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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 25:16

    The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

    הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “it belonged”

  2. 2 Kings 25:25

    But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah.

    וַיְהִ֣י׀ (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”הָי֥וּ ha.Yu “they were”

  3. 2 Kings 25:27

    And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, did lift up the h

    וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”

  4. 1 Chronicles 1:10

    And Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

    לִהְי֥וֹת (הְי֥וֹת) h.Yot “be”

  5. 1 Chronicles 1:51

    And Hadad died. And the chiefs of Edom were: the chief of Timna, the chief of Alvah, the chief of Jetheth;

    וַיִּהְיוּ֙ (יִּהְיוּ֙) i.yih.Yu “they were”

  6. 1 Chronicles 2:3

    The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three were born unto him of Bath-shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and He slew him.

    וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “he was”

  7. 1 Chronicles 2:22

    And Segub begot Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.

    וַֽיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “it belonged”

  8. 1 Chronicles 2:25

    And the sons of Jerahmeel the first-born of Hezron were Ram the first-born, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah.

    וַיִּהְי֧וּ (יִּהְי֧וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”

  9. 1 Chronicles 2:26

    And Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.

    וַתְּהִ֨י (תְּהִ֨י) te.Hi “she belonged”

  10. 1 Chronicles 2:27

    And the sons of Ram the first-born of Jerahmeel were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.

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

  11. 1 Chronicles 2:28

    And the sons of Onam were Shammai, and Jada; and the sons of Shammai: Nadab, and Abishur.

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

  12. 1 Chronicles 2:33

    And the sons of Jonathan: Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.

    הָי֖וּ ha.Yu “they were”

  13. 1 Chronicles 2:34

    Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.

    הָיָ֧ה ha.Yah “it belonged”

  14. 1 Chronicles 2:50

    These were the sons of Caleb. The sons of Hur the first-born of Ephrath: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim;

    הָיוּ֙ ha.Yu “they were”

  15. 1 Chronicles 2:52

    And Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had sons: Haroeh, and half of the Menuhoth.

    וַיִּהְי֤וּ (יִּהְי֤וּ) i.yih.Yu “they belonged”

  16. 1 Chronicles 3:1

    Now these were the sons of David, that were born unto him in Hebron: the first-born, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess;

    הָיוּ֙ ha.Yu “they were”

  17. 1 Chronicles 4:5

    And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

    הָי֖וּ ha.Yu “they belonged”

  18. 1 Chronicles 4:9

    And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying: 'Because I bore him with pain.'

    וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “he was”

  19. 1 Chronicles 4:10

    And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying: 'Oh that Thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that Thy hand might be with me, and that Thou wouldest work deliverance from evil, that it may not pain me!' And God granted him that which

    וְהָיְתָ֤ה (הָיְתָ֤ה) ha.ye.Tah “it will be”

  20. 1 Chronicles 4:14

    And Meonothai begot Ophrah; and Seraiah begot Joab the father of Ge-harashim; for they were craftsmen.

    הָיֽוּ׃ ha.Yu “they were”

  21. 1 Chronicles 6:17

    And they ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem; and they took their station at their service according to their order.

    וַיִּהְי֨וּ (יִּהְי֨וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”

  22. 1 Chronicles 6:39

    Now these are their dwelling-places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, for theirs was the first lot,

    הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “it belonged”

  23. 1 Chronicles 6:51

    And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.

    וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

  24. 1 Chronicles 7:15

    and Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maacah--and the name of the second was Zelophehad; and Zelophehad had daughters.

    וַתִּהְיֶ֥נָה (תִּהְיֶ֥נָה) tih.Ye.nah “they belonged”

  25. 1 Chronicles 7:19

    And the sons of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.

    וַיִּהְי֖וּ (יִּהְי֖וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”