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H1961הָיָהha.yah

to bePart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 316
  2. 235
  3. 147
  4. 180
  5. 171
  6. 145
  7. 122
  8. 21
  9. 168
  10. 153
  11. 197
  12. 120
  13. 105
  14. 133
  15. 5
  16. 48
  17. 17
  18. 50
  19. 104
  20. 28
  21. 47
  22. 4
  23. 211
  24. 264
  25. 23
  26. 337
  27. 23
  28. 27
  29. 11
  30. 10
  31. 7
  32. 10
  33. 19
  34. 3
  35. 3
  36. 11
  37. 9
  38. 67
  39. 11

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3,562 occurrences in 3,133 verses

With their references and text in World English Bible.

  1. Genesis 49:15

    He saw a resting-place, that it was good, The land, that it was pleasant; He bows his shoulder to the burden, And becomes a servant doing forced labor.

    וַיְהִ֖י (יְהִ֖י) y.Hi “he became”

  2. Genesis 49:17

    Dan will be a serpent in the way, An adder in the path, That bites the horse's heels, So that his rider falls backward.

    יְהִי־ ye.hi- “may he be”

  3. Genesis 49:26

    The blessings of your father Have prevailed above the blessings of the ancient mountains, Above the bounty of the age-old hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, On the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers.

    תִּֽהְיֶ֙ין֙ tih.Yein “may they be[long]”

  4. Genesis 50:9

    There went up with him both chariots and horsemen. It was a very great company.

    וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “it was”

  5. Exodus 1:5

    All the souls who came out of the Jacob's body were seventy souls, and Joseph was in Egypt already.

    וַֽיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “he was”

  6. Exodus 1:10

    Come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join themselves to our enemies, and fight against us, and escape out of the land."

    וְהָיָ֞ה (הָיָ֞ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

  7. Exodus 1:21

    It happened, because the midwives feared God, that he gave them families.

    וַיְהִ֕י (יְהִ֕י) y.Hi “it was”

  8. Exodus 2:10

    The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, and said, "Because I drew him out of the water."

    וַֽיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “he became”

  9. Exodus 2:11

    It happened in those days, when Moses had grown up, that he went out to his brothers, and looked at their burdens. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers.

    וַיְהִ֣י׀ (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

  10. Exodus 2:22

    She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land."

    הָיִ֔יתִי ha.Yi.ti “I have become”

  11. Exodus 2:23

    It happened in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.

    וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”

  12. Exodus 3:1

    Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God's mountain, to Horeb.

    הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “he was”

  13. Exodus 3:12

    He said, "Certainly I will be with you. This will be the token to you, that I have sent you: when you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain."

    אֶֽהְיֶ֣ה 'eh.Yeh “I will be”

  14. Exodus 3:14

    God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM," and he said, "You shall tell the children of Israel this: "I AM has sent me to you."

    אֶֽהְיֶ֖ה 'eh.Yeh “I am”אֶֽהְיֶ֑ה 'eh.Yeh “I am”אֶֽהְיֶ֖ה 'eh.Yeh “I am”

  15. Exodus 3:21

    I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and it will happen that when you go, you shall not go empty-handed.

    וְהָיָה֙ (הָיָה֙) ha.Yah “it will be”

  16. Exodus 4:3

    He said, "Throw it on the ground." He threw it on the ground, and it became a snake; and Moses ran away from it.

    וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it became”

  17. Exodus 4:4

    Yahweh said to Moses, "Put forth your hand, and take it by the tail." He put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand.

    וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “it became”

  18. Exodus 4:8

    "It will happen, if they will neither believe you nor listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

    וְהָיָה֙ (הָיָה֙) ha.Yah “it will be”

  19. Exodus 4:9

    It will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land."

    וְהָיָ֡ה (הָיָ֡ה) ha.Yah “it will be”וְהָי֤וּ (הָי֤וּ) ha.Yu “they will become”וְהָי֥וּ (הָי֥וּ) ha.Yu “they will become”

  20. Exodus 4:12

    Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak."

    אֶֽהְיֶ֣ה 'eh.Yeh “I will be”

  21. Exodus 4:15

    You shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.

    אֶֽהְיֶ֤ה 'eh.Yeh “I will be”

  22. Exodus 4:16

    He will be your spokesman to the people; and it will happen, that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as God.

    וְהָ֤יָה (הָ֤יָה) Ha.yah “it will be”יִֽהְיֶה־ yih.yeh- “he will become”תִּֽהְיֶה־ tih.yeh- “you will become”

  23. Exodus 4:24

    It happened on the way at a lodging place, that Yahweh met him and wanted to kill him.

    וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “it was”

  24. Exodus 5:13

    The taskmasters were urgent saying, "Fulfill your work quota daily, as when there was straw!"

    בִּהְי֥וֹת (הְי֥וֹת) h.Yot “was”

  25. Exodus 6:7

    and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

    וְהָיִ֥יתִי (הָיִ֥יתִי) ha.Yi.ti “I will become”