H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

And Jehovah was with Joshua; and his fame was in all the land.

וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “he was”וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “it was”

And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty-six men; and they pursued them from before the gate to Shebarim, and smote them on the descent. Then the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “it became”

And the children of Israel shall not be able to stand before their enemies: they shall turn their backs before their enemies, for they have made themselves accursed. I will no more be with you, except ye destroy the accursed thing from your midst.

הָי֖וּ ha.Yu “they have become”לִֽהְי֣וֹת (הְי֣וֹת) h.Yot “be”

And ye shall be brought near in the morning according to your tribes; and it shall be, that the tribe which Jehovah taketh shall come forward by families, and the family which Jehovah taketh shall come forward by households; and the household which Jehovah taketh shall come forward man by man.

וְהָיָ֡ה (הָיָ֡ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

And it shall be, that he who is taken with the accursed thing shall be burned with fire, he and all that he hath, because he hath transgressed the covenant of Jehovah, and because he hath wrought wickedness in Israel.

וְהָיָה֙ (הָיָה֙) ha.Yah “it will be”

And he commanded them, saying, See, ye shall be in ambush against the city, behind the city: go not very far from the city, and be all of you ready.

וִהְיִיתֶ֥ם (הְיִיתֶ֥ם) h.yi.Tem “you will be”

And I and all the people that are with me will approach to the city; and it shall come to pass when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them.

וְהָיָ֗ה (הָיָ֗ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

And it shall be when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire; according to the word of Jehovah shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.

וְהָיָ֞ה (הָיָ֞ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

And it came to pass when the king of Ai saw it, that the men of the city hasted and rose early, and went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the appointed place before the plain. But he knew not that there was an ambush against him behind the city.

וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”

And the men of Ai turned and saw, and behold, the smoke of the city went up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way; and the people that fled to the wilderness turned upon the pursuers.

הָיָ֨ה ha.Yah “it was”

And the others went out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side; and they smote them, until they let none of them escape or flee away.

וַיִּֽהְי֤וּ (יִּֽהְי֤וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”

And it came to pass when Israel had ended slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they had chased them, and they had all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all Israel returned to Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.

וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

And so it was, that all who fell that day, men as well as women, were twelve thousand, all the people of Ai.

וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”

There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded which Joshua read not before the whole congregation of Israel, and the women, and the children, and the strangers that lived among them.

הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “it was”

And it came to pass when all the kings who were on this side the Jordan, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and along all the coast of the great sea as far as opposite to Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard [ergänzt: of it],

וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

and old and patched sandals upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry [ergänzt: and] mouldy.

הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “it was”

This our bread we took warm for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; and now, behold, it is dry, and is become mouldy.

וְהָיָ֖ה (הָיָ֖ה) ha.Yah “it has been”

And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt in their midst.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

This we will do to them, and let them live, lest wrath come upon us, because of the oath which we swore unto them.

יִֽהְיֶ֤ה yih.Yeh “it will be”

And the princes said to them, Let them live. And they were hewers of wood and drawers of water for all the assembly; as the princes had said to them.

וַ֠יִּֽהְיוּ (יִּֽהְיוּ) i.yih.yu “they were”

And it came to pass when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had taken Ai and had utterly destroyed it, that he had done to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king, and that the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them,

וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”וַיִּֽהְי֖וּ (יִּֽהְי֖וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”

And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, -- they were at the descent of Beth-horon, -- that Jehovah cast down great stones from heaven upon them up to Azekah, and they died. They were more who died with the hailstones than they whom the children of Israel had slain with the sword.

וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”

And there was no day like that before it or after it, that Jehovah hearkened to the voice of a man; for Jehovah fought for Israel.

הָיָ֜ה ha.Yah “it has been”

And it came to pass when Joshua and the children of Israel had ended smiting them with a very great slaughter, until they were consumed, that the remnant which remained of them entered into fortified cities;

וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”

And it came to pass when they had brought forth those kings to Joshua, that Joshua called to all the men of Israel, and said to the captains of the men of war who went with him, Come forward, put your feet on the necks of these kings. And they came forward and put their feet on their necks.

וַ֠יְהִי (יְהִי) y.hi “it was”