H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

And I have been with you wherever you went, cutting off before you all those who were against you; and I will make your name like the name of the greatest ones of the earth.

וָֽאֶהְיֶ֣ה (אֶהְיֶ֣ה) 'eh.Yeh “I was”

And when the time comes for you to go to your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, one of your sons, and I will make his kingdom strong.

וְהָיָ֗ה (הָיָ֗ה) ha.Yah “it will be”יִהְיֶ֖ה yih.Yeh “he will be”

I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son; and I will not take my mercy away from him as I took it from him who was before you;

אֶֽהְיֶה־ 'eh.yeh- “I will become”יִֽהְיֶה־ yih.yeh- “he will become”הָיָ֖ה ha.Yah “he was”

But I will make his place in my house and in my kingdom certain for ever; and the seat of his authority will never be overturned.

יִהְיֶ֥ה yih.Yeh “it will be”

For your people Israel you made yours for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.

הָיִ֥יתָ ha.Yi.ta “you became”

And now you have been pleased to give your blessing to the family of your servant, so that it may go on for ever before you; you, O Lord, have given your blessing, and a blessing will be on it for ever.

לִהְי֥וֹת (הְי֥וֹת) h.Yot “be”

And it came about after this that David made an attack on the Philistines and overcame them, and took Gath with its daughter-towns out of the hands of the Philistines.

וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

And he overcame Moab, and the Moabites became his servants and gave him offerings.

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

Then David put armed forces in Damascus, and the Aramaeans became his servants and gave him offerings. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “it became”

And the gold body-covers of the servants of Hadadezer, David took to Jerusalem.

הָי֔וּ ha.Yu “they were”

He sent his son Hadoram to King David, to give him words of peace and blessing, because he had overcome Hadadezer in the fight, for Hadadezer had been at war with Tou; and he gave him all sorts of vessels of gold and silver and brass.

הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “he was”

David put armed forces in all the towns of Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to David. The Lord made David overcome wherever he went.

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

So David was king over all Israel, judging and giving right decisions for all his people.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “he was”

Now it came about after this that death came to Nahash, the king of the children of Ammon, and his son became king in his place.

וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

Then certain men went and gave David word of what had been done to them. And he sent out with the purpose of meeting them; for the men were greatly shamed. And the king said, Keep where you are at Jericho till your hair is long again, and then come back.

הָי֥וּ ha.Yu “they were”

Now when Joab saw that their forces were in position against him in front and at his back, he took all the best men of Israel, and put them in line against the Aramaeans;

הָיְתָ֧ה ha.ye.Tah “it was”

And he said, If the Aramaeans are stronger and get the better of me, then come to my help; and if the children of Ammon get the better of you, I will come to your help.

וְהָיִ֥יתָ (הָיִ֥יתָ) ha.Yi.ta “you will become”

Now in the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, Joab went out at the head of the armed forces and made waste all the land of the Ammonites and put his men in position before Rabbah, shutting it in. But David was still at Jerusalem. And Joab took

וַיְהִ֡י (יְהִ֡י) y.Hi “it was”

And David took the crown of Milcom from off his head; its weight was a talent of gold and it had stones of great price in it; and it was put on David's head, and he took a great store of goods from the town.

וַתְּהִ֖י (תְּהִ֖י) te.Hi “it was”

Now after this there was war with the Philistines at Gezer; then Sibbecai the Hushathite put to death Sippai, one of the offspring of the Rephaim; and they were overcome.

וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

And again there was war with the Philistines; and Elhanan, the son of Jair, put to death Lahmi, the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the stem of whose spear was like a cloth-worker's rod.

וַתְּהִי־ (תְּהִי) te.hi- “it was”

And again there was war at Gath, where there was a very tall man, who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six fingers on his hands and six toes on his feet; he was one of the offspring of the Rephaim.

וַתְּהִי־ (תְּהִי) te.hi- “it was”וַיְהִ֣י׀ (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “he was”

And Joab said, May the Lord make his people a hundred times more in number than they are; but, my lord king, are they not all my lord's servants? why would my lord have this done? why will he become a cause of sin to Israel?

יִהְיֶ֥ה yih.Yeh “will it become”

And Joab gave David the number of all the people; all the men of Israel, able to take up arms, were one million, one hundred thousand men; and those of Judah were four hundred and seventy thousand men, able to take up arms.

וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

And David said to God, Was it not I who gave the order for the people to be numbered? It is I who have done the sin and the great wrong; but these are only sheep; what have they done? let your hand, O Lord God, be lifted up against me and against my fami

תְּהִ֨י te.Hi “let it be”