H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

And when she saw that he had got away, letting her keep his coat,

וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

And hearing it he went running out without his coat.

וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

And when I gave a loud cry he went running out without his coat.

וַיְהִ֕י (יְהִ֕י) y.Hi “it was”

And hearing his wife's account of what his servant had done, he became very angry.

וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”

And Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, in the place where the king's prisoners were kept in chains, and he was there in the prison-house.

וַֽיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “he was”

But the Lord was with Joseph, and was good to him, and made the keeper of the prison his friend.

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “he was”

And the keeper of the prison put all the prisoners under Joseph's control, and he was responsible for whatever was done there.

הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “he was”

Now after these things the chief servant who had the care of the wine, and the chief bread-maker in Pharaoh's house, did something against Pharaoh's orders;

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

And the captain put them in Joseph's care, and he did what was needed for them; and they were kept in prison for some time.

וַיִּהְי֥וּ (יִּהְי֥וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”

After three days Pharaoh will give you honour, and put you back into your place, and you will give him his cup as you did before, when you were his wine-servant.

הָיִ֖יתָ ha.Yi.ta “you were”

Now the third day was Pharaoh's birthday, and he gave a feast for all his servants; and he gave honour to the chief wine-servant and the chief bread-maker among the others.

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

Now after two years had gone by, Pharaoh had a dream; and in his dream he was by the side of the Nile;

וַיְהִ֕י (יְהִ֕י) y.Hi “it was”

And in the morning his spirit was troubled; and he sent for all the wise men of Egypt and all the holy men, and put his dream before them, but no one was able to give him the sense of it.

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “it was”

And it came about as he said: I was put back in my place, and the bread-maker was put to death by hanging.

וַיְהִ֛י (יְהִ֛י) y.Hi “it was”הָיָ֑ה ha.Yah “it was”

The seven thin and poor-looking cows who came up after them are seven years; and the seven heads of grain, dry and wasted by the east wind, are seven years when there will be no food.

יִהְי֕וּ yih.Yu “they will be”

And let that food be kept in store for the land till the seven bad years which are to come in Egypt; so that the land may not come to destruction through need of food.

וְהָיָ֨ה (הָיָ֨ה) ha.Yah “it will become”תִּהְיֶ֖יןָ tih.Yei.na “they will be”

You, then, are to be over my house, and all my people will be ruled by your word: only as king will I be greater than you.

תִּהְיֶ֣ה tih.Yeh “you will be”

And Joseph got together all the food of those seven years, and made a store of food in the towns: the produce of the fields round every town was stored up in the town.

הָיוּ֙ ha.Yu “they were”

And so the seven good years in Egypt came to an end.

הָיָ֖ה ha.Yah “it was”

Then came the first of the seven years of need as Joseph had said: and in every other land they were short of food; but in the land of Egypt there was bread.

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “it was”הָ֥יָה Ha.yah “it was”

And everywhere on the earth they were short of food; then Joseph, opening all his store-houses, gave the people of Egypt grain for money; so great was the need of food in the land of Egypt.

הָיָ֔ה ha.Yah “it was”

And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in the land of Canaan.

הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “it was”

We are all one man's sons, we are true men; we have not come with any secret purpose.

הָי֥וּ ha.Yu “they are”

And we said to him, We are true men, we have no evil designs;

הָיִ֖ינוּ ha.Yi.nu “we are”

And when they took the grain out of their bags, it was seen that every man's parcel of money was in his bag; and when they and their father saw the money, they were full of fear.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”