הָיָה
ha.yah
1. to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
a. (Qal)
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a. to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
b. to come about, come to pass
2. to come into being, become
a. to arise, appear, come
b. to become
1. to become
2. to become like
3. to be instituted, be established
3. to be
a. to exist, be in existence
b. to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
c. to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
d. to accompany, be with
b. (Niphal)
1. to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
2. to be done, be finished, be gone
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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Concordance 3,132 verses
- Judges 1:33 הָי֥וּ
Naphtali failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath. So the Naphtalites also lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, but the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath served them as forced laborers.
- Judges 1:35 וַיִּהְי֖וּ
And the Amorites were determined to dwell in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. But when the house of Joseph grew in strength, they pressed the Amorites into forced labor.
- Judges 2:3 וְהָי֤וּיִהְי֥וּ
So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”
- Judges 2:4 וַיְהִ֗י
When the angel of the LORD had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept.
- Judges 2:15 הָיְתָה־
Wherever Israel marched out, the hand of the LORD was against them to bring calamity, just as He had sworn to them. So they were greatly distressed.
- Judges 2:18 וְהָיָ֤ה
Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.
- Judges 2:19 וְהָיָ֣ה׀
But when the judge died, the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.
- Judges 3:4 וַֽיִּהְי֕וּ
These nations were left to test the Israelites, to find out whether they would keep the commandments of the LORD, which He had given their fathers through Moses.
- Judges 3:10 וַתְּהִ֨י
The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against him.
- Judges 3:18 וַֽיְהִי֙
After Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he ushered out those who had carried it.
- Judges 3:27 וַיְהִ֣י
On arriving in Seirah, he blew the ram’s horn throughout the hill country of Ephraim. The Israelites came down with him from the hills, and he became their leader.
- Judges 3:31 הָיָה֙
After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.
- Judges 4:9 תִֽהְיֶ֜ה
“I will certainly go with you,” Deborah replied, “but the road you are taking will bring you no honor, because the LORD will be selling Sisera into the hand of a woman.” So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh,
- Judges 4:20 וְהָיָה֩
“Stand at the entrance to the tent,” he said, “and if anyone comes and asks you, ‘Is there a man here?’ say, ‘No.’”
- Judges 6:3 וְהָיָ֖ה
Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,
- Judges 6:7 וַיְהִ֕י
Now when the Israelites cried out to the LORD because of Midian,
- Judges 6:16 אֶהְיֶ֖ה
“Surely I will be with you,” the LORD replied, “and you will strike down all the Midianites as one man.”
- Judges 6:25 וַיְהִי֮
On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.
- Judges 6:27 וַיְהִ֡י
So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city, he did it by night rather than in the daytime.
- Judges 6:37 יִהְיֶ֨ה
then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”
- Judges 6:38 וַיְהִי־
And that is what happened. When Gideon arose the next morning, he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew—a bowlful of water.
- Judges 6:39 יְהִי־יִֽהְיֶה־
Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me; let me speak one more time. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time let it be dry, and the ground covered with dew.”
- Judges 6:40 וַיְהִי־הָ֥יָה
And that night God did so. Only the fleece was dry, and dew covered the ground.
- Judges 7:1 הָיָה־
Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.
- Judges 7:4 וְהָיָ֡ה
Then the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many people. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go. But if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”
- Judges 7:6 וַיְהִ֗י
And the number of those who lapped the water with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men; all the others knelt to drink.
- Judges 7:8 הָ֥יָה
So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites to their tents but kept the three hundred men, who took charge of the provisions and rams’ horns of the others. And the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley.
- Judges 7:9 וַֽיְהִי֙
That night the LORD said to Gideon, “Get up and go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.
- Judges 7:15 וַיְהִי֩
When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”
- Judges 7:17 וְהָיָ֥ה
“Watch me and do as I do,” Gideon said. “When I come to the outskirts of the camp, do exactly as I do.
- Judges 8:11 הָ֥יָה
And Gideon went up by way of the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, taking them by surprise.
- Judges 8:26 וַיְהִ֗י
The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.
- Judges 8:27 וַיְהִ֛י
From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
- Judges 8:30 הָיוּ֙הָ֥יוּ
Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.
- Judges 8:33 וַיְהִ֗י
And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.
- Judges 9:33 וְהָיָ֤ה
And in the morning at sunrise, get up and advance against the city. When Gaal and his men come out against you, do to them whatever you are able.”
- Judges 9:42 וַֽיְהִי֙
The next day the people of Shechem went out into the fields, and this was reported to Abimelech.
- Judges 9:51 הָיָ֣ה
But there was a strong tower inside the city, and all the men, women, and leaders of the city fled there. They locked themselves in and went up to the roof of the tower.
- Judges 10:4 וַֽיְהִי־
He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.
- Judges 10:18 יִֽהְיֶ֣ה
And the rulers of Gilead said to one another, “Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all who live in Gilead.”
- Judges 11:1 הָיָה֙
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor; he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father.
- Judges 11:4 וַיְהִ֖י
Some time later, when the Ammonites fought against Israel
- Judges 11:5 וַיְהִ֕י
and made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
- Judges 11:6 וְהָיִ֥יתָה
“Come,” they said, “be our commander, so that we can fight against the Ammonites.”
- Judges 11:8 וְהָיִ֤יתָ
They answered Jephthah, “This is why we now turn to you, that you may go with us, fight the Ammonites, and become leader over all of us who live in Gilead.”
- Judges 11:9 אֶהְיֶ֥ה
But Jephthah asked them, “If you take me back to fight the Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me, will I really be your leader?”
- Judges 11:10 יִהְיֶ֤ה
And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The LORD is our witness if we do not do as you say.”
- Judges 11:29 וַתְּהִ֤י
Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah of Gilead. And from there he advanced against the Ammonites.
- Judges 11:31 וְהָיָ֣הוְהָיָה֙
then whatever comes out the door of my house to greet me on my triumphant return from the Ammonites will belong to the LORD, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”
- Judges 11:35 וַיְהִי֩הָיִ֣יתְ
As soon as Jephthah saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “No! Not my daughter! You have brought me to my knees! You have brought great misery upon me, for I have given my word to the LORD and cannot take it back.”