H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

It will be in that day," says Yahweh, "That you will call me 'my husband,' And no longer call me 'my master.'

וְהָיָ֤ה (הָיָ֤ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

It will happen in that day, I will respond," says Yahweh, I will respond to the heavens, And they will respond to the earth;

וְהָיָ֣ה׀ (הָיָ֣ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

I said to her, "You shall stay with me many days. You shall not play the prostitute, and you shall not be with any other man. I will also be so toward you."

תִֽהְיִ֖י tih.Yi “you must belong”

It will be, like people, like priest; And I will punish them for their ways, And will repay them for their deeds.

וְהָיָ֥ה (הָיָ֥ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

"Listen to this, you priests! Listen, house of Israel, And give ear, house of the king! For the judgment is against you; For you have been a snare at Mizpah, And a net spread on Tabor.

הֱיִיתֶ֣ם he.yi.Tem “you have been”

Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known that which will surely be.

תִֽהְיֶ֔ה tih.Yeh “it will become”

The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark. I will pour out my wrath on them like water.

הָיוּ֙ ha.Yu “they have become”

They don't consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own deeds have engulfed them. They are before my face.

הָיֽוּ׃ ha.Yu “they are”

Ephraim, he mixes himself among the nations. Ephraim is a pancake not turned over.

הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “he has become”

"Ephraim is like an easily deceived dove, without understanding. They call to Egypt. They go to Assyria.

וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “he has become”

They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.

הָיוּ֙ ha.Yu “they have become”

For this is even from Israel! The workman made it, and it is no God; Indeed, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

יִֽהְיֶ֔ה yih.Yeh “it will become”

Israel is swallowed up. Now they are among the nations like a worthless thing.

הָי֣וּ ha.Yu “they are”

Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, They became for him altars for sinning.

הָיוּ־ ha.yu- “they have become”

I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the first ripe in the fig tree at its first season; But they came to Baal Peor, and consecrated themselves to the shameful thing, And became abominable like that which they loved.

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

My God will cast them away, because they did not listen to him; And they will be wanderers among the nations.

וְיִהְי֥וּ (יִהְי֥וּ) yih.Yu “they may be”

I drew them with cords of a man, with ties of love; And I was to them like those who lift up the yoke on their necks; And I bent down to him and I fed him.

וָאֶהְיֶ֥ה (אֶהְיֶ֥ה) 'eh.Yeh “I was”

If Gilead is wicked, Surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field.

הָי֔וּ ha.Yu “they are”

Therefore they will be like the morning cloud, And like the dew that passes away early, Like the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor, And like the smoke out of the chimney.

יִֽהְיוּ֙ yih.Yu “they will become”

Therefore am I to them like a lion; Like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

וָאֱהִ֥י (אֱהִ֥י) 'e.Hi “I became”

I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, And send down his roots like Lebanon.

אֶהְיֶ֤ה 'eh.Yeh “I will be”

His branches will spread, And his beauty will be like the olive tree, And his fragrance like Lebanon.

וִיהִ֥י (יהִ֥י) Hi “it may be”

The Word of Yahweh that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.

הָיָ֔ה ha.Yah “it came”

Hear this, you elders, And listen, all you inhabitants of the land. Has this ever happened in your days, Or in the days of your fathers?

הֶהָ֤יְתָה (הָ֤יְתָה) Ha.ye.tah “has it happened”

A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn spreading on the mountains, A great and strong people; There has never been the like, Neither will there be any more after them, Even to the years of many generations.

נִֽהְיָה֙ nih.Yah “it has occurred”