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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 Young's Literal Translation.

  1. 2 Samuel 7:9

    and I am with thee whithersoever thou hast gone, and I cut off all thine enemies from thy presence, and have made for thee a great name, as the name of the great ones who `are' in the earth,

    וָאֶהְיֶ֣ה (אֶהְיֶ֣ה) 'eh.Yeh “I have been”

  2. 2 Samuel 7:14

    I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son; whom in his dealings perversely I have even reproved with a rod of men, and with strokes of the sons of Adam,

    אֶהְיֶה־ 'eh.yeh- “I will become”יִהְיֶה־ yih.yeh- “he will become”

  3. 2 Samuel 7:16

    and stedfast `is' thy house and thy kingdom unto the age before thee, thy throne is established unto the age.'

    יִהְיֶ֥ה yih.Yeh “it will be”

  4. 2 Samuel 7:24

    Yea, Thou dost establish to Thee Thy people Israel, to Thee for a people unto the age, and Thou, Jehovah, hast been to them for God.

    הָיִ֥יתָ ha.Yi.ta “you have become”

  5. 2 Samuel 7:26

    And Thy Name is great unto the age, saying, Jehovah of Hosts `is' God over Israel, and the house of Thy servant David is established before Thee,

    יִהְיֶ֥ה yih.Yeh “it will be”

  6. 2 Samuel 7:28

    And now, Lord Jehovah, Thou `art' God Himself, and Thy words are truth, and Thou speakest unto Thy servant this goodness,

    יִהְי֣וּ yih.Yu “they are”

  7. 2 Samuel 7:29

    And now, begin and bless the house of Thy servant, to be unto the age before Thee, for Thou, Lord Jehovah, hast spoken, and by Thy blessing is the house of Thy servant blessed -- to the age.'

    לִהְי֥וֹת (הְי֥וֹת) h.Yot “be”

  8. 2 Samuel 8:1

    And it cometh to pass afterwards that David smiteth the Philistines, and humbleth them, and David taketh the bridle of the metropolis out of the hand of the Philistines.

    וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

  9. 2 Samuel 8:2

    And he smiteth Moab, and measureth them with a line, causing them to lie down on the earth, and he measureth two lines to put to death, and the fulness of the line to keep alive, and the Moabites are to David for servants, bearers of a present.

    וַתְּהִ֤י (תְּהִ֤י) te.Hi “it became”

  10. 2 Samuel 8:6

    and David putteth garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and Aram is to David for a servant, bearing a present; and Jehovah saveth David whithersoever he hath gone;

    וַתְּהִ֤י (תְּהִ֤י) te.Hi “it became”

  11. 2 Samuel 8:7

    and David taketh the shields of gold which were on the servants of Hadadezer, and bringeth them to Jerusalem;

    הָי֔וּ ha.Yu “they were”

  12. 2 Samuel 8:10

    and Toi sendeth Joram his son unto king David to ask of him of welfare, and to bless him, (because that he hath fought against Hadadezer, and smiteth him, for a man of wars `with' Toi had Hadadezer been), and in his hand have been vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass,

    הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “he was”הָי֛וּ ha.Yu “they were”

  13. 2 Samuel 8:14

    and he putteth in Edom garrisons -- in all Edom he hath put garrisons, and all Edom are servants to David; and Jehovah saveth David whithersoever he hath gone.

    וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “it was”

  14. 2 Samuel 8:15

    And David reigneth over all Israel, and David is doing judgment and righteousness to all his people,

    וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “he was”

  15. 2 Samuel 8:18

    and Benaiah son of Jehoiada `is over' both the Cherethite and the Pelethite, and the sons of David have been ministers.

    הָיֽוּ׃ ha.Yu “they were”

  16. 2 Samuel 9:9

    And the king calleth unto Ziba servant of Saul, and saith unto him, `All that was to Saul and to all his house, I have given to the son of thy lord,

    הָיָ֤ה ha.Yah “it belonged”

  17. 2 Samuel 9:10

    and thou hast served for him the land, thou and thy sons, and thy servants, and hast brought in, and there hath been to the son of thy lord bread, and he hath eaten it; and Mephibosheth son of thy lord doth eat continually bread at my table;' and Ziba hath fifteen sons and twenty servants.

    וְהָיָ֨ה (הָיָ֨ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

  18. 2 Samuel 10:1

    And it cometh to pass afterwards, that the king of the Bene-Ammon dieth, and Hanun his son reigneth in his stead,

    וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

  19. 2 Samuel 10:5

    and they declare `it' to David, and he sendeth to meet them, for the men have been greatly ashamed, and the king saith, `Abide in Jericho till your beard doth spring up -- then ye have returned.'

    הָי֥וּ ha.Yu “they were”

  20. 2 Samuel 10:9

    and Joab seeth that the front of the battle hath been unto him before and behind, and he chooseth of all the chosen in Israel, and setteth in array to meet Aram,

    הָיְתָ֤ה ha.ye.Tah “it was”

  21. 2 Samuel 10:11

    And he saith, `If Aram be stronger than I, then thou hast been to me for salvation, and if the Bene-Ammon be stronger than thou, then I have come to give salvation to thee;

    וְהָיִ֥תָה (הָיִ֥תָה) ha.Yi.tah “you will become”

  22. 2 Samuel 11:1

    And it cometh to pass, at the revolution of the year -- at the time of the going out of the messengers -- that David sendeth Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel, and they destroy the Bene-Ammon, and lay siege against Rabbah. And David is dwelling in Jerusalem,

    וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”

  23. 2 Samuel 11:2

    and it cometh to pass, at evening-time, that David riseth from off his couch, and walketh up and down on the roof of the king's house, and seeth from the roof a woman bathing, and the woman `is' of very good appearance,

    וַיְהִ֣י׀ (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

  24. 2 Samuel 11:14

    And it cometh to pass in the morning, that David writeth a letter unto Joab, and sendeth by the hand of Uriah;

    וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

  25. 2 Samuel 11:16

    And it cometh to pass in Joab's watching of the city, that he appointeth Uriah unto the place where he knew that valiant men `are';

    וַיְהִ֕י (יְהִ֕י) y.Hi “it was”