H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

It happened, before he had done speaking, that behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher on her shoulder.

וַֽיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “it was”

It happened, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold,

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

It happened, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, "This is what the man said to me," that he came to the man. Behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

Then will you be clear from my oath, when you come to my relatives. If they don't give her to you, you shall be clear from my oath.'

וְהָיִ֥יתָ (הָיִ֥יתָ) ha.Yi.ta “you will be”

Behold, I am standing by the spring of water. Let it happen, that the maiden who comes forth to draw, to whom I will say, Give me, I pray you, a little water from your pitcher to drink.

וְהָיָ֤ה (הָיָ֤ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

Behold, Rebekah is before you, take her, and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as Yahweh has spoken."

וּתְהִ֤י (תְהִ֤י) te.Hi “may she be”

It happened that when Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth to Yahweh.

וַיְהִ֕י (יְהִ֕י) y.Hi “it was”

They blessed Rebekah, and said to her, "Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your seed possess the gate of those who hate them."

הֲיִ֖י ha.Yi “become”

Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. He loved her. Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

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

Jokshan became the father of Sheba, and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.

הָי֛וּ ha.Yu “they were”

It happened after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac, his son. Isaac lived by Beer Lahai Roi.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife.

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “he was”

The boys grew. Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field. Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.

וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “he was”

There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “it was”הָיָ֖ה ha.Yah “it was”

Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For to you, and to your seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.

וְאֶֽהְיֶ֥ה (אֶֽהְיֶ֥ה) 'eh.Yeh “I may be”

It happened, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was caressing Rebekah, his wife.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him.

וַֽיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “it be[longed]”

They said, "We saw plainly that Yahweh was with you. We said, 'Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you,

הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “he has been”תְּהִ֨י te.Hi “let it be”

It happened the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, "We have found water."

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

When Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite.

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “he was”

They grieved Isaac and Rebekah's spirits.

וַתִּהְיֶ֖יןָ (תִּהְיֶ֖יןָ) tih.Yei.na “they were”

It happened, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, "My son?" He said to him, "Here I am."

וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and I would bring a curse on myself, and not a blessing."

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

He didn't recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother, Esau's hands. So he blessed him.

הָי֣וּ ha.Yu “they were”

It happened, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”