H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. [supplied: And] Tobijah sent letters to put me in fear.

הָי֤וּ ha.Yu “they were”הָי֥וּ ha.Yu “they were”

And it came to pass when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, that the doorkeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people stood up.

הָיָ֑ה ha.Yah “he was”

And all the congregation of them that had come back from the captivity made booths, and dwelt in the booths. For since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun until that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.

וַתְּהִ֥י (תְּהִ֥י) te.Hi “it was”

And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes; and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, into the chambers of the treasure-house.

וְהָיָ֨ה (הָיָ֨ה) ha.Yah “he will be”

And in the days of Joiakim were priests, chief fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

הָי֥וּ ha.Yu “they were”

And it came to pass, when they heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.

וַיְהִ֖י (יְהִ֖י) y.Hi “it was”

had prepared for him a great chamber, where formerly they laid the oblations, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine and the oil, which was commanded for the Levites and the singers and the doorkeepers, and the heave-offerings of the priests.

הָי֪וּ ha.Yu “people were”

And during all that [supplied: time] I was not at Jerusalem; for in the two-and-thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I came to the king; and after some time I obtained leave of the king.

הָיִ֖יתִי ha.Yi.ti “I was”

And it came to pass, that when it began to be dark in the gates of Jerusalem before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut; and I commanded that they should not be opened till after the sabbath. And I set [supplied: some] of my servants at the gates, so that no burden should be brought in on the sabbath day.

וַיְהִ֡י (יְהִ֡י) y.Hi “it was”

And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to hallow the sabbath day. Remember this also for me, my God, and spare me according to thy great loving-kindness!

יִֽהְי֤וּ yih.Yu “they will be”

Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among the many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel; but even him did foreign wives cause to sin.

הָיָ֨ה ha.Yah “he was”הָיָ֔ה ha.Yah “he was”

And it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (that is, the Ahasuerus that reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces),

וַיְהִ֖י (יְהִ֖י) y.Hi “it was”

And he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people according to their language, That every man should bear rule in his own house, and should speak according to the language of his people.

לִהְי֤וֹת (הְי֤וֹת) h.Yot “be”

There was in Shushan the fortress a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjaminite,

הָיָ֖ה ha.Yah “he was”

And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter; for she had neither father nor mother -- and the maiden was fair and beautiful -- and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.

וַיְהִ֨י (יְהִ֨י) y.Hi “he was”

And it came to pass when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the fortress, unto the custody of Hegai, that Esther also was brought into the king's house, unto the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

And when every maiden's turn came to go in to king Ahasuerus after that she had been treated for twelve months, according to the manner of the women (for so were the days of their purification accomplished -- six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices, and with things for the purifying of the women,

הֱי֨וֹת he.Yot “to be”

And when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, came to go in to the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained grace in the sight of all them that saw her.

וַתְּהִ֤י (תְּהִ֤י) te.Hi “she was”

(Esther, as Mordecai had charged her, had not yet made known her birth nor her people; for Esther did what Mordecai told her, like as when she was brought up with him.)

הָיְתָ֥ה ha.ye.Tah “she had done”

And it came to pass as they spoke daily to him, and he hearkened not to them, that they informed Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand; for he had told them that he was a Jew.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

That the decree might be given in every province, a copy of the writing was published to all peoples, that they should be ready against that day.

לִהְי֥וֹת (הְי֥וֹת) h.Yot “be”

And it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house. And the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the entrance to the house.

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

And it was so, when the king saw the queen Esther standing in the court, that she obtained grace in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand; and Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.

וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”

On that night sleep fled from the king. And he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

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