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H1961הָיָהha.yah
to bePart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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And the border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh;
וַיְהִ֖י (יְהִ֖י) y.Hi “it was”
that the manslayer that killeth any person through error and unawares may flee thither; and they shall be unto you for a refuge from the avenger of blood.
וְהָי֤וּ (הָי֤וּ) ha.Yu “they will become”
And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days; then may the manslayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from wh
יִהְיֶ֖ה yih.Yeh “he will be”
These were the appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person through error might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before th
הָיוּ֩ ha.Yu “they were”
And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites; and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
וַיְהִ֡י (יְהִ֡י) y.Hi “it belonged”
And they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.
וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it belonged”הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “it belonged”
And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”
All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.
וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”
even these cities, every one with the open land round about it; thus it shall be with all these cities.
תִּֽהְיֶ֙ינָה֙ tih.Yei.nah “they were”
Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves unto this day, although there came a plague upon the congregation of the LORD,
וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “it was”
that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to-day against the LORD, that to-morrow He will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.
וְהָיָ֗ה (הָיָ֗ה) ha.Yah “it will be”
Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass concerning the devoted thing, and wrath fell upon all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.'
הָ֣יָה Ha.yah “it was”
Therefore said we: It shall be, when they so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we shall say: Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between u
וְהָיָ֗ה (הָיָ֗ה) ha.Yah “it will be”
And it came to pass after many days, when the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua was old and well stricken in years;
וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”
know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your sides, and pricks in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LO
וְהָי֨וּ (הָי֨וּ) ha.Yu “they will become”
And it shall come to pass, that as all the good things are come upon you of which the LORD your God spoke unto you, so shall the LORD bring upon you all the evil things, until He have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath giv
וְהָיָ֗ה (הָיָ֗ה) ha.Yah “it will be”
And Joshua said unto all the people: 'Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which He spoke unto us; it shall be therefore a witness against you, lest ye deny your God.'
תִּֽהְיֶה־ tih.yeh- “it will become”וְהָיְתָ֤ה (הָיְתָ֤ה) ha.ye.Tah “it will become”
And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being a hundred and ten years old.
וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”
And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money; and they became the inheritance of
וַיִּֽהְי֥וּ (יִּֽהְי֥וּ) i.yih.Yu “they became”
AND IT came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying: 'Who shall go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them?'
וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”
And Adoni-bezek said: 'Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered food under my table; as I have done, so God hath requited me.' And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
הָי֤וּ ha.Yu “they were”
And it came to pass, when she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field; and she alighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her: 'What wouldest thou?'
וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”
And the LORD was with Judah; and he drove out the inhabitants of the hill-country; for he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “he was”
And it came to pass, when Israel was waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to task-work, but did in no wise drive them out.
וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”
Zebulun drove not out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the: inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributary.
וַיִּֽהְי֖וּ (יִּֽהְי֖וּ) i.yih.Yu “they became”