H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

It happened at the end of two months, that she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she was a virgin. It was a custom in Israel,

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

Jephthah said to them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, you didn't save me out of their hand.

הָיִ֛יתִי ha.Yi.ti “I was”

The Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. It was so, that when [ergänzt: any of] the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said to him, Are you an Ephraimite? If he said, No;

וְֽ֠הָיָה (הָיָה) ha.yah “it was”

He had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent abroad, and thirty daughters he brought in from abroad for his sons. He judged Israel seven years.

וַיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “it belonged”

He had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, who rode on seventy donkey colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

וַיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “it belonged”

There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and didn't bear.

וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “he was”

for, behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

יִהְיֶ֥ה yih.Yeh “he will be”

but he said to me, Behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing; for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.

יִהְיֶ֣ה yih.Yeh “he will be”

Manoah said, Now let your words happen: what shall be the ordering of the child, and [ergänzt: how] shall we do to him?

יִּֽהְיֶ֥ה yih.Yeh “will it be”

For it happened, when the flame went up toward the sky from off the altar, that the angel of Yahweh ascended in the flame of the altar: and Manoah and his wife looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground.

וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”

It happened, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

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

It happened on the seventh day, that they said to Samson's wife, Entice your husband, that he may declare to us the riddle, lest we burn you and your father's house with fire: have you called us to impoverish us? is it not [ergänzt: so]?

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

She wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it happened on the seventh day, that he told her, because she pressed him sore; and she told the riddle to the children of her people.

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

But Samson's wife was [ergänzt: given] to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.

וַתְּהִ֖י (תְּהִ֖י) te.Hi “she belonged”

But it happened after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father wouldn't allow him to go in.

וַיְהִ֨י (יְהִ֨י) y.Hi “it was”

Her father said, I most assuredly thought that you had utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion: isn't her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her, instead.

תְּהִי־ te.hi- “let her belong”

When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him: and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and the ropes that were on his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands dropped from off his hands.

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

It happened, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand; and that place was called Ramath Lehi.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

It came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

Samson said to her, If they bind me with seven green cords that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.

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

He said to her, If they only bind me with new ropes with which no work has been done, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.

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

Delilah said to Samson, Hitherto you have mocked me, and told me lies: tell me with which you might be bound. He said to her, If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web.

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

It happened, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed to death.

וַ֠יְהִי (יְהִי) y.hi “it was”

He told her all his heart, and said to her, "No razor has ever come on my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother's womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will go from me, and I will become weak, and be like any other man."

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

The Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison-house.

וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “he was”