H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he-goats before the flocks.

וִהְי֕וּ (הְי֕וּ) h.Yu “be”

And Chaldea shall be a spoil; all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD.

וְהָיְתָ֥ה (הָיְתָ֥ה) ha.ye.Tah “it will become”

Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate; every one that goeth by Babylon shall be appalled and hiss at all her plagues.

וְהָיְתָ֥ה (הָיְתָ֥ה) ha.ye.Tah “it will be”

How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

הָיְתָ֧ה ha.ye.Tah “it has become”

Come against her from every quarter, open her granaries, cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly; let nothing of her be left.

תְּהִי־ te.hi- “it belong”

Call together the archers against Babylon, all them that bend the bow; encamp against her round about, let none thereof escape; recompense her according to her work, according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been arrogant against the

יְהִי־לָהּ֙ (יְהִי) ye.hi “it be”

A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her, and they shall become as women; a sword is upon her treasures, and they shall be robbed.

וְהָי֣וּ (הָי֣וּ) ha.Yu “they will become”

And I will send unto Babylon strangers, that shall fan her, and they shall empty her land; for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.

הָי֥וּ ha.Yu “they will be”

And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.

תִּֽהְיֶ֖ה tih.Yeh “you will be”

The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they remain in their strongholds; their might hath failed, they are become as women; her dwelling-places are set on fire; her bars are broken.

הָי֣וּ ha.Yu “they will become”

And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.

וְהָיְתָה֩ (הָיְתָה֩) ha.ye.Tah “it will become”

How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!

הָיְתָ֧ה ha.ye.Tah “it will become”

Her cities are become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.

הָי֤וּ ha.Yu “they will become”

and say: O LORD, Thou hast spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that none shall dwell therein, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.

הֱיֽוֹת־ he.yot- “to be”תִּֽהְיֶֽה׃ Tih.Yeh “it will be”

And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates;

וְהָיָה֙ (הָיָה֙) ha.Yah “it will be”

For through the anger of the LORD did it come to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until He had cast them out from His presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

הָֽיְתָה֙ ha.ye.Tah “it happened”

And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.

וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”

In the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “it belonged”

The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve brazen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made for the house of the LORD--the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “it belonged”

And there were ninety and six pomegranates on the outside; all the pomegranates were a hundred upon the network round about.

וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ (יִּֽהְיוּ֙) i.yih.Yu “they were”

and out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war; and seven men of them that saw the king's face, who were found in the city; and the scribe of the captain of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the

הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “he was”

And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of

וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”

HOW DOTH the city sit solitary, that was full of people! How is she become as a widow! She that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!

הָיְתָ֖ה ha.ye.Tah “she has become”הָיְתָ֖ה ha.ye.Tah “she has become”

She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks; she hath none to comfort her among all her lovers; all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.

הָ֥יוּ Ha.yu “they have become”

Her adversaries are become the head, her enemies are at ease; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions; her young children are gone into captivity before the adversary.

הָי֨וּ ha.Yu “they have become”