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H1961הָיָהha.yah

to bePart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 316
  2. 235
  3. 147
  4. 180
  5. 171
  6. 145
  7. 122
  8. 21
  9. 168
  10. 153
  11. 197
  12. 120
  13. 105
  14. 133
  15. 5
  16. 48
  17. 17
  18. 50
  19. 104
  20. 28
  21. 47
  22. 4
  23. 211
  24. 264
  25. 23
  26. 337
  27. 23
  28. 27
  29. 11
  30. 10
  31. 7
  32. 10
  33. 19
  34. 3
  35. 3
  36. 11
  37. 9
  38. 67
  39. 11

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3,562 occurrences in 3,133 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. 2 Kings 12:7

    But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.

    וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

  2. 2 Kings 12:11

    And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags and counted the money that was found in the house of the LORD.

    וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

  3. 2 Kings 12:17

    The forfeit money, and the sin money, was not brought into the house of the LORD; it was the priests.

    יִהְיֽוּ׃ yih.Yu “they belonged”

  4. 2 Kings 13:21

    And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha; and as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.

    וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”

  5. 2 Kings 14:2

    He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

    הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “he was”

  6. 2 Kings 14:5

    And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, that he slew his servants who had slain the king his father;

    וַיְהִ֕י (יְהִ֕י) y.Hi “it was”

  7. 2 Kings 15:2

    Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

    הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “he was”

  8. 2 Kings 15:5

    And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a house set apart. And Jotham the king's son was over the household, judging the people of the land.

    וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “he was”

  9. 2 Kings 15:12

    This was the word of the LORD which He spoke unto Jehu, saying: 'Thy sons to the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel.' And so it came to pass.

    וַֽיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “it was”

  10. 2 Kings 15:19

    There came against the land Pul the king of Assyria; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.

    לִהְי֤וֹת (הְי֤וֹת) h.Yot “be”

  11. 2 Kings 15:33

    Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

    הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “he was”

  12. 2 Kings 16:15

    And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying: 'Upon the great altar offer the morning burnt-offering, and the evening meal-offering, and the king's burnt-offering, and his meal-offering, with the burnt-offering of all the people of the land, and the

    יִֽהְיֶה־ yih.yeh- “it will belong”

  13. 2 Kings 17:2

    And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, yet not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

    הָי֖וּ ha.Yu “they were”

  14. 2 Kings 17:3

    Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him presents.

    וַֽיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “he became”

  15. 2 Kings 17:7

    And it was so, because the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,

    וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

  16. 2 Kings 17:25

    And so it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD; therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

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

  17. 2 Kings 17:28

    So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.

    וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “he was”

  18. 2 Kings 17:29

    Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.

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

  19. 2 Kings 17:32

    So they feared the LORD, and made unto them from among themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.

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

  20. 2 Kings 17:33

    They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.

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

  21. 2 Kings 17:41

    So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images; their children likewise, and their children's children, as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.

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

  22. 2 Kings 18:1

    Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.

    וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

  23. 2 Kings 18:2

    Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah.

    הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “he was”

  24. 2 Kings 18:4

    He removed the high places, and broke the pillars, and cut down the Asherah; and he broke in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made; for unto those days the children of Israel did offer to it; and it was called Nehushtan.

    הָי֤וּ ha.Yu “they were”

  25. 2 Kings 18:5

    He trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among them that were before him.

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