H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

And it came to pass at the time of the ardour of the flocks, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and behold, the rams that leaped upon the flocks were ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

Thus it was with me: in the day the heat consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.

הָיִ֧יתִי ha.Yi.ti “I was”

Had not the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, been with me, it is certain thou wouldest have sent me away now empty. God has looked upon my affliction and the labour of my hands, and has judged last night.

הָ֣יָה Ha.yah “he had been”

And now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be a witness between me and thee.

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

and I have oxen, and asses, sheep, and bondmen, and bondwomen; and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favour in thine eyes.

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

And he said, If Esau come to the one troop and smite it, then the other troop which is left shall escape.

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

-- I am too small for all the loving-kindness and all the faithfulness that thou hast shewn unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two troops.

הָיִ֖יתִי ha.Yi.ti “I have become”

And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; let what thou hast be thine.

יְהִ֥י ye.Hi “let it be[long]”

And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; but his sons were with his cattle in the fields, and Jacob said nothing until they came.

הָי֥וּ ha.Yu “they were”

And dwell with us, and the land shall be before you: dwell and trade in it, and get yourselves possessions in it.

תִּהְיֶ֣ה tih.Yeh “it will be”

But only in this will we consent to you, if ye will be as we, that every male of you be circumcised;

תִּהְי֣וּ tih.Yu “you will be”

then will we give our daughters to you, and take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and be one people.

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

But only in this will the men consent to us to dwell with us, to be one people -- if every male among us be circumcised, just as they are circumcised.

לִהְי֖וֹת (הְי֖וֹת) h.Yot “become”

And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.

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

and we will arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar to the God that answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way that I went.

וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “he has been”

And they journeyed; and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

And God said to him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called his name Israel.

יִהְיֶ֣ה yih.Yeh “it will be”

And God said to him, I am the Almighty God: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee; and kings shall come out of thy loins.

יִהְיֶ֣ה yih.Yeh “it will be”

And they journeyed from Bethel. And there was yet a certain distance to come to Ephrath, when Rachel travailed in childbirth; and it went hard with her in her childbearing.

וַֽיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “it was”

And it came to pass when it went hard with her in her childbearing, that the midwife said to her, Fear not; for this also is a son for thee.

וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “it was”

And it came to pass as her soul was departing -- for she died -- that she called his name Benoni; but his father called him Benjamin.

וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”

And it came to pass when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine; and Israel heard of it. And the sons of Jacob were twelve.

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

And the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years.

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

For their property was too great for them to dwell together, and the land where they were sojourners could not bear them, because of their cattle.

הָיָ֧ה ha.Yah “it was”

-- And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.

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