H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him; for he had been put in chains, among all the prisoners of Jerusalem and Judah who were taken away prisoners

הָיָ֤ה ha.Yah “it came”

*** and the Lord has made it come, and has done as he said; because of your sin against the Lord in not giving ear to his voice; and that is why this thing has come on you.

וְהָיָ֥ה (הָיָ֥ה) ha.Yah “it has happened”

Now it came about in the seventh month that Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the king's seed, having with him ten men, came to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, in Mizpah; and they had a meal together in Mizpah.

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

Then Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men who were with him, got up, and attacking Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, put to death him whom the king of Babylon had made ruler over the land.

הָי֣וּ ha.Yu “they were”

And Ishmael put to death all the Jews who were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldaean men of war.

הָי֨וּ ha.Yu “they were”

Now on the second day after he had put Gedaliah to death, when no one had knowledge of it,

וַיְהִ֛י (יְהִ֛י) y.Hi “it was”

And Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, went out from Mizpah with the purpose of meeting them, weeping on his way: and it came about that when he was face to face with them he said, Come to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

And when they came inside the town, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and the men who were with him, put them to death and put their bodies into a deep hole.

וַיְהִ֕י (יְהִ֕י) y.Hi “it was”

Now when all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces with him, then they were glad.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, I have given ear to you; see, I will make prayer to the Lord your God, as you have said; and it will be that, whatever the Lord may say in answer to you, I will give you word of it, keeping nothing back.

וְֽהָיָ֡ה (הָיָ֡ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

Then they said to Jeremiah, May the Lord be a true witness against us in good faith, if we do not do everything which the Lord your God sends you to say to us.

יְהִ֤י ye.Hi “may he become”

And it came about that after ten days the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah.

וַיְהִ֕י (יְהִ֕י) y.Hi “it was”וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “it came”

Then it will come about that the sword, which is the cause of your fear, will overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and need of food, which you are fearing, will go after you there in Egypt; and there death will come to you.

וְהָיְתָ֣ה (הָיְתָ֣ה) ha.ye.Tah “it will be”

Such will be the fate of all the men whose minds are fixed on going into Egypt and stopping there; they will come to their end by the sword, by being short of food, and by disease: not one of them will keep his life or get away from the evil which I will

וְיִֽהְי֣וּ (יִֽהְי֣וּ) yih.Yu “they may be”יִהְיֶ֤ה yih.Yeh “he will belong”

For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: As my wrath and passion have been let loose on the people of Jerusalem, so will my passion be let loose on you when you go into Egypt: and you will become an oath and a cause of wonder and

וִהְיִיתֶ֞ם (הְיִיתֶ֞ם) h.yi.Tem “you will become”

And it came about that when Jeremiah had come to the end of giving all the people the words of the Lord their God, which the Lord their God had sent him to say to them, even all these words,

וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”

Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “it came”

The word which came to Jeremiah about all the Jews who were living in the land of Egypt, in Migdol and at Tahpanhes and at Noph and in the country of Pathros, saying,

הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “it came”

Because of this, my passion and my wrath were let loose, burning in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are waste and unpeopled as at this day.

וַתִּהְיֶ֛ינָה (תִּהְיֶ֛ינָה) tih.Yei.nah “they became”

Moving me to wrath with the work of your hands, burning perfumes to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to make a place for yourselves, so that you may become a curse and a name of shame among all the nations of the earth?

הֱיֽוֹתְכֶם֙ (הֱיֽוֹתְ) he.yot. “to become”

And I will take the last of Judah, whose minds are fixed on going into the land of Egypt and stopping there, and they will all come to their end, falling in the land of Egypt by the sword and by being short of food and by disease; death will overtake the

וְהָיוּ֙ (הָיוּ֙) ha.Yu “they will become”

So that not one of the rest of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt and are living there, will get away or keep his life, to come back to the land of Judah where they are hoping to come back and be living again: for not one will come back, but onl

יִהְיֶ֜ה yih.Yeh “he will belong”

But we will certainly do every word which has gone out of our mouths, burning perfumes to the queen of heaven and draining out drink offerings to her as we did, we and our fathers and our kings and our rulers, in the towns of Judah and in the streets of

וַנִּֽהְיֶ֣ה (נִּֽהְיֶ֣ה) nih.Yeh “we were”

And the Lord was no longer able to put up with the evil of your doings and the disgusting things you did; and because of this your land has become a waste and a cause of wonder and a curse, with no one living in it, as at this day.

וַתְּהִ֣י (תְּהִ֣י) te.Hi “it has become”

And now give ear to the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who are living in the land of Egypt: Truly, I have taken an oath by my great name, says the Lord, that my name is no longer to be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt,

יִהְיֶה֩ yih.Yeh “it will be”