H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

And the king said unto the Cushite, Is it well with the young man Absalom? And the Cushite answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise up against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.

יִהְי֤וּ yih.Yu “let them be”

And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people; for the people heard say that day, The king grieveth for his son.

וַתְּהִ֨י (תְּהִ֨י) te.Hi “it became”

And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land from Absalom.

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “it was”

And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, [supplied: to bring him] to his house.

תִֽהְיוּ֙ tih.Yu “will you be”

Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?

תִהְי֛וּ tih.Yu “will you be”

And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.

תִּהְיֶ֧ה tih.Yeh “you will be”

And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?

תִֽהְיוּ־ tih.yu- “you will become”

And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?

וַיְהִ֛י (יְהִ֛י) y.Hi “it was”

For all my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should cry any more unto the king?

הָיָ֜ה ha.Yah “it was”

I am this day fourscore years old: can I discern between good and bad? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?

יִֽהְיֶ֨ה yih.Yeh “will he become”

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more [supplied: right] in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

הָיָ֨ה ha.Yah “was it”

And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and provided them with sustenance, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

וַתִּהְיֶ֧ינָה (תִּהְיֶ֧ינָה) tih.Yei.nah “they were”

and also Ira the Jairite was chief minister unto David.

הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “he was”

And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites.

וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

And the Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. And David waxed faint;

וַתְּהִי־ (תְּהִי) te.hi- “it belonged”

And it came to pass after this, that there was again war with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbecai the Hushathite slew Saph, who was of the sons of the giant.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”וַתְּהִי־ (תְּהִי) te.hi- “it was”

And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim the Beth-lehemite slew Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.

וַתְּהִי־ (תְּהִי) te.hi- “it was”

And there was again war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.

וַתְּהִי־ (תְּהִי) te.hi- “it was”וַיְהִ֣י׀ (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “he was”

They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.

וַיְהִ֧י (יְהִ֧י) y.Hi “he was”

I was also perfect toward him; And I kept myself from mine iniquity.

וָאֶהְיֶ֥ה (אֶהְיֶ֥ה) 'eh.Yeh “I was”

And after him was Shammah the son of Agee a Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a plot of ground full of lentils; and the people fled from the Philistines.

וַתְּהִי־ (תְּהִי) te.hi- “it was”

Was he not most honorable of the three? therefore he was made their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the [supplied: first] three.

וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “he became”

And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

וַתְּהִ֣י (תְּהִ֣י) te.Hi “it was”

And when David rose up in the morning, the word of Jehovah came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

הָיָה֙ ha.Yah “it came”

So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thy foes while they pursue thee? or shall there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise thee, and consider what answer I shall return to him that sent me.

הֱ֠יוֹת He.yot “to be”