H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

Hast thou not heard that long ago I did it, and that from ancient days I formed it? Now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest lay waste fortified cities [supplied: into] ruinous heaps.

וּתְהִ֗י (תְהִ֗י) te.Hi “you are”

And their inhabitants were powerless, they were dismayed and put to shame; they were [supplied: as] the grass of the field and the green herb, [supplied: as] the grass on the housetops, and grain blighted before it be grown up.

הָי֞וּ ha.Yu “they were”

And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”

And the word of Jehovah came to Isaiah, saying,

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it came”

And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver and the gold, and the spices and the fine oil, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found amongst his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah did not shew them.

הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “it was”

And he said, What have they seen in thy house? And Hezekiah said, All that is in my house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewn them.

הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “it was”

And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

וְהָיוּ֙ (הָיוּ֙) ha.Yu “they will be”

And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, Good is the word of Jehovah which thou hast spoken. And he said, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.

יִהְיֶ֛ה yih.Yeh “it will be”

Every valley shall be raised up, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places a plain.

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

Lo, all that are incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded; they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.

יִֽהְי֥וּ yih.Yu “they will be”

Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them -- them that contend with thee; they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

יִהְי֥וּ yih.Yu “they will be”

But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and hidden in prison-houses; they are become a prey, and none delivereth, -- a spoil, and none saith, Restore.

הָי֤וּ ha.Yu “they have become”

Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I [supplied: am] HE: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

יִהְיֶֽה׃ yih.Yeh “it will be”

And it shall be for a man to burn, and he taketh thereof, and warmeth himself; he kindleth it also, and baketh bread; he maketh also a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.

וְהָיָ֤ה (הָיָ֤ה) ha.Yah “it belongs”

Thus saith Jehovah: The wealth of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall walk after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall bow down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, [supplied: saying,] Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, no other God. ...

יִֽהְי֔וּ yih.Yu “they will belong”

Bel is bowed down, Nebo bendeth; their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: the things ye carried are laid on, a burden to the weary [supplied: beast].

הָיוּ֙ ha.Yu “they belong”

and thou saidst, I shall be a mistress for ever; so that thou didst not take these things to heart, thou didst not remember the end thereof.

אֶהְיֶ֣ה 'eh.Yeh “I will be”

Behold, they shall be as stubble, the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, [supplied: nor] fire to sit before it.

הָי֤וּ ha.Yu “they have become”

Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, they that trafficked with thee from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his own quarter; there is none to save thee.

הָיוּ־ ha.yu- “they have become”

Come near unto me, hear ye this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I; and now the Lord Jehovah hath sent me, and his Spirit.

הֱיוֹתָ֖הּ (הֱיוֹתָ֖) he.yo.Ta “happened”

Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! Then would thy peace have been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea;

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “it was”

and thy seed would have been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof: their name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “it was”

And now, saith Jehovah, that formed me from the womb to be his servant, that I should bring Jacob again to him; (though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorified in the eyes of Jehovah, and my God shall be my strength;)

הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “he has been”

-- and he saith, It is a small thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel; I have even given thee for a light of the nations, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

מִֽהְיוֹתְךָ֥ (הְיוֹתְ) h.yot. “being”לִֽהְי֥וֹת (הְי֥וֹת) h.Yot “be”

And kings shall be thy nursing-fathers, and their princesses thy nursing-mothers: they shall bow down to thee with the face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet. And thou shalt know that I [supplied: am] Jehovah; for they shall not be ashamed who wait on me.

וְהָי֨וּ (הָי֨וּ) ha.Yu “they will be”