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 them sport: and they set him between the pillars.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

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

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

And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

וַֽיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “he was”

Yet he restored the money to his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made of it a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.

וַיְהִ֖י (יְהִ֖י) y.Hi “it was”

And the man Micah had a house of gods, and 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-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

וַיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “he was”

And Micah said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels 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 to 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 I know that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite for my priest.

הָיָה־ ha.yah- “he has become”

And he said to them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.

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

And they said to 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 a priest to the house of one man, or that thou shouldst be a priest to 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 the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came to Laish, to a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.

הָיָה־ ha.yah- “he belonged”

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

הָי֤וּ ha.Yu “they were”

And they set up for themselves 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 dwelling on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-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 to her father's house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there four whole months.

וַתְּהִי־ (תְּהִי) te.hi- “she was”

And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he arose to depart: and the damsel's father said to his son-in-law, Comfort thy heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward depart.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

And it was so, that all that saw it, said, There hath been no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came from the land of Egypt to this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds.

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 Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness?

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 done 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 flame with smoke to rise from 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 valor.

וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”

And said, O LORD 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”