H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his army, 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 eighty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab 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 to 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; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.

וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”

Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thy eyes, but shalt not eat of it.

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

And 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 plundered the tents of the Syrians. 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 lord 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 thy eyes, but shalt not eat of it.

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

And so it happened to 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 from the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry to 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 a dead body to life, 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 woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.

וַ֠יְהִי (יְהִי) y.hi “he was”

And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, 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 the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.

הָֽיְתָה־ ha.ye.tah- “she became”

So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites who encompassed him, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.

וַֽיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “it was”

So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.

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 lewd acts 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 seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to 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 slew 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 captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.

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 around, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain. And be ye with the king as he goeth out and as 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”