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H1961הָיָהha.yah

to bePart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 316
  2. 235
  3. 147
  4. 180
  5. 171
  6. 145
  7. 122
  8. 21
  9. 168
  10. 153
  11. 197
  12. 120
  13. 105
  14. 133
  15. 5
  16. 48
  17. 17
  18. 50
  19. 104
  20. 28
  21. 47
  22. 4
  23. 211
  24. 264
  25. 23
  26. 337
  27. 23
  28. 27
  29. 11
  30. 10
  31. 7
  32. 10
  33. 19
  34. 3
  35. 3
  36. 11
  37. 9
  38. 67
  39. 11

Renderings

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3,562 occurrences in 3,133 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Genesis 17:4

    'As for Me, behold, My covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations.

    וְהָיִ֕יתָ (הָיִ֕יתָ) ha.Yi.ta “you will become”

  2. Genesis 17:5

    Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.

    וְהָיָ֤ה (הָיָ֤ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

  3. Genesis 17:7

    And I will establish My covenant between Me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.

    לִהְי֤וֹת (הְי֤וֹת) h.Yot “become”

  4. Genesis 17:8

    And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.'

    וְהָיִ֥יתִי (הָיִ֥יתִי) ha.Yi.ti “I will become”

  5. Genesis 17:11

    And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of a covenant betwixt Me and you.

    וְהָיָה֙ (הָיָה֙) ha.Yah “it will become”

  6. Genesis 17:13

    He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised; and My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

    וְהָיְתָ֧ה (הָיְתָ֧ה) ha.ye.Tah “it will be”

  7. Genesis 17:16

    And I will bless her, and moreover I will give thee a son of her; yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be of her.'

    וְהָֽיְתָ֣ה (הָֽיְתָ֣ה) ha.ye.Tah “she will become”יִהְיֽוּ׃ yih.Yu “they will be”

  8. Genesis 18:11

    Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.--

    לִהְי֣וֹת (הְי֣וֹת) h.Yot “be”

  9. Genesis 18:12

    And Sarah laughed within herself, saying: 'After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?'

    הָֽיְתָה־ ha.ye.tah- “has it be[longed]?”

  10. Genesis 18:18

    seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

    הָי֧וֹ ha.Yo “certainly <to become>”יִֽהְיֶ֛ה yih.Yeh “he will become”

  11. Genesis 18:25

    That be far from Thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from Thee; shall not the judge of all the earth do justly?'

    וְהָיָ֥ה (הָיָ֥ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

  12. Genesis 19:14

    And Lot went out, and spoke unto his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said: 'Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy the city.' But he seemed unto his sons-in-law as one that jested.

    וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “he was”

  13. Genesis 19:17

    And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said: 'Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be swept away.'

    וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”

  14. Genesis 19:26

    But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

    וַתְּהִ֖י (תְּהִ֖י) te.Hi “she was”

  15. Genesis 19:29

    And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.

    וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

  16. Genesis 19:34

    And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born said unto the younger: 'Behold, I lay yesternight with my father. Let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.'

    וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

  17. Genesis 20:12

    And moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and so she became my wife.

    וַתְּהִי־ (תְּהִי) te.hi- “she became”

  18. Genesis 20:13

    And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her: This is thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me: He is my brother.'

    וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”

  19. Genesis 21:20

    And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

    וַיְהִ֧י (יְהִ֧י) y.Hi “he was”וַיְהִ֖י (יְהִ֖י) y.Hi “he was”

  20. Genesis 21:22

    And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his host spoke unto Abraham, saying: 'God is with thee in all that thou doest.

    וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

  21. Genesis 21:30

    And he said: 'Verily, these seven ewe-lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.'

    תִּֽהְיֶה־ tih.yeh- “it may become”

  22. Genesis 22:1

    And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraham, and said unto him: 'Abraham'; and he said: 'Here am I.'

    וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

  23. Genesis 22:20

    And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying: 'Behold, Milcah, she also hath borne children unto thy brother Nahor:

    וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

  24. Genesis 23:1

    And the life of Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.

    וַיִּהְיוּ֙ (יִּהְיוּ֙) i.yih.Yu “they were”

  25. Genesis 24:14

    So let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say: Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say: Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also; let the same be she that Thou hast appointed for Thy servant, even for Isaa

    וְהָיָ֣ה (הָיָ֣ה) ha.Yah “it will be”