H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

And at the end of two months, she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had made. She had never known a man. And it became a custom in Israel

וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”וַתְּהִי־ (תְּהִי) te.hi- “it was”

And Jephthah said to them, "I and my people had a great feud with the Ammonites; and when I called you, you did not deliver me from their hand.

הָיִ֛יתִי ha.Yi.ti “I was”

And the Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the E'phraimites. And when any of the fugitives of E'phraim said, "Let me go over," the men of Gilead said to him, "Are you an E'phraimite?" When he said, "No,"

וְֽ֠הָיָה (הָיָה) ha.yah “it was”

He had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he gave in marriage outside his clan, and thirty daughters he brought in from outside for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.

וַיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “it belonged”

He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy asses; and he judged Israel eight years.

וַיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “it belonged”

And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Mano'ah; and his wife was barren and had no children.

וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “he was”

for lo, you shall conceive and bear a son. No razor shall come upon his head, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from birth; and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines."

יִהְיֶ֥ה yih.Yeh “he will be”

but he said to me, 'Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son; so then drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from birth to the day of his death.'"

יִהְיֶ֣ה yih.Yeh “he will be”

And Mano'ah said, "Now when your words come true, what is to be the boy's manner of life, and what is he to do?"

יִּֽהְיֶ֥ה yih.Yeh “will it be”

And when the flame went up toward heaven from the altar, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar while Mano'ah and his wife looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground.

וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”

And when the people saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.

וַיְהִ֖י (יְהִ֖י) y.Hi “it was”וַיִּהְי֖וּ (יִּהְי֖וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”

On the fourth day they said to Samson's wife, "Entice your husband to tell us what the riddle is, lest we burn you and your father's house with fire. Have you invited us here to impoverish us?"

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

She wept before him the seven days that their feast lasted; and on the seventh day he told her, because she pressed him hard. Then she told the riddle to her countrymen.

הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “it belonged”וַיְהִ֣י׀ (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

And Samson's wife was given to his companion, who had been his best man.

וַתְּהִ֖י (תְּהִ֖י) te.Hi “she belonged”

After a while, at the time of wheat harvest, Samson went to visit his wife with a kid; and he said, "I will go in to my wife in the chamber." But her father would not allow him to go in.

וַיְהִ֨י (יְהִ֨י) y.Hi “it was”

And her father said, "I really thought that you utterly hated her; so I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister fairer than she? Pray take her instead."

תְּהִי־ te.hi- “let her belong”

When he came to Lehi, the Philistines came shouting to meet him; and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the ropes which were on his arms became as flax that has caught fire, and his bonds melted off his hands.

וַתִּהְיֶ֨ינָה (תִּהְיֶ֨ינָה) tih.Yei.nah “they became”

When he had finished speaking, he threw away the jawbone out of his hand; and that place was called Ra'math-le'hi.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

After this he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Deli'lah.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

And Samson said to her, "If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings which have not been dried, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man."

וְהָיִ֖יתִי (הָיִ֖יתִי) ha.Yi.ti “I will be”

And he said to her, "If they bind me with new ropes that have not been used, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man."

וְהָיִ֖יתִי (הָיִ֖יתִי) ha.Yi.ti “I will be”

And Deli'lah said to Samson, "Until now you have mocked me, and told me lies; tell me how you might be bound." And he said to her, "If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web and make it tight with the pin, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man."

וְהָיִיתִי (הָיִיתִי) ha.Yi.ti “I will be”

And when she pressed him hard with her words day after day, and urged him, his soul was vexed to death.

וַ֠יְהִי (יְהִי) y.hi “it was”

And he told her all his mind, and said to her, "A razor has never come upon my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother's womb. If I be shaved, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man."

וְהָיִ֖יתִי (הָיִ֖יתִי) ha.Yi.ti “I will be”

And the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with bronze fetters; and he ground at the mill in the prison.

וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “he was”