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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

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3,562 occurrences in 3,133 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. Genesis 36:12

    And Eliphaz, the son of Esau, had connection with a woman named Timna, who gave birth to Amalek: all these were the children of Esau's wife Adah.

    הָיְתָ֣ה ha.ye.Tah “she was”

  2. Genesis 36:13

    And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: they were the children of Esau's wife Basemath.

    הָי֔וּ ha.Yu “they were”

  3. Genesis 36:14

    And these are the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon: she was the mother of Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

    הָי֗וּ ha.Yu “they were”

  4. Genesis 36:22

    The children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; Lotan's sister was Timna.

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

  5. Genesis 37:2

    These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock, together with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph gave their father a bad account of them.

    הָיָ֨ה ha.Yah “he was”

  6. Genesis 37:20

    Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams.

    יִּהְי֖וּ yih.Yu “will <they> be”

  7. Genesis 37:23

    So when Joseph came to his brothers, they took off his long coat which he had on;

    וַֽיְהִ֕י (יְהִ֕י) y.Hi “it was”

  8. Genesis 37:27

    Let us give him to these Ishmaelites for a price, and let us not put violent hands on him, for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers gave ear to him.

    תְּהִי־ te.hi- “it be”

  9. Genesis 38:1

    Now at that time, Judah went away from his brothers and became the friend of a man of Adullam named Hirah.

    וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

  10. Genesis 38:5

    Then she had another son, to whom she gave the name Shelah; she was at Chezib when the birth took place.

    וְהָיָ֥ה (הָיָ֥ה) ha.Yah “he was”

  11. Genesis 38:7

    Now Er, Judah's first son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death.

    וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “he was”

  12. Genesis 38:9

    But Onan, seeing that the offspring would not be his, went in to his brother's wife, but let his seed go on to the earth, so that he might not get offspring for his brother.

    יִהְיֶ֣ה yih.Yeh “it will belong”וְהָיָ֞ה (הָיָ֞ה) ha.Yah “it was”

  13. Genesis 38:21

    And he put questions to the men of the place, saying, Where is the loose woman who was in Enaim by the wayside? And they said, There was no such woman there.

    הָיְתָ֥ה ha.ye.Tah “she was”

  14. Genesis 38:22

    So he went back to Judah, and said, I have not seen her, and the men of the place say that there is no such woman there.

    הָיְתָ֥ה ha.ye.Tah “she was”

  15. Genesis 38:23

    And Judah said, Let her keep the things, so that we may not be shamed; I sent the young goat, but you did not see the woman.

    נִהְיֶ֣ה nih.Yeh “we should become”

  16. Genesis 38:24

    Now about three months after this, word came to Judah that Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had been acting like a loose woman and was with child. And Judah said, Take her out and let her be burned.

    וַיְהִ֣י׀ (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

  17. Genesis 38:27

    And when the time came for her to give birth, it was clear that there were two children in her body.

    וַיְהִ֖י (יְהִ֖י) y.Hi “it was”

  18. Genesis 38:28

    And while she was in the act of giving birth, one of them put out his hand; and the woman who was with her put a red thread round his hand, saying, This one came out first.

    וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “it was”

  19. Genesis 38:29

    But then he took his hand back again, and his brother came first to birth: and the woman said, What an opening you have made for yourself! So he was named Perez.

    וַיְהִ֣י׀ (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

  20. Genesis 39:2

    And the Lord was with Joseph, and he did well; and he was living in the house of his master the Egyptian.

    וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “he was”וַיְהִ֖י (יְהִ֖י) y.Hi “he was”וַיְהִ֕י (יְהִ֕י) y.Hi “he was”

  21. Genesis 39:5

    And from the time when he made him overseer and gave him control of all his property, the blessing of the Lord was with the Egyptian, because of Joseph; the blessing of the Lord was on all he had, in the house and in the field.

    וַיְהִ֡י (יְהִ֡י) y.Hi “it was”וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”

  22. Genesis 39:6

    And he gave Joseph control of all his property, keeping no account of anything, but only the food which was put before him. Now Joseph was very beautiful in form and face.

    וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “he was”

  23. Genesis 39:7

    And after a time, his master's wife, looking on Joseph with desire, said to him, Be my lover.

    וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

  24. Genesis 39:10

    And day after day she went on requesting Joseph to come to her and be her lover, but he would not give ear to her.

    וַיְהִ֕י (יְהִ֕י) y.Hi “it was”לִהְי֥וֹת (הְי֥וֹת) h.Yot “be”

  25. Genesis 39:11

    Now one day he went into the house to do his work; and not one of the men of the house was inside.

    וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”