H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

and it cometh to pass at the end of two months that she turneth back unto her father, and he doth to her his vow which he hath vowed, and she knew not a man; and it is a statute in Israel:

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

And Jephthah saith unto them, `A man of great strife I have been (I and my people) with the Bene-Ammon, and I call you, and ye have not saved me out of their hand,

הָיִ֛יתִי ha.Yi.ti “I was”

And Gilead captureth the passages of the Jordan to Ephraim, and it hath been, when `any of' the fugitives of Ephraim say, `Let me pass over,' and the men of Gilead say to him, `An Ephramite thou?' and he saith, `No;'

וְֽ֠הָיָה (הָיָה) ha.yah “it was”

and he hath thirty sons and thirty daughters, he hath sent without and thirty daughters hath brought in to his sons from without; and he judgeth Israel seven years.

וַיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “it belonged”

and he hath forty sons, and thirty grandsons, riding on seventy ass-colts, and he judgeth Israel eight years.

וַיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “it belonged”

And there is a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danite, and his name `is' Manoah, his wife `is' barren, and hath not borne;

וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “he was”

for, lo, thou art conceiving and bearing a son, and a razor doth not go up on his head, for a Nazarite to God is the youth from the womb, and he doth begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.'

יִהְיֶ֥ה yih.Yeh “he will be”

and he saith to me, Lo, thou art pregnant, and bearing a son, and now do not drink wine and strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing, for a Nazarite to God is the youth from the womb till the day of his death.'

יִהְיֶ֣ה yih.Yeh “he will be”

And Manoah saith, `Now let thy words come to pass; what is the custom of the youth -- and his work?'

יִּֽהְיֶ֥ה yih.Yeh “will it be”

and it cometh to pass, in the going up of the flame from off the altar toward the heavens, that the messenger of Jehovah goeth up in the flame of the altar, and Manoah and his wife are looking on, and they fall on their faces to the earth,

וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”

and it cometh to pass when they see him, that they take thirty companions, and they are with him.

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

And it cometh to pass, on the seventh day, that they say to Samson's wife, `Entice thy husband, that he declare to us the riddle, lest we burn thee and the house of thy father with fire; to possess us have ye called for us? is it not?'

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

And she weepeth for it the seven days `in' which their banquet hath been, and it cometh to pass on the seventh day that he declareth `it' to her, for she hath distressed him; and she declareth the riddle to the sons of her people.

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

and Samson's wife becometh his companion's, who `is' his friend.

וַתְּהִ֖י (תְּהִ֖י) te.Hi “she belonged”

And it cometh to pass, after `some' days, in the days of wheat-harvest, that Samson looketh after his wife, with a kid of the goats, and saith, `I go in unto my wife, to the inner chamber;' and her father hath not permitted him to go in,

וַיְהִ֨י (יְהִ֨י) y.Hi “it was”

and her father saith, I certainly said, that thou didst certainly hate her, and I give her to thy companion; is not her sister -- the young one -- better than she? Let her be, I pray thee, to thee, instead of her.'

תְּהִי־ te.hi- “let her belong”

He hath come unto Lehi -- and the Philistines have shouted at meeting him -- and the Spirit of Jehovah prospereth over him, and the thick bands which `are' on his arms are as flax which they burn with fire, and his bands are wasted from off his hands,

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

And it cometh to pass when he finisheth speaking, that he casteth away the jaw-bone out of his hand, and calleth that place Ramath-Lehi;

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

And it cometh to pass afterwards that he loveth a woman in the valley of Sorek, and her name `is' Delilah,

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

And Samson saith unto her, `If they bind me with seven green withs which have not been dried, then I have been weak, and have been as one of the human race.'

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

And he saith unto her, `If they certainly bind me with thick bands, new ones, by which work hath not been done, then I have been weak, and have been as one of the human race.'

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

And Delilah saith unto Samson, `Hitherto thou hast played upon me, and dost speak unto me lies; declare to me wherewith thou art bound.' And he saith unto her, `If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.'

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

And it cometh to pass, because she distressed him with her words all the days, and doth urge him, and his soul is grieved to death,

וַ֠יְהִי (יְהִי) y.hi “it was”

that he declareth to her all his heart, and saith to her, `A razor hath not gone up on my head, for a Nazarite to God I `am' from the womb of my mother; if I have been shaven, then hath my power turned aside from me, and I have been weak, and have been as any of the human race.'

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

And the Philistines seize him, and pick out his eyes, and bring him down to Gaza, and bind him with two brazen fetters; and he is grinding in the prison-house.

וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “he was”