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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

Renderings

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3,562 occurrences in 3,133 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Exodus 10:10

    And he said unto them: 'So be the LORD with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones; see ye that evil is before your face.

    יְהִ֨י ye.Hi “may he be”

  2. Exodus 10:13

    And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all the night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

    הָיָ֔ה ha.Yah “it was”

  3. Exodus 10:14

    And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt; very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.

    הָ֨יָה Ha.yah “it had been”יִֽהְיֶה־ yih.yeh- “it will be”

  4. Exodus 10:21

    And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.'

    וִ֥יהִי (יהִי) hi “may it be”

  5. Exodus 10:22

    And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;

    וַיְהִ֧י (יְהִ֧י) y.Hi “it was”

  6. Exodus 10:23

    they saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days; but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

    הָ֥יָה Ha.yah “it be[longed]”

  7. Exodus 11:6

    And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there hath been none like it, nor shall be like it any more.

    וְהָֽיְתָ֛ה (הָֽיְתָ֛ה) ha.ye.Tah “it will be”נִהְיָ֔תָה nih.Ya.tah “it has occurred”

  8. Exodus 12:4

    and if the household be too little for a lamb, then shall he and his neighbour next unto his house take one according to the number of the souls; according to every man's eating ye shall make your count for the lamb.

    מִהְיֹ֣ת (הְיֹ֣ת) h.Yot “being”

  9. Exodus 12:5

    Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year; ye shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats;

    יִהְיֶ֣ה yih.Yeh “it will be”

  10. Exodus 12:6

    and ye shall keep it unto the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at dusk.

    וְהָיָ֤ה (הָיָ֤ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

  11. Exodus 12:13

    And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.

    וְהָיָה֩ (הָיָה֩) ha.Yah “it will become”יִֽהְיֶ֨ה yih.Yeh “it will be”

  12. Exodus 12:14

    And this day shall be unto you for a memorial, and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.

    וְהָיָה֩ (הָיָה֩) ha.Yah “it will become”

  13. Exodus 12:16

    And in the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you.

    יִהְיֶ֣ה yih.Yeh “it will be”

  14. Exodus 12:25

    And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as He hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.

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

  15. Exodus 12:26

    And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you: What mean ye by this service?

    וְהָיָ֕ה (הָיָ֕ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

  16. Exodus 12:29

    And it came to pass at midnight, that the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the first-born of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the first-born of cattle.

    וַיְהִ֣י׀ (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

  17. Exodus 12:30

    And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.

    וַתְּהִ֛י (תְּהִ֛י) te.Hi “it was”

  18. Exodus 12:41

    And it came to pass at the end of four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the host of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.

    וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

  19. Exodus 12:48

    And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land; but no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.

    וְהָיָ֖ה (הָיָ֖ה) ha.Yah “he will be”

  20. Exodus 12:49

    One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.'

    יִהְיֶ֖ה yih.Yeh “it will be[long]”

  21. Exodus 12:51

    And it came to pass the selfsame day that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts.

    וַיְהִ֕י (יְהִ֕י) y.Hi “it was”

  22. Exodus 13:5

    And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which He swore unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this

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

  23. Exodus 13:9

    And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the law of the LORD may be in thy mouth; for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.

    וְהָיָה֩ (הָיָה֩) ha.Yah “it will become”תִּהְיֶ֛ה tih.Yeh “<it> may be”

  24. Exodus 13:11

    And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanite, as He swore unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee,

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

  25. Exodus 13:12

    that thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the womb; every firstling that is a male, which thou hast coming of a beast, shall be the LORD'S.

    יִהְיֶ֥ה yih.Yeh “it will be[long]”