H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

And the territory of their inheritance was Zoreah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,

וַיְהִ֖י (יְהִ֖י) y.Hi “it was”

that the slayer who unwittingly without intent smiteth any one mortally may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

וְהָי֤וּ (הָי֤וּ) ha.Yu “they will become”

And he shall dwell in that city, until he have stood before the assembly in judgment, until the death of the high-priest that shall be in those days; then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.

יִהְיֶ֖ה yih.Yeh “he will be”

These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever smiteth any one mortally without intent might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the assembly.

הָיוּ֩ ha.Yu “they were”

And the lot came forth for the families of the Kohathites. And the children of Aaron the priest, of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

וַיְהִ֡י (יְהִ֡י) y.Hi “it belonged”

and which the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, of the children of Levi had (for theirs was the first lot);

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it belonged”הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “it belonged”

And to the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites that remained of the children of Kohath, [ergänzt: they gave cities]. And the cities of their lot were out of the tribe of Ephraim,

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

[ergänzt: These were] all the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, which remained of the families of the Levites, and their lot was twelve cities.

וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

Each one of these cities had its suburbs round about it: thus were all these cities.

תִּֽהְיֶ֙ינָה֙ tih.Yei.nah “they were”

Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us? from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the assembly of Jehovah.

וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “it was”

And ye turn away this day from following Jehovah; and it will be, that since ye rebel this day against Jehovah, to-morrow he will be wroth with the whole assembly of Israel.

וְהָיָ֗ה (הָיָ֗ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing? and wrath fell on all the assembly of Israel, and he perished not alone in his iniquity.

הָ֣יָה Ha.yah “it was”

And we said, If it shall be that in future they so say to us and to our generations, we will say, Behold the pattern of the altar of Jehovah which our fathers made, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice, but as a witness between us and you.

וְהָיָ֗ה (הָיָ֗ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

And it came to pass a long time after that Jehovah had given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua had become old, advanced in age,

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

know for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more dispossess these nations from before you, and they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you.

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

But it shall come to pass, that as every good word hath been fulfilled to you, that Jehovah your God spoke to you, so will Jehovah bring upon you every evil word, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you;

וְהָיָ֗ה (הָיָ֗ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us, for it hath heard all the words of Jehovah which he spoke unto us; and it shall be a witness against you, lest ye deny your God.

תִּֽהְיֶה־ tih.yeh- “it will become”וְהָיְתָ֤ה (הָיְתָ֤ה) ha.ye.Tah “it will become”

And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah, died, a hundred and ten years old.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel had brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem in the portion of the field which Jacob had bought of the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred kesitahs; and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

וַיִּֽהְי֥וּ (יִּֽהְי֥וּ) i.yih.Yu “they became”

After the death of Joshua the people of Israel inquired of the LORD, "Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?"

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

And Ado'ni-be'zek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and their great toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table; as I have done, so God has requited me." And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

הָי֤וּ ha.Yu “they were”

When she came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field; and she alighted from her ass, and Caleb said to her, "What do you wish?"

וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

And the LORD was with Judah, and he took possession of the hill country, but he could not drive out the inhabitants of the plain, because they had chariots of iron.

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “he was”

When Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but did not utterly drive them out.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

Zeb'ulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, or the inhabitants of Na'halol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became subject to forced labor.

וַיִּֽהְי֖וּ (יִּֽהְי֖וּ) i.yih.Yu “they became”