H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

And at the time when the flock were with young, I saw in a dream that all the he-goats which were joined with the she-goats were banded and marked and coloured.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

This was my condition, wasted by heat in the day and by the bitter cold at night; and sleep went from my eyes.

הָיִ֧יתִי ha.Yi.ti “I was”

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would have sent me away with nothing in my hands. But God has seen my troubles and the work of my hands, and this night he kept you back.

הָ֣יָה Ha.yah “he had been”

Come, let us make an agreement, you and I; and let it be for a witness between us.

וְהָיָ֥ה (הָיָ֥ה) ha.Yah “it will become”

And I have oxen and asses and flocks and men-servants and women-servants: and I have sent to give my lord news of these things so that I may have grace in his eyes.

וַֽיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “it be[longs]”

And said, If Esau, meeting one group, makes an attack on them, the others will get away safely.

וְהָיָ֛ה (הָיָ֛ה) ha.Yah “it will become”

I am less than nothing in comparison with all your mercies and your faith to me your servant; for with only my stick in my hand I went across Jordan, and now I have become two armies.

הָיִ֖יתִי ha.Yi.ti “I have become”

But Esau said, I have enough; keep what is yours, my brother, for yourself.

יְהִ֥י ye.Hi “let it be[long]”

Now Jacob had word of what Shechem had done to his daughter; but his sons were in the fields with the cattle, and Jacob said nothing till they came.

הָי֥וּ ha.Yu “they were”

Go on living with us, and the country will be open to you; do trade and get property there.

תִּהְיֶ֣ה tih.Yeh “it will be”

But on this condition only will we come to an agreement with you: if every male among you becomes like us and undergoes circumcision;

תִּהְי֣וּ tih.Yu “you will be”

Then we will give our daughters to you and take your daughters to us and go on living with you as one people.

וְהָיִ֖ינוּ (הָיִ֖ינוּ) ha.Yi.nu “we will become”

But these men will make an agreement with us to go on living with us and to become one people, only on the condition that every male among us undergoes circumcision as they have done.

לִהְי֖וֹת (הְי֖וֹת) h.Yot “become”

But on the third day after, before the wounds were well, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords and came into the town by surprise and put all the males to death.

וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”בִּֽהְיוֹתָ֣ם (הְיוֹתָ֣) h.yo.Ta “were”

And let us go up to Beth-el: and there I will make an altar to God, who gave me an answer in the day of my trouble, and was with me wherever I went.

וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “he has been”

So they went on their journey: and the fear of God was on the towns round about, so that they made no attack on the sons of Jacob.

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

Jacob is your name, but it will be so no longer; from now your name will be Israel; so he was named Israel.

יִהְיֶ֣ה yih.Yeh “it will be”

And God said to him, I am God, the Ruler of all: be fertile, and have increase; a nation, truly a group of nations, will come from you, and kings will be your offspring;

יִהְיֶ֣ה yih.Yeh “it will be”

So they went on from Beth-el; and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, the pains of birth came on Rachel and she had a hard time.

וַֽיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “it was”

And when her pain was very great, the woman who was helping her said, Have no fear; for now you will have another son.

וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “it was”

And in the hour when her life went from her (for death came to her), she gave the child the name Ben-oni: but his father gave him the name of Benjamin.

וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”

Now while they were living in that country, Reuben had connection with Bilhah, his father's servant-woman: and Israel had news of it.

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

And Isaac was a hundred and eighty years old.

וַיִּֽהְי֖וּ (יִּֽהְי֖וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”

For their wealth was so great that the land was not wide enough for the two of them and all their cattle.

הָיָ֧ה ha.Yah “it was”

The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.

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