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)
Translated as (BSB)
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Concordance 3,132 verses
- 1 Samuel 25:31 תִהְיֶ֣ה
then my lord will have no remorse or guilt of conscience over needless bloodshed and revenge. And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, may you remember your maidservant.”
- 1 Samuel 25:37 וַיְהִ֣יהָיָ֥ה
In the morning when Nabal was sober, his wife told him about these events, and his heart failed within him and he became like a stone.
- 1 Samuel 25:38 וַיְהִ֖י
About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.
- 1 Samuel 25:42 וַתְּהִי־
So Abigail hurried and got on a donkey, and attended by five of her maidens, she followed David’s messengers and became his wife.
- 1 Samuel 25:43 וַתִּהְיֶ֛יןָ
David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. So she and Abigail were both his wives.
- 1 Samuel 27:6 הָיְתָ֤ה
That day Achish gave him Ziklag, and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah.
- 1 Samuel 27:7 וַֽיְהִי֙
And the time that David lived in Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.
- 1 Samuel 27:12 וְהָ֥יָה
So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”
- 1 Samuel 28:1 וַֽיְהִי֙
Now in those days the Philistines gathered their forces for warfare against Israel. So Achish said to David, “You must understand that you and your men are to go out to battle with me.”
- 1 Samuel 28:16 וַיְהִ֥י
“Why do you consult me,” asked Samuel, “since the LORD has turned away from you and become your enemy?
- 1 Samuel 28:20 הָ֣יָה
Immediately Saul fell flat on the ground, terrified by the words of Samuel. And his strength was gone, because he had not eaten anything all that day and night.
- 1 Samuel 28:22 וִיהִ֤י
Now please listen to your servant and let me set a morsel of bread before you so you may eat and have the strength to go on your way.”
- 1 Samuel 29:3 הָיָ֤ה
Then the commanders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish replied, “Is this not David, the servant of King Saul of Israel? He has been with me all these days, even years, and from the day he defected until today I have found no fault in him.”
- 1 Samuel 29:4 יִֽהְיֶה־
But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the war. What better way for him to regain the favor of his master than with the heads of our men?
- 1 Samuel 29:8 הָיִ֣יתִי
“But what have I done?” David replied. “What have you found against your servant, from the day I came to you until today, to keep me from going along to fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”
- 1 Samuel 30:1 וַיְהִ֞י
On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.
- 1 Samuel 30:25 וַיְהִ֕י
And so it has been from that day forward. David established this statute as an ordinance for Israel to this very day.
- 1 Samuel 31:8 וַֽיְהִי֙
The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
- 2 Samuel 1:1 וַיְהִ֗י
After the death of Saul, David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.
- 2 Samuel 1:2 וַיְהִ֣י׀וַיְהִי֙
On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage.
- 2 Samuel 1:4 הָיָ֥ה
“What was the outcome?” David asked. “Please tell me.” “The troops fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”
- 2 Samuel 2:1 וַיְהִ֣י
Some time later, David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” “Go up,” the LORD answered. Then David asked, “Where should I go?” “To Hebron,” replied the LORD.
- 2 Samuel 2:7 וִֽהְיוּ֙
Now then, be strong and courageous, for though Saul your lord is dead, the house of Judah has anointed me as their king.”
- 2 Samuel 2:10 הָי֖וּ
Saul’s son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.
- 2 Samuel 2:11 וַֽיְהִי֙הָיָ֨ה
And the length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
- 2 Samuel 2:17 וַתְּהִ֧י
The battle that day was intense, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David.
- 2 Samuel 2:18 וַיִּֽהְיוּ־
The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,
- 2 Samuel 2:23 וַיְהִ֡י
But Asahel refused to turn away; so Abner thrust the butt of his spear into his stomach, and it came out his back, and he fell dead on the spot. And every man paused when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.
- 2 Samuel 2:25 וַיִּהְי֖וּ
The Benjamites rallied to Abner, formed a single unit, and took their stand atop a hill.
- 2 Samuel 2:26 תִהְיֶ֖ה
Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”
- 2 Samuel 3:1 וַתְּהִ֤י
Now the war between the house of Saul and the house of David was protracted. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.
- 2 Samuel 3:2 וַיְהִ֤י
And sons were born to David in Hebron: His firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel;
- 2 Samuel 3:6 וַיְהִ֗יבִּֽהְיוֹת֙הָיָ֥ה
During the war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner had continued to strengthen his position in the house of Saul.
- 2 Samuel 3:17 הָיָ֔ההֱיִיתֶ֞ם
Now Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “In the past you sought David as your king.
- 2 Samuel 3:37 הָיְתָה֙
So on that day all the troops and all Israel were convinced that the king had no part in the murder of Abner son of Ner.
- 2 Samuel 4:2 הָי֪וּ
Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding parties. One was named Baanah and the other Rechab; they were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite of the tribe of Benjamin—Beeroth is considered part of Benjamin,
- 2 Samuel 4:3 וַֽיִּהְיוּ־
because the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have lived there as foreigners to this day.
- 2 Samuel 4:4 הָיָ֡הוַיְהִ֞י
And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to escape, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.
- 2 Samuel 4:10 הָיָ֤ה
when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!
- 2 Samuel 5:2 בִּהְי֨וֹתהָיִיתָהתִּהְיֶ֥ה
Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”
- 2 Samuel 5:24 וִ֠יהִי
As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly, because this will mean that the LORD has marched out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”
- 2 Samuel 6:13 וַיְהִ֗י
When those carrying the ark of the LORD had advanced six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.
- 2 Samuel 6:16 וְהָיָה֙
As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
- 2 Samuel 6:22 וְהָיִ֥יתִי
and I will humiliate and humble myself even more than this. Yet I will be honored by the maidservants of whom you have spoken.”
- 2 Samuel 6:23 הָ֥יָה
And Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.
- 2 Samuel 7:1 וַיְהִ֕י
After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,
- 2 Samuel 7:4 וַיְהִ֖יוַֽיְהִי֙
But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,
- 2 Samuel 7:6 וָאֶֽהְיֶה֙
For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved about with a tent as My dwelling.
- 2 Samuel 7:8 לִֽהְי֣וֹת
Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
- 2 Samuel 7:9 וָאֶהְיֶ֣ה
I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land.