H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

Then Joshua had them put to death, hanging them on five trees, where they were till evening.

וַיִּֽהְי֛וּ (יִּֽהְי֛וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”

And when the sun went down, they were taken down from the trees, by Joshua's orders, and put into the hole where they had gone to be safe; and great stones were placed at the mouth of the hole, where they are to this day.

וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”

Now Jabin, king of Hazor, hearing of these things, sent to Jobab, king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,

וַיְהִ֕י (יְהִ֕י) y.Hi “it was”

Not one town made peace with the children of Israel, but only the Hivites of Gibeon: they took them all in war.

הָיְתָ֣ה ha.ye.Tah “it was”

For the Lord made them strong in heart to go to war against Israel, so that he might give them up to the curse without mercy, and that destruction might come on them, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

הָיְתָ֡ה ha.ye.Tah “it was”הֱיוֹת־ he.yot- “to belong”

Their limit was from Aroer, on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the town in the middle of the valley, and all the table-land by Medeba;

וַיְהִ֨י (יְהִ֨י) y.Hi “it belonged”

And the limit of the children of Reuben was the edge of Jordan. This was the heritage of the children of Reuben by their families, with its towns and its unwalled places.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

And their limit was Jazer, and all the towns of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, to Aroer before Rabbah;

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “it belonged”

And Moses gave their heritage to the half-tribe of Manasseh by their families.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it belonged”

And their limit was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og, king of Bashan, and all Havvoth-Jair, in Bashan, sixty towns;

וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

Because the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim; and they gave the Levites no part in the land, only towns for their living-places, with the grass-lands for their cattle and for their property.

הָי֧וּ ha.Yu “they were”

And on that day Moses took an oath, saying, Truly the land where your feet have been placed will become a heritage for you and your children for ever, because you have been true to the Lord your God with all your heart.

תִֽהְיֶ֧ה tih.Yeh “it will become”

So Hebron became the heritage of Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, to this day, because with all his heart he was true to the Lord, the God of Israel.

הָיְתָֽה־ ha.ye.tah- “it became”

Now the part of the land marked out for the children of Judah by families, went up to the edge of Edom, as far as the waste land of Zin to the south, to the farthest point of it on the south.

וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

Their south limit was from the farthest part of the Salt Sea, from the inlet looking to the south:

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “it was”

Then on to Azmon, ending at the stream of Egypt: and the end of the limit is at the sea; this will be your limit on the south.

וְהָי֛וּ (הָי֛וּ) ha.yah “they are”יִהְיֶ֥ה yih.Yeh “it will be”

Then the line goes up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so to the north, in the direction of Gilgal, which is opposite the slope up to Adummim, on the south side of the river: and the line goes on to the waters of En-shemesh, ending at En-rogel:

וְהָי֥וּ (הָי֥וּ) ha.Yu “they are”

And out to the side of Ekron to the north: then it is marked out to Shikkeron and on to Mount Baalah, ending at Jabneel; the end of the line is at the sea.

וְהָי֛וּ (הָי֛וּ) ha.Yu “they are”

Now when she came to him, he put into her mind the idea of requesting a field from her father: and she got down from her ass; and Caleb said to her, What is it?

וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

The farthest towns of the tribe of Judah in the direction of the limits of Edom to the south, were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur;

וַיִּֽהְי֣וּ (יִּֽהְי֣וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”

And it goes down to the west to the limit of the Japhletites, to the limit of Beth-horon the lower, as far as Gezer; ending at the sea.

וְהָי֥וּ (הָי֥וּ) ha.Yu “they are”

And the limit of the land of the children of Ephraim by their families was marked out in this way: the limit of their heritage to the east was Ataroth-addar, to Beth-horon the higher;

וַיְהִ֛י (יְהִ֛י) y.Hi “it was”וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”

From Tappuah the line goes on to the west to the river of Kanah; ending at the sea. This is the heritage of the children of Ephraim by their families;

וְהָי֥וּ (הָי֥וּ) ha.Yu “they are”

And the Canaanites who were living in Gezer were not forced out; but the Canaanites have been living among Ephraim, to this day, as servants, doing forced work.

וַיְהִ֖י (יְהִ֖י) y.Hi “he became”

And this was the part marked out for the tribe of Manasseh, because he was the oldest son of Joseph. As for Machir, the oldest son of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war he had Gilead and Bashan.

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “it belonged”הָיָה֙ ha.Yah “he was”וַֽיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “it belonged”