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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 Bible in Basic English.

  1. 1 Chronicles 7:23

    After that, he had connection with his wife, and she became with child and gave birth to a son, to whom his father gave the name of Beriah, because trouble had come on his family.

    הָיְתָ֥ה ha.ye.Tah “it was”

  2. 1 Chronicles 8:3

    And Bela had sons, Addar and Gera, the father of Ehud,

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

  3. 1 Chronicles 8:40

    And the sons of Ulam were men of war, bowmen, and had a great number of sons and sons' sons, a hundred and fifty. All these were the sons of Benjamin.

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

  4. 1 Chronicles 9:20

    In the past Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, had been ruler over them; may the Lord be with him!

    הָיָ֧ה ha.Yah “he had been”

  5. 1 Chronicles 9:24

    There were keepers of the doors on the four sides, to the east, west, north, and south.

    יִהְי֖וּ yih.Yu “they were”

  6. 1 Chronicles 9:26

    For the four chief door-keepers, who were Levites, had a special position, looking after the rooms and the store-houses of the house of God.

    וְהָיוּ֙ (הָיוּ֙) ha.Yu “they were”

  7. 1 Chronicles 10:8

    Now the day after, when the Philistines came to take their goods from the dead, they saw Saul and his sons dead in Mount Gilboa.

    וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

  8. 1 Chronicles 11:2

    In the past, when Saul was king, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in; and the Lord your God said to you, You are to be the keeper of my people Israel, and their ruler.

    בִּהְי֣וֹת (הְי֣וֹת) h.Yot “was”תִּהְיֶ֣ה tih.Yeh “you will be”

  9. 1 Chronicles 11:6

    And David said, The first to overcome the Jebusites will be chief and captain. And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, went up first, and became chief.

    יִהְיֶ֥ה yih.Yeh “he will become”וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “he became”

  10. 1 Chronicles 11:13

    He was with David at Pas-dammim, where the Philistines had come together for the fight, near a bit of land full of barley; and the people went in flight before the Philistines.

    הָיָ֨ה ha.Yah “he was”וַתְּהִ֛י (תְּהִ֛י) te.Hi “it was”

  11. 1 Chronicles 11:20

    And Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the thirty, for he put to death three hundred with his spear, but he had not a name among the three.

    הָיָה֙ ha.Yah “he was”

  12. 1 Chronicles 11:21

    Of the thirty, he was the noblest, and was made their captain, but he was not equal to the first three.

    וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “he became”

  13. 1 Chronicles 12:17

    And David went out to them, and said to them, If you have come in peace to give me help, my heart will be united with yours; but if you have come to give me up to those who would take my life, though my hands are clean from wrongdoing, then may the God o

    יִֽהְיֶה־ yih.yeh- “it will belong”

  14. 1 Chronicles 12:21

    And they gave David help against the armed bands, for they were all great men of war, and captains in the army.

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

  15. 1 Chronicles 12:39

    For three days they were there with David, feasting at his table, for their brothers had made ready food for them.

    וַיִּהְיוּ־ (יִּהְיוּ) i.yih.yu- “they were”

  16. 1 Chronicles 14:4

    These are the names of the children he had in Jerusalem: Shammua and Shobab, Nathan and Solomon

    הָיוּ־ ha.yu- “they belonged”

  17. 1 Chronicles 14:15

    And at the sound of footsteps in the tops of the trees, go out to the fight, for God has gone out before you to overcome the army of the Philistines.

    וִ֠יהִי (יהִי) hi “may it be”

  18. 1 Chronicles 15:25

    So David, and the responsible men of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went with joy to get the ark of the agreement of the Lord out of the house of Obed-edom.

    וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “it was”

  19. 1 Chronicles 15:26

    And when God gave help to the Levites who were lifting up the ark of the agreement of the Lord, they made an offering of seven oxen and seven sheep.

    וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

  20. 1 Chronicles 15:29

    And when the ark of the agreement of the Lord came into the town of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looking out of the window, saw King David dancing and playing; and to her mind he seemed foolish.

    וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

  21. 1 Chronicles 16:19

    When you were still small in number, and strange in the land;

    בִּֽהְיֽוֹתְכֶם֙ (הְיֽוֹתְ) h.yot. “were”

  22. 1 Chronicles 17:1

    Now when David was living in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, See, I am living in a house of cedar-wood, but the ark of the Lord's agreement is under the curtains of a tent.

    וַיְהִ֕י (יְהִ֕י) y.Hi “it was”

  23. 1 Chronicles 17:3

    But that same night, the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

    וַֽיְהִ֖י (יְהִ֖י) y.Hi “it was”וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it came”

  24. 1 Chronicles 17:5

    For from the day when I took Israel up, till this day, I have had no house, but have gone from tent to tent, and from living-place to living-place.

    וָֽאֶהְיֶ֛ה (אֶהְיֶ֛ה) 'eh.Yeh “I have been”

  25. 1 Chronicles 17:7

    So now, say to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people Israel;

    לִהְי֣וֹת (הְי֣וֹת) h.Yot “be”