H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

The copy of the writing, to be given out for a decree in every province, was to be published unto all the peoples, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

וְלִהְי֨וֹת (הְי֨וֹת) h.Yot “be”

The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honour.

הָֽיְתָ֥ה ha.ye.Tah “it belonged”

to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

לִהְי֣וֹת (הְי֣וֹת) h.Yot “be”

the Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to the writing thereof, and according to the appointed time thereof, eve

לִהְי֣וֹת (הְי֣וֹת) h.Yot “be”

THERE was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was whole-hearted and upright, and one that feared God, and shunned evil.

הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “he was”וְהָיָ֣ה׀ (הָיָ֣ה) ha.Yah “he was”

His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.

וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “he was”

And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said: 'It may be that my sons have sinned, and b

וַיְהִ֡י (יְהִ֡י) y.Hi “it was”

Now it fell upon a day, that the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.

וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

And it fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,

וַיְהִ֖י (יְהִ֖י) y.Hi “it was”

that there came a messenger unto Job, and said: 'The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them;

הָי֣וּ ha.Yu “they were”

And he said; naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither; the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

יְהִ֛י ye.Hi “may it be”

Again it fell upon a day, that the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.

וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

Let that day be darkness; let not God inquire after it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

יְֽהִ֫י ye.Hi “let it be”

Lo, let that night be desolate; let no joyful voice come therein.

יְהִ֣י ye.Hi “let it be”

Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants that never saw light.

אֶהְיֶ֑ה 'eh.Yeh “was I?”

So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

וַתְּהִ֣י (תְּהִ֣י) te.Hi “it belonged”

Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would exult in pain, though He spare not; for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

וּ֥תְהִי (תְהִי) te.hi “may it be”

For now ye are become His; ye see a terror, and are afraid.

הֱיִ֣יתֶם he.Yi.tem “you have become”

Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; yea, return again, my cause is righteous.

תְּהִ֣י te.Hi “it be”

If I have sinned, what do I unto Thee, O Thou watcher of men? Why hast Thou set me as a mark for Thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

וָאֶהְיֶ֖ה (אֶהְיֶ֖ה) 'eh.Yeh “I have become”

And though thy beginning was small, yet thy end should greatly increase.

וְהָיָ֣ה (הָיָ֣ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

הָיִ֣יתִי ha.Yi.ti “I had been”אֶהְיֶ֑ה 'eh.Yeh “I was”

And thou hast said: 'My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in Thine eyes.'

הָיִ֥יתִי ha.Yi.ti “I am”

Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear;

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

And thy life shall be clearer than the noonday; though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.

תִּהְיֶֽה׃ tih.Yeh “it will become”