H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

Now when their hearts were full of joy, they said, Send for Samson to make sport for us. And they sent for Samson out of the prison-house, and he made sport before them; and they put him between the pillars.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

And Samson said, Let death overtake me with the Philistines. And he put out all his strength, and the house came down on the chiefs and on all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he sent to destruction by his death were more than all those on who

וַיִּהְי֤וּ (יִּהְי֤וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”

Now there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim named Micah.

וַֽיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “he was”

So he gave the silver back to his mother. Then his mother took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a metal-worker who made a pictured image and a metal image from them: and it was in the house of Micah.

וַיְהִ֖י (יְהִ֖י) y.Hi “it was”

And the man Micah had a house of gods; and he made an ephod and family gods and put one of his sons in the position of priest.

וַיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “he became”

Now there was a young man living in Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah and a Levite, who was not a townsman of the place.

וַיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “he was”

Then Micah said to him, Make your living-place with me, and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten shekels of silver a year and your clothing and food.

וֶֽהְיֵה־ (הְיֵה) h.yeh- “become”

And the Levite said he would make his living-place with the man, and he became to him as one of his sons.

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “he was”

And Micah gave the position to the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

וַיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “he became”וַיְהִ֖י (יְהִ֖י) y.Hi “he was”

Then Micah said, Now I am certain that the Lord will do me good, seeing that the Levite has become my priest.

הָיָה־ ha.yah- “he has become”

And he said to them, This is what Micah did for me, and he gave me payment and I became his priest.

וָאֱהִי־ (אֱהִי) 'e.hi- “I have become”

And they said to him, Be quiet; say nothing, and come with us and be our father and priest; is it better for you to be priest to one man's house or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?

וֶֽהְיֵה־ (הְיֵה) h.yeh- “become”הֱיוֹתְךָ֣ (הֱיוֹתְ) he.yot. “[is] being”הֱיוֹתְךָ֣ (הֱיוֹתְ) he.yot. “being”

And they took that which Micah had made, and his priest, and came to Laish, to a people living quietly and without thought of danger, and they put them to the sword without mercy, burning down their town.

הָיָה־ ha.yah- “he belonged”

(And the children of Dan put up the pictured image for themselves; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of the Danites till the day when the ark was taken prisoner.)

הָי֤וּ ha.Yu “they were”

And they put up for themselves the image which Micah had made, and it was there all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.

הֱי֥וֹת he.Yot “[the] being of”

Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was living in the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he got for himself a servant-wife from Beth-lehem-judah.

וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”וַיְהִ֣י׀ (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “he was”

And his servant-wife was angry with him, and went away from him to her father's house at Beth-lehem-judah, and was there for four months.

וַתְּהִי־ (תְּהִי) te.hi- “she was”

Now on the fourth day they got up early in the morning and he made ready to go away; but the girl's father said to his son-in-law, Take a little food to keep up your strength, and then go on your way.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

And he gave orders to the men whom he sent, saying, This is what you are to say to all the men of Israel, Has ever an act like this been done from the day when the children of Israel came out of Egypt to this day? Give thought to it, turning it over in y

וְהָיָ֣ה (הָיָ֣ה) ha.Yah “it was”נִהְיְתָ֤ה nih.ye.Tah “it has occurred”

(Now the children of Benjamin had word that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) And the children of Israel said, Make clear how this evil thing took place.

נִהְיְתָ֖ה nih.ye.Tah “did it occur”

And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin saying, What is this evil which has been done among you?

נִהְיְתָ֖ה nih.ye.Tah “it has happened”

Now the sign fixed between the men of Israel and those making the surprise attack was that when they made a pillar of smoke go up from the town,

הָיָ֛ה ha.Yah “it belonged”

So twenty-five thousand of the swordsmen of Benjamin came to their end that day, all strong men of war.

וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”

And they said, O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this fate come on Israel, that today one tribe has been cut off from Israel?

הָ֥יְתָה Ha.ye.tah “has it happened”

Then on the day after, the people got up early and made an altar there, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”