהִי֙Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,Genesis 6:3 · וְהָי֣וּSo the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”Genesis 6:4 · הָי֣וּThe Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.Genesis 6:9 · הָיָ֖הThis is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.Genesis 6:19 · יִֽהְיֽוּ׃And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.Genesis 6:21 · וְהָיָ֥הYou are also to take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten and gather it as food for yourselves and for the animals.”Genesis 7:6 · הָיָ֔הNow Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.Genesis 7:10 · וַֽיְהִ֖י · הָי֖וּAnd after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth.Genesis 7:12 · וַֽיְהִ֥יAnd the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.Genesis 7:17 · וַֽיְהִ֧יFor forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.Genesis 8:5 · הָיוּ֙And the waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.Genesis 8:6 · וַֽיְהִ֕יAfter forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the arkGenesis 8:13 · וַֽ֠יְהִיIn Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.Genesis 9:2 · יִֽהְיֶ֔הThe fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.Genesis 9:3 · יִהְיֶ֖הEverything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.Genesis 9:11 · יִהְיֶ֥הAnd I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”Genesis 9:13 · וְהָֽיְתָה֙I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.Genesis 9:14 · וְהָיָ֕הWhenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,Genesis 9:15 · יִֽהְיֶ֨הI will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.Genesis 9:16 · וְהָיְתָ֥הAnd whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that is on the earth.”Genesis 9:18 · וַיִּֽהְי֣וּThe sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.Genesis 9:25 · יִֽהְיֶ֥הhe said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”Genesis 9:26 · וִיהִ֥יHe also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.Genesis 9:27 · וִיהִ֥יMay God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”Genesis 9:29 · וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.Genesis 10:8 · לִֽהְי֥וֹתCush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.Genesis 10:9 · הָיָ֥הHe was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”Genesis 10:10 · וַתְּהִ֨יHis kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.Genesis 10:19 · וַֽיְהִ֞יand the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.Genesis 10:30 · וַֽיְהִ֥יTheir territory extended from Mesha to Sephar, in the eastern hill country.Genesis 11:1 · וַֽיְהִ֥יNow the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.Genesis 11:2 · וַֽיְהִ֖יAnd as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.Genesis 11:3 · וַתְּהִ֨י · הָיָ֥הAnd they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.Genesis 11:30 · וַתְּהִ֥יBut Sarai was barren; she had no children.Genesis 11:32 · וַיִּהְי֣וּTerah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.Genesis 12:2 · וֶהְיֵ֖הI will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.Genesis 12:10 · וַיְהִ֥יNow there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.Genesis 12:11 · וַיְהִ֕יAs he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,Genesis 12:12 · וְהָיָ֗הand when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.Genesis 12:14 · וַיְהִ֕יSo when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.Genesis 12:16 · וַֽיְהִי־He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.Genesis 13:3 · הָ֨יָהFrom the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,Genesis 13:5 · הָיָ֥הNow Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.Genesis 13:6 · הָיָ֤הBut the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.Genesis 13:7 · וַֽיְהִי־And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.Genesis 13:8 · תְהִ֤יSo Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are kinsmen.Genesis 14:1 · וַיְהִ֗יIn those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of GoiimGenesis 15:1 · הָיָ֤הAfter these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”Genesis 15:5 · יִהְיֶ֖הAnd the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”Genesis 15:12 · וַיְהִ֤יAs the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.Genesis 15:13 · יִהְיֶ֣הThen the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.Genesis 15:17 · וַיְהִ֤י · הָיָ֑הWhen the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.Genesis 16:12 · יִהְיֶה֙He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”Genesis 17:1 · וַיְהִ֣י · וֶהְיֵ֥הWhen Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.Genesis 17:4 · וְהָיִ֕יתָ“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.Genesis 17:5 · וְהָיָ֤הNo longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.Genesis 17:7 · לִהְי֤וֹתI will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.Genesis 17:8 · וְהָיִ֥יתִיAnd to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”Genesis 17:11 · וְהָיָה֙You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.Genesis 17:13 · וְהָיְתָ֧הWhether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.Genesis 17:16 · וְהָֽיְתָ֣ה · יִהְיֽוּ׃And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”Genesis 18:11 · לִהְי֣וֹתAnd Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.Genesis 18:12 · הָֽיְתָה־So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”Genesis 18:18 · הָי֧וֹ · יִֽהְיֶ֛הAbraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.Genesis 18:25 · וְהָיָ֥הFar be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”Genesis 19:14 · וַיְהִ֥יSo Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.Genesis 19:17 · וַיְהִי֩As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”Genesis 19:26 · וַתְּהִ֖יBut Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.Genesis 19:29 · וַיְהִ֗יSo when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.Genesis 19:34 · וַֽיְהִי֙The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”Genesis 20:12 · וַתְּהִי־Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father—though not the daughter of my mother—and she became my wife.Genesis 20:13 · וַיְהִ֞יSo when God had me journey from my father’s house, I said to Sarah, ‘This is how you can show your loyalty to me: Wherever we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’”Genesis 21:20 · וַיְהִ֧י · וַיְהִ֖יAnd God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.Genesis 21:22 · וַֽיְהִי֙At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.Genesis 21:30 · תִּֽהְיֶה־He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”Genesis 22:1 · וַיְהִ֗יSome time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.Genesis 22:20 · וַיְהִ֗יSome time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor:Genesis 23:1 · וַיִּהְיוּ֙Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.Genesis 24:14 · וְהָיָ֣הNow may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”Genesis 24:15 · וַֽיְהִי־Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.Genesis 24:22 · וַיְהִ֗יAnd after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.Genesis 24:30 · וַיְהִ֣י׀As soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.Genesis 24:41 · וְהָיִ֥יתָAnd when you go to my kindred, if they refuse to give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.’Genesis 24:43 · וְהָיָ֤הHere I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’Genesis 24:51 · וּתְהִ֤יRebekah is here before you. Take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master’s son, just as the LORD has decreed.”Genesis 24:52 · וַיְהִ֕יWhen Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.Genesis 24:60 · הֲיִ֖יAnd they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”Genesis 24:67 · וַתְּהִי־And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.Genesis 25:3 · הָי֛וּJokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites.Genesis 25:11 · וַיְהִ֗יAfter Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi.Genesis 25:20 · וַיְהִ֤יand Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.Genesis 25:27 · וַיְהִ֣יWhen the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.Genesis 26:1 · וַיְהִ֤י · הָיָ֖הNow there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.Genesis 26:3 · וְאֶֽהְיֶ֥הStay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.Genesis 26:8 · וַיְהִ֗יWhen Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.Genesis 26:14 · וַֽיְהִי־He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.Genesis 26:28 · הָיָ֣ה · תְּהִ֨י“We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you,” they replied. “We recommend that there should now be an oath between us and you. Let us make a covenant with youGenesis 26:32 · וַיְהִ֣י׀On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.Genesis 26:34 · וַיְהִ֤יWhen Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.Genesis 26:35 · וַתִּהְיֶ֖יןָAnd they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.Genesis 27:1 · וַיְהִי֙When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.Genesis 27:12 · וְהָיִ֥יתִיWhat if my father touches me? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver, and I would bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.”Genesis 27:23 · הָי֣וּIsaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.Genesis 27:30 · וַיְהִ֗י · וַיְהִ֗יAs soon as Isaac had finished blessing him and Jacob had left his father’s presence, his brother Esau returned from the hunt.

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