H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said: 'Call for Samson, that he may make us sport.' And they called for Samson out of the prison-house; and he made sport before them; and they set him between the pillars.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

And Samson said: 'Let me die with the Philistines.' And he bent with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead that he slew at his death were more than they that he slew in his life.

וַיִּהְי֤וּ (יִּהְי֤וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”

Now there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

וַֽיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “he was”

And when he restored the money unto his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image; and it was in the house of Micah.

וַיְהִ֖י (יְהִ֖י) y.Hi “it was”

And the man Micah had a house of God, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

וַיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “he became”

And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem in Judah--in the family of Judah--who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

וַיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “he was”

And Micah said unto him: 'Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten pieces of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals.' So the Levite went in.

וֶֽהְיֵה־ (הְיֵה) h.yeh- “become”

And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “he was”

And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

וַיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “he became”וַיְהִ֖י (יְהִ֖י) y.Hi “he was”

Then said Micah: 'Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite as my priest.'

הָיָה־ ha.yah- “he has become”

And he said unto them: 'Thus and thus hath Micah dealt with me, and he hath hired me, and I am become his priest.'

וָאֱהִי־ (אֱהִי) 'e.hi- “I have become”

And they said unto him: 'Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest; is it better for thee to be priest unto the house of one man, or to be priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?'

וֶֽהְיֵה־ (הְיֵה) h.yeh- “become”הֱיוֹתְךָ֣ (הֱיוֹתְ) he.yot. “[is] being”הֱיוֹתְךָ֣ (הֱיוֹתְ) he.yot. “being”

And they took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people quiet and secure, and smote them with the edge of the sword; and they burnt the city with fire.

הָיָה־ ha.yah- “he belonged”

And the children of Dan set up for themselves the graven image; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.

הָי֤וּ ha.Yu “they were”

So they set them up Micah's graven image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.

הֱי֥וֹת he.Yot “[the] being of”

And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem in Judah.

וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”וַיְהִ֣י׀ (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “he was”

And his concubine played the harlot against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Beth-lehem in Judah, and was there the space of four months.

וַתְּהִי־ (תְּהִי) te.hi- “she was”

And it came to pass on the fourth day, that they arose early in the morning, and he rose up to depart; and the damsel's father said unto his son-in-law: 'Stay thy heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward ye shall go your way.'

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

And it was so, that all that saw it said: 'Such a thing hath not happened nor been seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day; consider it, take counsel, and speak.'

וְהָיָ֣ה (הָיָ֣ה) ha.Yah “it was”נִהְיְתָ֤ה nih.ye.Tah “it has occurred”

Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpah. --And the children of Israel said: 'Tell us, how was this wickedness brought to pass?'

נִהְיְתָ֖ה nih.ye.Tah “did it occur”

And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying: 'What wickedness is this that is come to pass among you?

נִהְיְתָ֖ה nih.ye.Tah “it has happened”

Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers-in-wait, that they should make a great beacon of smoke rise up out of the city.--

הָיָ֛ה ha.Yah “it belonged”

So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.

וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”

And they said: 'O LORD, the God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel?'

הָ֥יְתָה Ha.ye.tah “has it happened”

And it came to pass on the morrow that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”