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H1961הָיָהha.yah
to bePart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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So the Lord said to Solomon, Because you have done this, and have not kept my agreement and my laws, which I gave you, I will take the kingdom away from you by force and will give it to your servant.
הָֽיְתָה־ ha.ye.tah- “it has been”
And when David had sent destruction on Edom, and Joab, the captain of the army, had gone to put the dead into the earth, and had put to death every male in Edom;
וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”בִּֽהְי֤וֹת (הְי֤וֹת) h.Yot “was”
And the sister of Tahpenes had a son by him, Genubath, whom Tahpenes took care of in Pharaoh's house; and Genubath was living in Pharaoh's house among Pharaoh's sons.
וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “he was”
He got some men together and made himself captain of a band of outlaws; and went to Damascus and became king there.
וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “he was”
He was a trouble to Israel all through the days of Solomon. And this is the damage Hadad did: he was cruel to Israel while he was ruler over Edom.
וַיְהִ֨י (יְהִ֨י) y.Hi “he was”
Now at that time, when Jeroboam was going out of Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite came across him on the road; now Ahijah had put on a new robe; and the two of them were by themselves in the open country.
וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”
(But one tribe will be his, because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem, the town which, out of all the tribes of Israel, I have made mine,)
יִֽהְיֶה־ yih.yeh- “it will belong”
And one tribe I will give to his son, so that David my servant may have a light for ever burning before me in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine to put my name there.
הֱיֽוֹת־ he.yot- “to belong”
And you I will take, and you will be king over Israel, ruling over whatever is the desire of your soul.
וְהָיִ֥יתָ (הָיִ֥יתָ) ha.Yi.ta “you will be”
And if you give attention to the orders I give you, walking in my ways and doing what is right in my eyes and keeping my laws and my orders as David my servant did; then I will be with you, building up for you a safe house, as I did for David, and I will
וְהָיָ֗ה (הָיָ֗ה) ha.Yah “it will be”וְהָיִ֣יתִי (הָיִ֣יתִי) ha.Yi.ti “I will be”
And Solomon was looking for a chance to put Jeroboam to death; but he went in flight to Egypt, to Shishak, king of Egypt, and was in Egypt till the death of Solomon.
וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “he was”
And, hearing of it, Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who was still in Egypt, where he had gone in flight from Solomon, and was living there, came back to his town Zeredah, in the hill-country of Ephraim;
וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”
Then King Rehoboam took the opinion of the old men who had been with Solomon his father when he was living, and said, In your opinion, what answer am I to give to this people?
הָי֣וּ ha.Yu “they were”בִּֽהְיֹת֥וֹ (הְיֹת֥) h.yo.T “was”
And they said to him, If you will be a servant to this people today, caring for them and giving them a gentle answer, then they will be your servants for ever.
תִּֽהְיֶה־ tih.yeh- “you will be”וְהָי֥וּ (הָי֥וּ) ha.Yu “they will be”
So the king did not give ear to the people; and this came about by the purpose of the Lord, so that what he had said by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, son of Nebat, might be effected.
הָיְתָ֤ה ha.ye.Tah “it was”
Now when all Israel had news that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him to come before the meeting of the people, and made him king over Israel: not one of them was joined to the family of David but only the tribe of Judah.
וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”הָיָה֙ ha.Yah “anyone was”
But the word of God came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying,
וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it came”
The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers, the children of Israel; go back, every man to his house, because this thing is my purpose. So they gave ear to the word of the Lord, and went back, as the Lord had said.
נִהְיָ֖ה nih.Yah “it has occurred”
And this became a sin in Israel; for the people went to give worship to the one at Beth-el, and to the other at Dan.
וַיְהִ֛י (יְהִ֛י) y.Hi “it became”
And he made places for worship at the high places, and made priests, who were not Levites, from among all the people.
הָי֖וּ ha.Yu “they were”
Then the king, hearing the man of God crying out against the altar at Beth-el, put out his hand from the altar, saying, Take him prisoner. And his hand, stretched out against him, became dead, and he had no power of pulling it back.
וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”
Then the king made answer and said to the man of God, Make a prayer now for the grace of the Lord your God, and for me, that my hand may be made well. And in answer to the prayer of the man of God, the king's hand was made well again, as it was before.
וַתְּהִ֖י (תְּהִ֖י) te.Hi “it was”
But while they were seated at the table, the word of the Lord came to the prophet who had taken him back;
וַיְהִ֕י (יְהִ֕י) y.Hi “it was”וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it came”
Now after the meal he made ready the ass for him, for the prophet whom he had taken back.
וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”
And he went on his way; but on the road a lion came rushing at him and put him to death; and his dead body was stretched in the road with the ass by its side, and the lion was there by the body.
וַתְּהִ֤י (תְּהִ֤י) te.Hi “it was”