H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

It happened, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. They called for Samson out of the prison-house; and he made sport before them. They set him between the pillars:

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. He bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell on the lords, and on all the people who were therein. So the dead that he killed at his death were more than those who he killed in his life.

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

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

וַֽיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “he was”

When he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred [ergänzt: pieces] of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made of it an engraved image and a molten image: and it was in the house of Micah.

וַיְהִ֖י (יְהִ֖י) y.Hi “it was”

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

וַיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “he became”

There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.

וַיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “he was”

Micah said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten [ergänzt: pieces] of silver by the year, and a suit of clothing, and your food. So the Levite went in.

וֶֽהְיֵה־ (הְיֵה) h.yeh- “become”

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”

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 Yahweh will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.

הָיָה־ ha.yah- “he has become”

He said to them, Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me, and he has hired me, and I am become his priest.

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

They said to him, Hold your peace, lay your hand on your mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be 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”

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

הָיָה־ ha.yah- “he belonged”

The children of Dan set up for themselves the engraved image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, 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 engraved image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.

הֱי֥וֹת he.Yot “[the] being of”

It happened 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 Bethlehem Judah.

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

His concubine played the prostitute against him, and went away from him to her father's house to Bethlehem Judah, and was there the space of four months.

וַתְּהִי־ (תְּהִי) te.hi- “she was”

It happened on the fourth day, that they arose early in the morning, and he rose up to depart: and the young lady's father said to his son-in-law, Strengthen your heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward you shall go your way.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

It was so, that all who saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt to 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 had gone up to Mizpah.) The children of Israel said, Tell us, how was this wickedness brought to pass?

נִהְיְתָ֖ה nih.ye.Tah “did it occur”

The tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is happen among you?

נִהְיְתָ֖ה nih.ye.Tah “it has happened”

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

הָיָ֛ה ha.Yah “it belonged”

So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword; all these [ergänzt: were] men of valor.

וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”

They said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel?

הָ֥יְתָה Ha.ye.tah “has it happened”

It happened on the next day that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace-offerings.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”