הָיָה

ha.yah

Hebrew H1961 Verb 3,561 occurrences in 3,132 verses
הָיָה to be

1. to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out

a. (Qal)

1. ---

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

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Concordance 3,132 verses

  1. Genesis 27:33 יִהְיֶֽה׃

    Isaac began to tremble violently and said, “Who was it, then, who hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will be blessed!”

  2. Genesis 27:39 יִהְיֶ֣ה

    His father Isaac answered him: “Behold, your dwelling place shall be away from the richness of the land, away from the dew of heaven above.

  3. Genesis 27:40 וְהָיָה֙

    You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”

  4. Genesis 28:3 וְהָיִ֖יתָ

    May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.

  5. Genesis 28:14 וְהָיָ֤ה

    Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

  6. Genesis 28:20 יִהְיֶ֨ה

    Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,

  7. Genesis 28:21 וְהָיָ֧ה

    so that I may return safely to my father’s house, then the LORD will be my God.

  8. Genesis 28:22 יִהְיֶ֖ה

    And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.”

  9. Genesis 29:10 וַיְהִ֡י

    As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.

  10. Genesis 29:13 וַיְהִי֩

    When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that had happened.

  11. Genesis 29:17 הָֽיְתָ֔ה

    Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.

  12. Genesis 29:20 וַיִּהְי֤וּ

    So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.

  13. Genesis 29:23 וַיְהִ֣י

    But when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.

  14. Genesis 29:25 וַיְהִ֣י

    When morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob said to Laban. “Wasn’t it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?”

  15. Genesis 30:25 וַיְהִ֕י

    Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland.

  16. Genesis 30:29 הָיָ֥ה

    Then Jacob answered, “You know how I have served you and how your livestock have thrived under my care.

  17. Genesis 30:30 הָיָ֨ה

    Indeed, you had very little before my arrival, but now your wealth has increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I set foot. But now, when may I also provide for my own household?”

  18. Genesis 30:32 וְהָיָ֖ה

    Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, and every spotted or speckled goat. These will be my wages.

  19. Genesis 30:34 יְהִ֥י

    “Agreed,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.”

  20. Genesis 30:41 וְהָיָ֗ה

    Whenever the stronger females of the flock were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs, in full view of the animals, so that they would breed in front of the branches.

  21. Genesis 30:42 וְהָיָ֤ה

    But if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.

  22. Genesis 30:43 וַֽיְהִי־

    Thus Jacob became exceedingly prosperous. He owned large flocks, maidservants and menservants, and camels and donkeys.

  23. Genesis 31:3 וְאֶֽהְיֶ֖ה

    Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”

  24. Genesis 31:5 הָיָ֖ה

    and he told them, “I can see from your father’s countenance that his attitude toward me has changed; but the God of my father has been with me.

  25. Genesis 31:8 יִהְיֶ֣היִהְיֶ֣ה

    If he said, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore speckled offspring. If he said, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore streaked offspring.

  26. Genesis 31:10 וַיְהִ֗י

    When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.

  27. Genesis 31:40 הָיִ֧יתִי

    As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

  28. Genesis 31:42 הָ֣יָה

    If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He rendered judgment.”

  29. Genesis 31:44 וְהָיָ֥ה

    Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me.”

  30. Genesis 32:5 וַֽיְהִי־

    I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”

  31. Genesis 32:8 וְהָיָ֛ה

    He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”

  32. Genesis 32:10 הָיִ֖יתִי

    I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.

  33. Genesis 33:9 יְהִ֥י

    “I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”

  34. Genesis 34:5 הָי֥וּ

    Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent about it until they returned.

  35. Genesis 34:10 תִּהְיֶ֣ה

    You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live here, move about freely, and acquire your own property.”

  36. Genesis 34:15 תִּהְי֣וּ

    We will consent to this on one condition, that you become circumcised like us—every one of your males.

  37. Genesis 34:16 וְהָיִ֖ינוּ

    Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We will dwell among you and become one people.

  38. Genesis 34:22 לִהְי֖וֹת

    But only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us and be one people: if all our men are circumcised as they are.

  39. Genesis 34:25 וַיְהִי֩בִּֽהְיוֹתָ֣ם

    Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.

  40. Genesis 35:3 וַיְהִי֙

    Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”

  41. Genesis 35:5 וַיְהִ֣י׀

    As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.

  42. Genesis 35:10 יִהְיֶ֣ה

    And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.

  43. Genesis 35:11 יִהְיֶ֣ה

    And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.

  44. Genesis 35:16 וַֽיְהִי־

    Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.

  45. Genesis 35:17 וַיְהִ֥י

    During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”

  46. Genesis 35:18 וַיְהִ֞י

    And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.

  47. Genesis 35:22 וַיְהִ֗יוַיִּֽהְי֥וּ

    While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:

  48. Genesis 35:28 וַיִּֽהְי֖וּ

    And Isaac lived 180 years.

  49. Genesis 36:7 הָיָ֧ה

    For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock.

  50. Genesis 36:11 וַיִּהְי֖וּ

    The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.

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