H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

And Absalom got up early, morning after morning, and took his place at the side of the public meeting-place: and when any man had a cause which had to come to the king to be judged, then Absalom, crying out to him, said, What is your town? and he would s

וַיְהִ֡י (יְהִ֡י) y.Hi “it was”יִהְיֶה־ yih.yeh- “it belonged”

And more than this, Absalom said, If only I was made judge in the land, so that every man who has any cause or question might come to me, and I would give a right decision for him!

יִהְיֶה־ yih.yeh- “it belongs”

And if any man came near to give him honour, he took him by the hand and gave him a kiss.

וְהָיָה֙ (הָיָה֙) ha.Yah “it was”

Now at the end of four years, Absalom said to the king, Let me go to Hebron and give effect to the oath which I made to the Lord:

וַיְהִ֕י (יְהִ֕י) y.Hi “it was”

And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, one of David's helpers, from Giloh his town, while he was making the offerings. And the design against David became strong, for more and more people were joined to Absalom.

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “it was”

And one came to David and said, The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom.

הָיָ֛ה ha.Yah “it is”

And David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, Come, let us go in flight, or not one of us will be safe from Absalom: let us go without loss of time, or he will overtake us quickly and send evil on us, and put the town to the sword.

תִֽהְיֶה־ tih.yeh- “it will belong”

And Ittai the Gittite in answer said, By the living Lord, and by the life of my lord the king, in whatever place my lord the king may be, for life or death, there will your servant be.

יִֽהְיֶה־ yih.yeh- “he will be”יִהְיֶ֥ה yih.Yeh “he will be”

Now when David had come to the top of the slope, where they gave worship to God, Hushai the Archite came to him in great grief with dust on his head:

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “he was”

David said to him, If you go on with me, you will be a trouble to me:

וְהָיִ֥תָ (הָיִ֥תָ) ha.Yi.ta “you will become”

But if you go back to the town and say to Absalom, I will be your servant, O king; as in the past I have been your father's servant, so now I will be yours: then you will be able to keep Ahithophel's designs against me from being put into effect.

אֶֽהְיֶ֔ה 'eh.Yeh “I will be”

And have you not there Zadok and Abiathar the priests? so whatever comes to your ears from the king's house, give word of it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.

וְהָיָ֗ה (הָיָ֗ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

Then Hushai the Archite, David's friend, came to Absalom and said, Long life to the king, long life to the king!

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

And Hushai said to Absalom, Not so; I am for that man whom the Lord and this people and all the men of Israel have taken as king, and I will take my place with him.

אֶהְיֶ֖ה 'eh.Yeh “I will belong”

And more than this! where is my place as a servant? is it not before his son? as I have been your father's servant, so will I be yours.

אֶהְיֶ֥ה 'eh.Yeh “I will be”

And I will make all the people come back to you as a bride comes back to her husband: it is the life of only one man you are going after; so all the people will be at peace.

יִהְיֶ֥ה yih.Yeh “it will be”

But he will certainly have taken cover now in some hole or secret place; and if some of our people, at the first attack, are overcome, then any hearing of it will say, There is destruction among the people who are on Absalom's side.

וְהָיָ֗ה (הָיָ֗ה) ha.Yah “it will be”הָֽיְתָה֙ ha.ye.Tah “it has been”

Then after the servants had gone away, they came up out of the water-hole and went to give King David the news; and they said, Get up and go quickly over the water, for such and such are Ahithophel's designs against you.

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

Now when David had come to Mahanaim, Shobi, the son of Nahash of Rabbah, the Ammonite, and Machir, the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,

וַיְהִ֕י (יְהִ֕י) y.Hi “it was”

But the people said, It is better for you not to go out: for if we are put to flight, they will not give a thought to us, and if death overtakes half of us, it will be nothing to them: but you are of more value than ten thousand of us: so it is better fo

תִֽהְיֶה־ tih.yeh- “you will be”

So the people went out into the field against Israel, and the fight took place in the woods of Ephraim.

וַתְּהִ֥י (תְּהִ֥י) te.Hi “it was”

And the people of Israel were overcome there by the servants of David, and there was a great destruction that day, and twenty thousand men were put to the sword.

וַתְּהִי־ (תְּהִי) te.hi- “it was”

And the fighting went on over all the face of the country: and the woods were responsible for more deaths than the sword.

וַתְּהִי־ (תְּהִי) te.hi- “it was”

Then Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, said to Joab again, Whatever may come of it, let me go after the Cushite. And Joab said, Why have you a desire to go, my son, seeing that you will get no reward for your news?

וִ֣יהִי (יהִי) hi “may it be”

Whatever may come of it, he said, I will go. Then he said to him, Go. So Ahimaaz went running by the lowland road and overtook the Cushite.

וִיהִי־ (יהִי) hi- “may it be”