H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

Naph'tali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-she'mesh, or the inhabitants of Beth-anath, but dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-she'mesh and of Beth-anath became subject to forced labor for them.

הָי֥וּ ha.Yu “they became”

the Amorites persisted in dwelling in Har-heres, in Ai'jalon, and in Sha-al'bim, but the hand of the house of Joseph rested heavily upon them, and they became subject to forced labor.

וַיִּהְי֖וּ (יִּהְי֖וּ) i.yih.Yu “they became”

So now I say, I will not drive them out before you; but they shall become adversaries to you, and their gods shall be a snare to you."

וְהָי֤וּ (הָי֤וּ) ha.Yu “they will become”יִהְי֥וּ yih.Yu “they will become”

When the angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the people of Israel, the people lifted up their voices and wept.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

Whenever they marched out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had warned, and as the LORD had sworn to them; and they were in sore straits.

הָיְתָה־ ha.ye.tah- “it was”

Whenever the LORD raised up judges for them, the LORD was with the judge, and he saved them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who afflicted and oppressed them.

וְהָיָ֤ה (הָיָ֤ה) ha.Yah “he was”

But whenever the judge died, they turned back and behaved worse than their fathers, going after other gods, serving them and bowing down to them; they did not drop any of their practices or their stubborn ways.

וְהָיָ֣ה׀ (הָיָ֣ה) ha.Yah “it was”

They were for the testing of Israel, to know whether Israel would obey the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by Moses.

וַֽיִּהְי֕וּ (יִּהְי֕וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”

The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel; he went out to war, and the LORD gave Cu'shan-rishatha'im king of Mesopota'mia into his hand; and his hand prevailed over Cu'shan-rishatha'im.

וַתְּהִ֨י (תְּהִ֨י) te.Hi “it was”

And when Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he sent away the people that carried the tribute.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

When he arrived, he sounded the trumpet in the hill country of E'phraim; and the people of Israel went down with him from the hill country, having him at their head.

וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed six hundred of the Philistines with an oxgoad; and he too delivered Israel.

הָיָה֙ ha.Yah “he was”

And she said, "I will surely go with you; nevertheless, the road on which you are going will not lead to your glory, for the LORD will sell Sis'era into the hand of a woman." Then Deb'orah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.

תִֽהְיֶ֜ה tih.Yeh “it will be”

And he said to her, "Stand at the door of the tent, and if any man comes and asks you, 'Is any one here?' say, No."

וְהָיָה֩ (הָיָה֩) ha.Yah “it will be”

For whenever the Israelites put in seed the Mid'ianites and the Amal'ekites and the people of the East would come up and attack them;

וְהָיָ֖ה (הָיָ֖ה) ha.Yah “it was”

When the people of Israel cried to the LORD on account of the Mid'ianites,

וַיְהִ֕י (יְהִ֕י) y.Hi “it was”

And the LORD said to him, "But I will be with you, and you shall smite the Mid'ianites as one man."

אֶהְיֶ֖ה 'eh.Yeh “I will be”

That night the LORD said to him, "Take your father's bull, the second bull seven years old, and pull down the altar of Ba'al which your father has, and cut down the Ashe'rah that is beside it;

וַיְהִי֮ (יְהִי֮) y.Hi “it was”

So Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had told him; but because he was too afraid of his family and the men of the town to do it by day, he did it by night.

וַיְהִ֡י (יְהִ֡י) y.Hi “it was”

behold, I am laying a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; if there is dew on the fleece alone, and it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that thou wilt deliver Israel by my hand, as thou hast said."

יִהְיֶ֨ה yih.Yeh “it will be”

And it was so. When he rose early next morning and squeezed the fleece, he wrung enough dew from the fleece to fill a bowl with water.

וַיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “it was”

Then Gideon said to God, "Let not thy anger burn against me, let me speak but this once; pray, let me make trial only this once with the fleece; pray, let it be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew."

יְהִי־ ye.hi- “let it be”יִֽהְיֶה־ yih.yeh- “let it be”

And God did so that night; for it was dry on the fleece only, and on all the ground there was dew.

וַיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “it was”הָ֥יָה Ha.yah “it was”

Then Jerubba'al (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him rose early and encamped beside the spring of Harod; and the camp of Mid'ian was north of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.

הָיָה־ ha.yah- “it was”

And the LORD said to Gideon, "The people are still too many; take them down to the water and I will test them for you there; and he of whom I say to you, 'This man shall go with you,' shall go with you; and any of whom I say to you, 'This man shall not go with you,' shall not go."

וְהָיָ֡ה (הָיָ֡ה) ha.Yah “it will be”