H1961

H1961: H1961. H1961 הָיָה 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