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
- Proverbs 1:14 יִהְיֶ֥ה
Throw in your lot with us; let us all share one purse”—
- Proverbs 3:7 תְּהִ֣י
Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
- Proverbs 3:8 תְּהִ֣י
This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.
- Proverbs 3:22 וְיִֽהְי֣וּ
They will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck.
- Proverbs 3:26 יִהְיֶ֣ה
for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare.
- Proverbs 3:27 בִּהְי֨וֹת
Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.
- Proverbs 4:3 הָיִ֣יתִי
When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,
- Proverbs 5:14 הָיִ֣יתִי
I am on the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.”
- Proverbs 5:17 יִֽהְיוּ־
Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.
- Proverbs 5:18 יְהִֽי־
May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
- Proverbs 8:30 וָֽאֶהְיֶ֥הוָֽאֶהְיֶ֣ה
Then I was a skilled craftsman at His side, and His delight day by day, rejoicing always in His presence.
- Proverbs 12:8 יִהְיֶ֥ה
A man is praised according to his wisdom, but a twisted mind is despised.
- Proverbs 12:24 תִּהְיֶ֥ה
The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
- Proverbs 13:19 נִ֭הְיָה
Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but turning from evil is detestable to fools.
- Proverbs 14:23 יִהְיֶ֣ה
There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
- Proverbs 14:26 יִהְיֶ֥ה
He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.
- Proverbs 14:35 תִּהְיֶ֥ה
A king delights in a wise servant, but his anger falls on the shameful.
- Proverbs 22:19 לִהְי֣וֹת
So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today—yes, you.
- Proverbs 22:26 תְּהִ֥י
Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
- Proverbs 23:20 תְּהִ֥י
Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.
- Proverbs 23:34 וְ֭הָיִיתָ
You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:
- Proverbs 24:1 לִהְי֥וֹת
Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
- Proverbs 24:20 תִהְיֶ֣ה
For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
- Proverbs 24:28 תְּהִ֣י
Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
- Proverbs 26:5 יִהְיֶ֖ה
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
- Proverbs 29:21 יִהְיֶ֥ה
A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end.
- Proverbs 31:14 הָ֭יְתָה
She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.
- Ecclesiastes 1:9 שֶּֽׁהָיָה֙שֶׁיִּהְיֶ֔ה
What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 1:10 הָיָ֣ההָיָ֖ה
Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.
- Ecclesiastes 1:11 שֶׁיִּהְי֗וּיִהְיֶ֤השֶׁיִּהְי֖וּ
There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.
- Ecclesiastes 1:12 הָיִ֥יתִי
I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
- Ecclesiastes 1:16 הָיָ֥ה
I said to myself, “Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”
- Ecclesiastes 2:7 הָ֣יָההָ֣יָהשֶֽׁהָי֥וּ
I acquired menservants and maidservants, and servants were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me,
- Ecclesiastes 2:9 שֶׁהָיָ֥ה
So I became great and surpassed all in Jerusalem who had preceded me; and my wisdom remained with me.
- Ecclesiastes 2:10 הָיָ֥ה
Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
- Ecclesiastes 2:18 שֶׁיִּהְיֶ֥ה
I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
- Ecclesiastes 2:19 יִהְיֶה֙
And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.
- Ecclesiastes 3:14 יִהְיֶ֣ה
I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.
- Ecclesiastes 3:15 שֶּֽׁהָיָה֙לִהְי֖וֹתהָיָ֑ה
What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.
- Ecclesiastes 3:20 הָיָ֣ה
All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.
- Ecclesiastes 3:22 שֶׁיִּהְיֶ֥ה
I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?
- Ecclesiastes 4:3 הָיָ֑ה
But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 4:16 הָיָה֙
There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
- Ecclesiastes 5:2 יִהְי֥וּ
Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. After all, God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.
- Ecclesiastes 6:3 שֶׁיִּהְי֣וּהָ֣יְתָה
A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
- Ecclesiastes 6:10 שֶּֽׁהָיָ֗ה
Whatever exists was named long ago, and what happens to a man is foreknown; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.
- Ecclesiastes 6:12 יִּהְיֶ֥ה
For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
- Ecclesiastes 7:10 הָיָ֔ההָי֥וּ
Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.
- Ecclesiastes 7:14 הֱיֵ֣ה
In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.
- Ecclesiastes 7:16 תְּהִ֤י
Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
