H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

She said, Let your handmaid find favor in your sight. So the woman went her way, and ate; and her facial expression wasn't sad any more.

הָיוּ־ ha.yu- “they were”

It happened, when the time was come about, that Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel, [supplied: saying], Because I have asked him of Yahweh.

וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

therefore also I have granted him to Yahweh; as long as he lives he is granted to Yahweh. He worshiped Yahweh there.

הָיָ֔ה ha.Yah “he has been”

Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child did minister to Yahweh before Eli the priest.

הָיָ֤ה ha.Yah “he was”

The sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh; for the men despised the offering of Yahweh.

וַתְּהִ֨י (תְּהִ֨י) te.Hi “it was”

There came a man of God to Eli, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Did I reveal myself to the house of your father, when they were in Egypt [supplied: in bondage] to Pharaoh's house?

בִּֽהְיוֹתָ֥ם (הְיוֹתָ֥) h.yo.Ta “were”

Behold, the days come, that I will cut off your arm, and the arm of your father's house, that there shall not be an old man in your house.

מִֽהְי֥וֹת (הְי֥וֹת) h.Yot “being”

You shall see the affliction of [supplied: my] habitation, in all the wealth which [supplied: God] shall give Israel; and there shall not be an old man in your house forever.

יִהְיֶ֥ה yih.Yeh “he will be”

It shall happen, that everyone who is left in your house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Please put me into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.

וְהָיָ֗ה (הָיָ֗ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

The child Samuel ministered to Yahweh before Eli. The word of Yahweh was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.

הָיָ֤ה ha.Yah “it was”

It happened at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see),

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

Therefore Eli said to Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call you, that you shall say, Speak, Yahweh; for your servant hears. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

וְהָיָה֙ (הָיָה֙) ha.Yah “it will be”

Samuel grew, and Yahweh was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.

הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “he was”

The word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.

וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “it came”

When the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

The Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. They said, Woe to us! for there has not been such a thing heretofore.

הָיְתָ֛ה ha.ye.Tah “it has been”

Be strong, and behave yourselves like men, O you Philistines, that you not be servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.

וִֽהְי֤וּ (הְי֤וּ) h.Yu “become”וִהְיִיתֶ֥ם (הְיִיתֶ֥ם) h.yi.Tem “you will become”

The Philistines fought, and Israel was struck, and they fled every man to his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

וַתְּהִ֥י (תְּהִ֥י) te.Hi “it was”

When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching; for his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.

הָיָ֤ה ha.Yah “it was”

The man said to Eli, I am he who came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army. He said, How went the matter, my son?

הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “was it”

He who brought the news answered, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people, and your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

הָיְתָ֣ה ha.ye.Tah “it has been”

It happened, when he made mention of the ark of God, that [supplied: Eli] fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck broke, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.

וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”

It was so, that after they had carried it about, the hand of Yahweh was against the city with a very great confusion: and he struck the men of the city, both small and great; and tumors broke out on them.

וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”וַתְּהִ֨י (תְּהִ֨י) te.Hi “it was”

So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. It happened, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that it not kill us and our people. For there was a deadly confusion throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

הָיְתָ֤ה ha.ye.Tah “it was”