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)
Forms
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Old Testament
New Testament
Concordance 3,132 verses
- Exodus 13:14 וְהָיָ֞ה
In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Exodus 13:15 וַיְהִ֗י
And when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of man and beast. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb, but I redeem all the firstborn of my sons.’
- Exodus 13:16 וְהָיָ֤ה
So it shall serve as a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead, for with a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt.”
- Exodus 13:17 וַיְהִ֗י
When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, “If the people face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”
- Exodus 14:20 וַיְהִ֤י
so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.
- Exodus 14:24 וַֽיְהִי֙
At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion.
- Exodus 15:2 וַֽיְהִי־
The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
- Exodus 16:5 וְהָיָה֙וְהָיָ֣ה
Then on the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather on the other days.”
- Exodus 16:10 וַיְהִ֗י
And as Aaron was speaking to the whole congregation of Israel, they looked toward the desert, and there in a cloud the glory of the LORD appeared.
- Exodus 16:13 וַיְהִ֣יהָֽיְתָה֙
That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.
- Exodus 16:22 וַיְהִ֣י׀
On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much food—two omers per person —and all the leaders of the congregation came and reported this to Moses.
- Exodus 16:24 הָ֥יְתָה
So they set it aside until morning as Moses had commanded, and it did not smell or contain any maggots.
- Exodus 16:26 יִֽהְיֶה־
For six days you may gather, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, it will not be there.”
- Exodus 16:27 וַֽיְהִי֙
Yet on the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they did not find anything.
- Exodus 17:11 וְהָיָ֗ה
As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel prevailed; but when he lowered them, Amalek prevailed.
- Exodus 17:12 וַיְהִ֥י
When Moses’ hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each side, so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.
- Exodus 18:3 הָיִ֔יתִי
along with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”
- Exodus 18:13 וַיְהִי֙
The next day Moses took his seat to judge the people, and they stood around him from morning until evening.
- Exodus 18:16 יִהְיֶ֨ה
“Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me to judge between one man and another, and I make known to them the statutes and laws of God.”
- Exodus 18:19 וִיהִ֥יהֱיֵ֧ה
Now listen to me; I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their causes to Him.
- Exodus 18:22 וְהָיָ֞ה
Have these men judge the people at all times. Then they can bring you any major issue, but all minor cases they can judge on their own, so that your load may be lightened as they share it with you.
- Exodus 19:5 וִהְיִ֨יתֶם
Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
- Exodus 19:6 תִּהְיוּ־
And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”
- Exodus 19:11 וְהָי֥וּ
and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
- Exodus 19:15 הֱי֥וּ
“Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”
- Exodus 19:16 וַיְהִי֩בִּֽהְיֹ֣תוַיְהִי֩
On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
- Exodus 19:19 וַיְהִי֙
And as the sound of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder.
- Exodus 20:3 יִהְיֶֽה־
You shall have no other gods before Me.
- Exodus 20:20 תִּהְיֶ֧ה
“Do not be afraid,” Moses replied. “For God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you, to keep you from sinning.”
- Exodus 21:4 תִּהְיֶה֙
If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.
- Exodus 21:22 יִהְיֶ֖ה
If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.
- Exodus 21:23 יִהְיֶ֑ה
But if a serious injury results, then you must require a life for a life—
- Exodus 21:34 יִֽהְיֶה־
the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he must pay its owner, and the dead animal will be his.
- Exodus 21:36 יִֽהְיֶה־
But if it was known that the ox had a habit of goring, yet its owner failed to restrain it, he shall pay full compensation, ox for ox, and the dead animal will be his.
- Exodus 22:11 תִּהְיֶה֙
an oath before the LORD shall be made between the parties to determine whether or not the man has taken his neighbor’s property. The owner must accept the oath and require no restitution.
- Exodus 22:21 הֱיִיתֶ֖ם
You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 22:24 וְהָי֤וּ
My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless.
- Exodus 22:25 תִהְיֶ֥ה
If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest.
- Exodus 22:27 וְהָיָה֙
because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.
- Exodus 22:30 יִהְיֶ֣ה
You shall do likewise with your cattle and your sheep. Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but on the eighth day you are to give them to Me.
- Exodus 22:31 תִּהְי֣וּן
You are to be My holy people. You must not eat the meat of a mauled animal found in the field; you are to throw it to the dogs.
- Exodus 23:1 לִהְיֹ֖ת
“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
- Exodus 23:2 תִהְיֶ֥ה
You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.
- Exodus 23:9 הֱיִיתֶ֖ם
Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 23:26 תִהְיֶ֛ה
No woman in your land will miscarry or be barren; I will fulfill the number of your days.
- Exodus 23:29 תִּהְיֶ֤ה
I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.
- Exodus 23:33 יִהְיֶ֥ה
They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”
- Exodus 24:12 וֶהְיֵה־
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”
- Exodus 24:18 וַיְהִ֤י
Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
- Exodus 25:15 יִהְי֖וּ
The poles are to remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed.
