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
- Genesis 36:12 הָיְתָ֣ה
Additionally, Timna, a concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, gave birth to Amalek. These are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.
- Genesis 36:13 הָי֔וּ
These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.
- Genesis 36:14 הָי֗וּ
These are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah (daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon) whom she bore to Esau: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
- Genesis 36:22 וַיִּהְי֥וּ
The sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam. Timna was Lotan’s sister.
- Genesis 37:2 הָיָ֨ה
This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.
- Genesis 37:20 יִּהְי֖וּ
“Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”
- Genesis 37:23 וַֽיְהִ֕י
So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—
- Genesis 37:27 תְּהִי־
Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.
- Genesis 38:1 וַֽיְהִי֙
About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.
- Genesis 38:5 וְהָיָ֥ה
Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.
- Genesis 38:7 וַיְהִ֗י
But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.
- Genesis 38:9 יִהְיֶ֣הוְהָיָ֞ה
But Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.
- Genesis 38:21 הָיְתָ֥ה
He asked the men of that place, “Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?” “No shrine prostitute has been here,” they answered.
- Genesis 38:22 הָיְתָ֥ה
So Hirah returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her, and furthermore, the men of that place said, ‘No shrine prostitute has been here.’”
- Genesis 38:23 נִהְיֶ֣ה
“Let her keep the items,” Judah replied. “Otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you could not find her.”
- Genesis 38:24 וַיְהִ֣י׀
About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”
- Genesis 38:27 וַיְהִ֖י
When the time came for Tamar to give birth, there were twins in her womb.
- Genesis 38:28 וַיְהִ֥י
And as she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it around his wrist. “This one came out first,” she announced.
- Genesis 38:29 וַיְהִ֣י׀
But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.
- Genesis 39:2 וַיְהִ֤יוַיְהִ֖יוַיְהִ֕י
And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.
- Genesis 39:5 וַיְהִ֡יוַיְהִ֞י
From the time that he put Joseph in charge of his household and all he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household on account of him. The LORD’s blessing was on everything he owned, both in his house and in his field.
- Genesis 39:6 וַיְהִ֣י
So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,
- Genesis 39:7 וַיְהִ֗י
and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
- Genesis 39:10 וַיְהִ֕ילִהְי֥וֹת
Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.
- Genesis 39:11 וַיְהִי֙
One day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.
- Genesis 39:13 וַיְהִי֙
When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,
- Genesis 39:15 וַיְהִ֣י
When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
- Genesis 39:18 וַיְהִ֕י
but when I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
- Genesis 39:19 וַיְהִי֩
When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with anger.
- Genesis 39:20 וַֽיְהִי־
So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,
- Genesis 39:21 וַיְהִ֤י
the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
- Genesis 39:22 הָיָ֥ה
And the warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care, so that he was responsible for all that was done in the prison.
- Genesis 40:1 וַיְהִ֗י
Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.
- Genesis 40:4 וַיִּהְי֥וּ
The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,
- Genesis 40:13 הָיִ֖יתָ
Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.
- Genesis 40:20 וַיְהִ֣י׀
On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.
- Genesis 41:1 וַיְהִ֕י
After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,
- Genesis 41:8 וַיְהִ֤י
In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
- Genesis 41:13 וַיְהִ֛יהָיָ֑ה
And it happened to us just as he had interpreted: I was restored to my position, and the other man was hanged.”
- Genesis 41:27 יִהְי֕וּ
Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine.
- Genesis 41:36 וְהָיָ֨התִּהְיֶ֖יןָ
This food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine to come upon the land of Egypt. Then the country will not perish in the famine.”
- Genesis 41:40 תִּהְיֶ֣ה
You shall be in charge of my house, and all my people are to obey your commands. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”
- Genesis 41:48 הָיוּ֙
During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.
- Genesis 41:53 הָיָ֖ה
When the seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end,
- Genesis 41:54 וַיְהִ֤יהָ֥יָה
the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 41:56 הָיָ֔ה
When the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened up all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians; for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 42:5 הָיָ֥ה
So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 42:11 הָי֥וּ
We are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”
- Genesis 42:31 הָיִ֖ינוּ
But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies.
- Genesis 42:35 וַיְהִ֗י
As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his bag of silver! And when they and their father saw the bags of silver, they were dismayed.