H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

`I -- lo, My covenant `is' with thee, and thou hast become father of a multitude of nations;

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

and thy name is no more called Abram, but thy name hath been Abraham, for father of a multitude of nations have I made thee;

וְהָיָ֤ה (הָיָ֤ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

`And I have established My covenant between Me and thee, and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for a covenant age-during, to become God to thee, and to thy seed after thee;

לִהְי֤וֹת (הְי֤וֹת) h.Yot “become”

and I have given to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, the whole land of Canaan, for a possession age-during, and I have become their God.'

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

and ye have circumcised the flesh of your foreskin, and it hath become a token of a covenant between Me and you.

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

he is certainly circumcised who `is' born in thine house, or bought with thy money; and My covenant hath become in your flesh a covenant age-during;

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

and I have blessed her, and have also given to thee a son from her; and I have blessed her, and she hath become nations -- kings of peoples are from her.'

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

And Sarah is hearkening at the opening of the tent, which is behind him;

לִהְי֣וֹת (הְי֣וֹת) h.Yot “be”

and Abraham and Sarah `are' aged, entering into days -- the way of women hath ceased to be to Sarah;

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

and Abraham certainly becometh a nation great and mighty, and blessed in him have been all nations of the earth?

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

Far be it from Thee to do according to this thing, to put to death the righteous with the wicked; that it hath been -- as the righteous so the wicked -- far be it from Thee; doth the Judge of all the earth not do justice?'

וְהָיָ֥ה (הָיָ֥ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

And Lot goeth out, and speaketh unto his sons-in-law, those taking his daughters, and saith, `Rise, go out from this place, for Jehovah is destroying the city;' and he is as `one' mocking in the eyes of his sons-in-law.

וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “he was”

And it cometh to pass when he hath brought them out without, that he saith, `Escape for thy life; look not expectingly behind thee, nor stand thou in all the circuit; to the mountain escape, lest thou be consumed.'

וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”

And his wife looketh expectingly from behind him, and she is -- a pillar of salt!

וַתְּהִ֖י (תְּהִ֖י) te.Hi “she was”

And it cometh to pass, in God's destroying the cities of the circuit, that God remembereth Abraham, and sendeth Lot out of the midst of the overthrow in the overthrowing of the cities in which Lot dwelt.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that the first-born saith unto the younger, `Lo, I have lain yesterday-night with my father: we cause him to drink wine also to-night, and go thou in, lie with him, and we preserve from our father -- a seed.'

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

and also, truly she is my sister, daughter of my father, only not daughter of my mother, and she becometh my wife;

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

and it cometh to pass, when God hath caused me to wander from my father's house, that I say to her, This `is' thy kindness which thou dost with me: at every place whither we come, say of me, He `is' my brother.'

וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”

and God is with the youth, and he groweth, and dwelleth in the wilderness, and is an archer;

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

And it cometh to pass at that time that Abimelech speaketh -- Phichol also, head of his host -- unto Abraham, saying, `God `is' with thee in all that thou art doing;

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

And he saith, `For -- the seven lambs thou dost accept from my hand, so that it becometh a witness for me that I have digged this well;'

תִּֽהְיֶה־ tih.yeh- “it may become”

And it cometh to pass after these things that God hath tried Abraham, and saith unto him, `Abraham;' and he saith, `Here `am' I.'

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

And it cometh to pass after these things that it is declared to Abraham, saying, `Lo, Milcah hath borne, even she, sons to Nahor thy brother:

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

And the life of Sarah is a hundred and twenty and seven years -- years of the life of Sarah;

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

and it hath been, the young person unto whom I say, Incline, I pray thee, thy pitcher, and I drink, and she hath said, Drink, and I water also thy camels) -- her Thou hast decided for Thy servant, for Isaac; and by it I know that Thou hast done kindness with my lord.'

וְהָיָ֣ה (הָיָ֣ה) ha.Yah “it will be”