H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

And there was a great famine in Samaria; and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.

וַיְהִ֨י (יְהִ֨י) y.Hi “it was”הֱי֤וֹת he.Yot “was”

And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying: 'Help, my lord, O king.'

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “he was”

And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes--now he was passing by upon the wall--and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.

וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”

Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said: 'Behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might this thing be?' And he said: 'Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.'

הֲיִהְיֶ֖ה (יִהְיֶ֖ה) yih.Yeh “will it happen”

Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said one to another: 'Why sit we here until we die?

הָי֥וּ ha.Yu “they were”

And the people went out, and spoiled the camp of the Arameans. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.

וַיְהִ֨י (יְהִ֨י) y.Hi “it was”

And it came to pass, as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying: 'Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to-morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria';

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”יִהְיֶה֙ yih.Yeh “it will be”

and that captain answered the man of God, and said: 'Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be?' and he said: `Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof';

הֲיִהְיֶ֖ה (יִהְיֶ֖ה) yih.Yeh “will it happen”

it came to pass even so unto him; for the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died.

וַיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “it happened”

And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines; and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored to life him that was dead, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said: 'My lord, O king, this is the wo

וַ֠יְהִי (יְהִי) y.hi “he was”

And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took the coverlet, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died; and Hazael reigned in his stead.

וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “he was”

And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab; for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife; and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.

הָֽיְתָה־ ha.ye.tah- “she became”

Then Joram passed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him; and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites that compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots; and the people fled to their tents.

וַֽיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “it was”

So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. --Now Joram had been guarding Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Aram;

הָיָ֨ה ha.Yah “he had been”

And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said: 'Is it peace, Jehu?' And he answered: 'What peace, so long as the harlotries of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?'

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

and the carcass of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say: This is Jezebel.'

וְֽהָיְתָ֞ה (הָיְתָ֞ה) ha.yat “it will be”

And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew them, even seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them unto him to Jezreel.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people: 'Ye are righteous; behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him; but who smote all these?

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “it was”

And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains: 'Go in, and slay them; let none come forth.' And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captain

וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”

And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years; and Athaliah reigned over the land.

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “he was”

And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and he that cometh within the ranks, let him be slain; and be ye with the king when he goeth out, and when he cometh in.'

וִהְי֥וּ (הְי֥וּ) h.Yu “be”

And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD'S people; between the king also and the people.

לִהְי֥וֹת (הְי֥וֹת) h.Yot “become”