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H1961הָיָהha.yah

to bePart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 316
  2. 235
  3. 147
  4. 180
  5. 171
  6. 145
  7. 122
  8. 21
  9. 168
  10. 153
  11. 197
  12. 120
  13. 105
  14. 133
  15. 5
  16. 48
  17. 17
  18. 50
  19. 104
  20. 28
  21. 47
  22. 4
  23. 211
  24. 264
  25. 23
  26. 337
  27. 23
  28. 27
  29. 11
  30. 10
  31. 7
  32. 10
  33. 19
  34. 3
  35. 3
  36. 11
  37. 9
  38. 67
  39. 11

Renderings

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3,562 occurrences in 3,133 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:16

    Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise; why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

    תְּהִ֤י te.Hi “you be”

  2. Ecclesiastes 7:17

    Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish; why shouldest thou die before thy time?

    תְּהִ֣י te.Hi “you be”

  3. Ecclesiastes 7:19

    Wisdom is a stronghold to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.

    הָי֖וּ ha.Yu “they are”

  4. Ecclesiastes 7:24

    That which is is far off, and exceeding deep; who can find it out?

    שֶּׁהָיָ֑ה (הָיָ֑ה) ha.Yah “<it> has been”

  5. Ecclesiastes 8:7

    For he knoweth not that which shall be; for even when it cometh to pass, who shall declare it unto him?

    שֶּׁיִּֽהְיֶ֑ה (יִּֽהְיֶ֑ה) yih.Yeh “will it be”יִֽהְיֶ֔ה yih.Yeh “it will be”

  6. Ecclesiastes 8:12

    because a sinner doeth evil a hundred times, and prolongeth his days--though yet I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, that fear before Him;

    יִהְיֶה־ yih.yeh- “it will belong”

  7. Ecclesiastes 8:13

    but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow, because he feareth not before God.

    יִהְיֶ֣ה yih.Yeh “it will belong”

  8. Ecclesiastes 9:8

    Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no oil.

    יִהְי֥וּ yih.Yu “let them be”

  9. Ecclesiastes 10:14

    A fool also multiplieth words; yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?

    שֶׁיִּֽהְיֶ֔ה (יִּֽהְיֶ֔ה) yih.Yeh “<it> will be”יִֽהְיֶה֙ yih.Yeh “it will be”

  10. Ecclesiastes 11:2

    Divide a portion into seven, yea, even into eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

    יִּהְיֶ֥ה yih.Yeh “will it be”

  11. Ecclesiastes 11:8

    For if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all, and remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. all that cometh is vanity.

    יִהְי֖וּ yih.Yu “<they> will be”

  12. Ecclesiastes 12:7

    And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.

    כְּשֶׁהָיָ֑ה (הָיָ֑ה) ha.Yah “it was”

  13. Ecclesiastes 12:9

    And besides that Koheleth was wise, he also taught the people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

    שֶׁהָיָ֥ה (הָיָ֥ה) ha.Yah “he was”

  14. Song of Songs 1:7

    Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon; for why should I be as one that veileth herself beside the flocks of thy companions?

    אֶֽהְיֶה֙ 'eh.Yeh “will I be”

  15. Song of Songs 7:9

    I said: 'I will climb up into the palm-tree, I will take hold of the branches thereof; and let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy countenance like apples;

    וְיִֽהְיוּ־ (יִֽהְיוּ) yih.yu- “may they be”

  16. Song of Songs 8:10

    I am a wall, and my breasts like the towers thereof; then was I in his eyes as one that found peace.

    הָיִ֥יתִי ha.Yi.ti “I was”

  17. Song of Songs 8:11

    Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he gave over the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof brought in a thousand pieces of silver.

    הָיָ֤ה ha.Yah “it belonged”

  18. Isaiah 1:9

    Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

    הָיִ֔ינוּ ha.Yi.nu “we were”

  19. Isaiah 1:14

    Your new moons and your appointed seasons My soul hateth; they are a burden unto Me; I am weary to bear them.

    הָי֥וּ ha.Yu “they have become”

  20. Isaiah 1:18

    Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD; though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

    יִֽהְי֨וּ yih.Yu “they are”יִהְיֽוּ׃ yih.Yu “they will be”

  21. Isaiah 1:21

    How is the faithful city become a harlot! She that was full of justice, righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.

    הָיְתָ֣ה ha.ye.Tah “it has become”

  22. Isaiah 1:22

    Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.

    הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “it has become”

  23. Isaiah 1:30

    For ye shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

    תִֽהְי֔וּ tih.Yu “you will be”

  24. Isaiah 1:31

    And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

    וְהָיָ֤ה (הָיָ֤ה) ha.Yah “he will become”

  25. Isaiah 2:2

    And it shall come to pass in the end of days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established as the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

    וְהָיָ֣ה׀ (הָיָ֣ה) ha.Yah “it will be”יִֽהְיֶ֜ה yih.Yeh “it will be”