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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. Isaiah 37:26

    Hast thou not heard? Long ago I made it, in ancient times I fashioned it; now have I brought it to pass, yea, it is done; that fortified cities should be laid waste into ruinous heaps.

    וּתְהִ֗י (תְהִ֗י) te.Hi “you are”

  2. Isaiah 37:27

    Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as a field of corn before it is grown up.

    הָי֞וּ ha.Yu “they were”

  3. Isaiah 37:38

    And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sarezer 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”

  4. Isaiah 38:4

    Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying:

    וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it came”

  5. Isaiah 39:2

    And Hezekiah was glad of them, and showed them his treasure-house, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious oil, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures; there was nothing in his house, nor in all his do

    הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “it was”

  6. Isaiah 39:4

    Then said he: 'What have they seen in thy house?' And Hezekiah answered: 'All that is in my house have they seen; there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them.'

    הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “it was”

  7. Isaiah 39:7

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

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

  8. Isaiah 39:8

    Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah: 'Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken.' He said moreover: 'If but there shall be peace and truth in my days.'

    יִהְיֶ֛ה yih.Yeh “it will be”

  9. Isaiah 40:4

    Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the rugged shall be made level, and the rough places a plain;

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

  10. Isaiah 41:11

    Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded; they that strove with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.

    יִֽהְי֥וּ yih.Yu “they will be”

  11. Isaiah 41:12

    Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee; they that warred against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

    יִהְי֥וּ yih.Yu “they will be”

  12. Isaiah 42:22

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

    הָי֤וּ ha.Yu “they have become”

  13. Isaiah 43:10

    Ye are My witnesses, saith the LORD, and My servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He; before Me there was no God formed, neither shall any be after Me.

    יִהְיֶֽה׃ yih.Yeh “it will be”

  14. Isaiah 44:15

    Then a man useth it for fuel; and he taketh thereof, and warmeth himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.

    וְהָיָ֤ה (הָיָ֤ה) ha.Yah “it belongs”

  15. Isaiah 45:14

    Thus saith the LORD: the labour of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine; they shall go after thee, in chains they shall come over; and they shall fall down unto the

    יִֽהְי֔וּ yih.Yu “they will belong”

  16. Isaiah 46:1

    Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth; their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle; the things that ye carried about are made a load, a burden to the weary beast.

    הָיוּ֙ ha.Yu “they belong”

  17. Isaiah 47:7

    And thou saidst: 'For ever shall I be mistress'; so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the end thereof.

    אֶהְיֶ֣ה 'eh.Yeh “I will be”

  18. Isaiah 47:14

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

    הָי֤וּ ha.Yu “they have become”

  19. Isaiah 47:15

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

    הָיוּ־ ha.yu- “they have become”

  20. Isaiah 48:16

    Come ye near unto Me, hear ye this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it was, there am I; and now the Lord GOD hath sent me, and His spirit.

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

  21. Isaiah 48:18

    Oh that thou wouldest hearken to My commandments! then would thy peace be as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea;

    וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “it was”

  22. Isaiah 48:19

    Thy seed also would be as the sand, and the offspring of thy body like the grains thereof; his name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before Me.

    וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “it was”

  23. Isaiah 49:5

    And now saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be His servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, and that Israel be gathered unto Him--for I am honourable in the eyes of the LORD, and my God is become my strength--

    הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “he has been”

  24. Isaiah 49:6

    Yea, He saith: 'It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be My servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the offspring of Israel; I will also give thee for a light of the nations, that My salvation may be unto the end of the earth.'

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

  25. Isaiah 49:23

    And kings shall be thy foster-fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers; they shall bow down to thee with their face to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD, for they shall not be ashamed that wait for Me.

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