H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

But in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, the priests had not made good the damaged parts of the house.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

And when they saw that there was much money in the chest, the king's scribe and the high priest came and put it in bags, noting the amount of all the money there was in the house of the Lord.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

The money of the offerings for error and the sin-offerings was not taken into the house of the Lord; it was the priests'.

יִהְיֽוּ׃ yih.Yu “they belonged”

And while they were putting a dead man into the earth, they saw a band coming; and they put the man quickly into the place where Elisha's body was; and the dead man, on touching Elisha's bones, came to life again, and got up on his feet.

וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”

He was twenty-five years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years; his mother's name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem.

הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “he was”

Now when he became strong in the kingdom, straight away he put to death those servants who had taken the life of the king his father;

וַיְהִ֕י (יְהִ֕י) y.Hi “it was”

He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for fifty-two years; his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “he was”

And the Lord sent disease on the king and he became a leper, and to the day of his death he was living separately in his private house. And Jotham his son was over his house, judging the people of the land.

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “he was”

This was what the Lord had said to Jehu, Your sons to the fourth generation will be kings of Israel. And so it came about.

וַֽיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “it was”

In his day, Pul, the king of Assyria, came up against the land; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver so that he might let him keep the kingdom.

לִהְי֤וֹת (הְי֤וֹת) h.Yot “be”

He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he was ruling for sixteen years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.

הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “he was”

And King Ahaz gave orders to Urijah the priest, saying, Make the morning burned offering and the evening meal offering and the king's burned offering and meal offering, with the burned offerings of all the people and their meal offerings and drink offeri

יִֽהְיֶה־ yih.yeh- “it will belong”

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, though not like the kings of Israel before him.

הָי֖וּ ha.Yu “they were”

Against him came up Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, and Hoshea became his servant and sent him offerings.

וַֽיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “he became”

And the wrath of the Lord came on Israel because they had done evil against the Lord their God, who took them out of the land of Egypt from under the yoke of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and had become worshippers of other gods,

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

Now when first they were living there they did not give worship to the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them, causing the death of some of them.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”וַיִּֽהְי֥וּ (יִּֽהְי֥וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”

So one of the priests whom they had taken away as a prisoner from Samaria came back, and, living in Beth-el, became their teacher in the worship of the Lord.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “he was”

And every nation made gods for themselves, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in the towns where they were living.

וַיִּהְי֣וּ (יִּהְי֣וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”

So they went on worshipping the Lord, and made for themselves, from among all the people, priests for the high places, to make offerings for them in the houses of the high places.

וַיִּהְי֥וּ (יִּהְי֥וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”וַיִּהְי֛וּ (יִּהְי֛וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”

They gave worship to the Lord, but they gave honour to their gods like the nations did from whom they had been taken as prisoners.

הָי֣וּ ha.Yu “they were”הָי֣וּ ha.Yu “they were”

So these nations, worshipping the Lord, still were servants to the images they had made; their children and their children's children did the same; as their fathers did, so do they, to this day.

וַיִּהְי֣וּ׀ (יִּהְי֣וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”הָי֣וּ ha.Yu “they were”

Now in the third year of Hoshea, son of Elah, king of Israel, Hezekiah, the son of Ahaz, became king of Judah.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

He was twenty-five years old when he became king, ruling in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years; his mother's name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.

הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “he was”

He had the high places taken away, and the stone pillars broken to bits, and the Asherah cut down; and the brass snake which Moses had made was crushed to powder at his order, because in those days the children of Israel had offerings burned before it, a

הָי֤וּ ha.Yu “they were”

He had faith in the Lord, the God of Israel; so that there was no one like him among all the kings of Judah who were before him.

הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “anyone was”הָי֖וּ ha.Yu “they were”