H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.

וַיְהִ֧י (יְהִ֧י) y.Hi “it has been”

Won't your debtors rise up suddenly, and wake up those who make you tremble, and you will be their victim?

וְהָיִ֥יתָ (הָיִ֥יתָ) ha.Yi.ta “you will become”

His splendor is like the sunrise. Rays shine from his hand, where his power is hidden.

תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה tih.Yeh “it is”

The word of Yahweh which came to Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah.

הָיָ֗ה ha.Yah “it came”

It will happen in the day of Yahweh's sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, the king's sons, and all those who as are clothed with foreign clothing.

וְהָיָ֗ה (הָיָ֗ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

In that day, says Yahweh, there will be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.

וְהָיָה֩ (הָיָה֩) ha.Yah “it will be”

It will happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, "Yahweh will not do good, neither will he do evil."

וְהָיָה֙ (הָיָה֙) ha.Yah “it will be”

Their wealth will become a spoil, and their houses a desolation. Yes, they will build houses, but won't inhabit them. They will plant vineyards, but won't drink their wine.

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

For Gaza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation. They will drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron will be rooted up.

תִֽהְיֶ֔ה tih.Yeh “it will be”

The sea coast will be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.

וְֽהָיְתָ֞ה (הָיְתָ֞ה) ha.ye.Tah “it will be”

The coast will be for the remnant of the house of Judah. They will find pasture. In the houses of Ashkelon, they will lie down in the evening, for Yahweh, their God, will visit them, and restore them.

וְהָ֣יָה (הָ֣יָה) Ha.yah “it will belong”

Therefore as I live, says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, surely Moab will be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation. The remnant of my people will plunder them, and the survivors of my nation will inherit them.

תִּֽהְיֶה֙ tih.Yeh “it will be”

This is the joyous city that lived carelessly, that said in her heart, "I am, and there is none besides me." How she has become a desolation, a place for animals to lie down in! Everyone who passes by her will hiss, and shake their fists.

הָיְתָ֣ה ha.ye.Tah “it has become”

Those who are sad for the appointed feasts, I will remove from you. They are a burden and a reproach to you.

הָי֑וּ ha.Yu “they were”

In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai, the prophet, to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,

הָיָ֨ה ha.Yah “it came”

Then the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai, the prophet, saying,

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it came”

In the seventh month, in the twenty-first day of the month, the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai the prophet, saying,

הָיָה֙ ha.Yah “it came”

'The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,' says Yahweh of Hosts; 'and in this place will I give peace,' says Yahweh of Hosts."

יִֽהְיֶ֡ה yih.Yeh “it will be”

In the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai the prophet, saying,

הָיָה֙ ha.Yah “it came”

Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty, there were only twenty.

מִֽהְיוֹתָ֥ם (הְיוֹתָ֥) h.yo.Ta “when were”וְהָיְתָ֖ה (הָיְתָ֖ה) ha.ye.Tah “it was”וְהָיְתָ֖ה (הָיְתָ֖ה) ha.ye.Tah “it was”

The Word of Yahweh came the second time to Haggai in the twenty-fourth day of the month, saying,

וַיְהִ֨י (יְהִ֨י) y.Hi “it came”

In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,

הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “it came”

Don't you be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying: Thus says Yahweh of hosts, 'Return now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings;' but they did not hear, nor listen to me, says Yahweh.

תִּהְי֣וּ tih.Yu “you be”

On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,

הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “it came”

For I,' says Yahweh, 'will be to her a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.

אֶֽהְיֶה־ 'eh.yeh- “I will be”אֶֽהְיֶ֥ה 'eh.Yeh “I will become”