H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

Naphtali did not take the land of the people of Beth-shemesh or of Beth-anath, driving them out; but he was living among the Canaanites in the land; however, the people of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath were put to forced work.

הָי֥וּ ha.Yu “they became”

For the Amorites would go on living in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim; but the children of Joseph became stronger than they, and put them to forced work.

וַיִּהְי֖וּ (יִּהְי֖וּ) i.yih.Yu “they became”

And so I have said, I will not send them out from before you; but they will be a danger to you, and their gods will be a cause of falling to you.

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

Now on hearing these words which the angel of the Lord said to all the children of Israel, the people gave themselves up to loud crying and weeping.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

Wherever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had taken his oath it would be; and things became very hard for them.

הָיְתָה־ ha.ye.tah- “it was”

And whenever the Lord gave them judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and was their saviour from the hands of their haters all the days of the judge; for the Lord was moved by their cries of grief because of those who were cruel to them.

וְהָיָ֤ה (הָיָ֤ה) ha.Yah “he was”

But whenever the judge was dead, they went back and did more evil than their fathers, going after other gods, to be their servants and their worshippers; giving up nothing of their sins and their hard-hearted ways.

וְהָיָ֣ה׀ (הָיָ֣ה) ha.Yah “it was”

For the purpose of testing Israel by them, to see if they would give ear to the orders of the Lord, which he had given to their fathers by the hand of Moses.

וַֽיִּהְי֕וּ (יִּהְי֕וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”

And the spirit of the Lord came on him and he became judge of Israel, and went out to war, and the Lord gave up Cushan-rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia, into his hands and he overcame him.

וַתְּהִ֨י (תְּהִ֨י) te.Hi “it was”

And after giving the offering, he sent away the people who had come with the offering.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

And when he came there, he had a horn sounded in the hill-country of Ephraim, and all the children of Israel went down with him from the hill-country, and he at their head.

וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

And after him came Shamgar, the son of Anath, who put to death six hundred Philistines with an ox-stick; and he was another saviour of Israel.

הָיָה֙ ha.Yah “he was”

And she said, I will certainly go with you: though you will get no honour in your undertaking, for the Lord will give Sisera into the hands of a woman. So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh.

תִֽהְיֶ֜ה tih.Yeh “it will be”

And he said to her, Take your place at the door of the tent, and if anyone comes and says to you, Is there any man here, say, No.

וְהָיָה֩ (הָיָה֩) ha.Yah “it will be”

And whenever Israel's grain was planted, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east came up against them;

וְהָיָ֖ה (הָיָ֖ה) ha.Yah “it was”

And when the cry of the children of Israel, because of Midian, came before the Lord,

וַיְהִ֕י (יְהִ֕י) y.Hi “it was”

Then the Lord said to him, Truly, I will be with you, and you will overcome the Midianites as if they were one man.

אֶהְיֶ֖ה 'eh.Yeh “I will be”

The same night the Lord said to him, Take ten men of your servants and an ox seven years old, and after pulling down the altar of Baal which is your father's, and cutting down the holy tree by its side,

וַיְהִי֮ (יְהִי֮) y.Hi “it was”

Then Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the Lord had said to him; but fearing to do it by day, because of his father's people and the men of the town, he did it by night.

וַיְהִ֡י (יְהִ֡י) y.Hi “it was”

See, I will put the wool of a sheep on the grain-floor; if there is dew on the wool only, while all the earth is dry, then I will be certain that it is your purpose to give Israel salvation by my hand as you have said.

יִהְיֶ֨ה yih.Yeh “it will be”

And it was so: for he got up early on the morning after, and twisting the wool in his hands, he got a basin full of water from the dew on the wool.

וַיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “it was”

Then Gideon said to God, Do not be moved to wrath against me if I say only this: let me make one more test with the wool; let the wool now be dry, while the earth is covered with dew.

יְהִי־ ye.hi- “let it be”יִֽהְיֶה־ yih.yeh- “let it be”

And that night God did so; for the wool was dry, and there was dew on all the earth round it.

וַיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “it was”הָ֥יָה Ha.yah “it was”

Then Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, and all the people with him, got up early and put up their tents by the side of the water-spring of Harod; the tents of Midian were on the north side of him, under the hill of Moreh in the valley.

הָיָה־ ha.yah- “it was”

Then the Lord said to Gideon, There are still more people than is necessary; take them down to the water so that I may put them to the test for you there; then whoever I say is to go with you will go, and whoever I say is not to go will not go.

וְהָיָ֡ה (הָיָ֡ה) ha.Yah “it will be”