H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

And the ark of Jehovah was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

וַיְהִ֧י (יְהִ֧י) y.Hi “it was”

And see, if it go up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, it is he who has done us this great evil; if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that touched us; it was a chance [ergänzt: that] happened to us.

הָ֥יָה Ha.yah “it happened”

And it came to pass, from the day that the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years. And all the house of Israel lamented after Jehovah.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”וַיִּֽהְי֖וּ (יִּֽהְי֖וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”

And as Samuel was offering up the burnt-offering, the Philistines advanced to battle against Israel. And Jehovah thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were routed before Israel.

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “he was”

And the Philistines were subdued, and came no more into the borders of Israel; and the hand of Jehovah was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

וַתְּהִ֤י (תְּהִ֤י) te.Hi “it was”

And the cities that the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even to Gath; and their territory did Israel deliver out of the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorite.

וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

And it came to pass when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

וַיְהִ֕י (יְהִ֕י) y.Hi “it was”

And the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah; they judged in Beer-sheba.

וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”

And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, on his chariot and among his horsemen, and they shall run before his chariots;

יִֽהְיֶה֙ yih.Yeh “it will be”

He will take the tenth of your sheep. And ye shall be his servants.

תִּֽהְיוּ־ tih.yu- “you will become”

And the people refused to hearken to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but there shall be a king over us,

יִֽהְיֶ֥ה yih.Yeh “he will be”

that we also may be like all the nations; and our king shall judge us, and go out before us, and conduct our wars.

וְהָיִ֥ינוּ (הָיִ֥ינוּ) ha.Yi.nu “we will be”

And there was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjaminite, a mighty man of wealth.

וַֽיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “he was”

And he had a son whose name was Saul, choice and comely; and there was not among the children of Israel a comelier person than he; from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.

הָיָ֨ה ha.Yah “he belonged”

And they arose early; and when it was about the dawning of the day, Samuel called to Saul on the roof, saying, Arise, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, into the street.

וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”

After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where are the outposts of the Philistines; and it shall come to pass, when thou comest thither, into the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with lute and tambour and pipe and harp before them; and they themselves prophesying.

וִיהִי֩ (יהִי֩) Hi “it will be”

And it shall be, when these signs shall come to thee, thou shalt do as thy hand shall find; for God is with thee.

וְהָיָ֗ה (הָיָ֗ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

And it was [ergänzt: so] that when he turned his back to go away from Samuel, God gave him another heart; and all those signs came to pass that day.

וְהָיָ֗ה (הָיָ֗ה) ha.Yah “it was”

And it came to pass, when all that knew him before saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “has it happened”

And a man of that place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?

הָיְתָ֣ה ha.ye.Tah “it became”

But the children of Belial said, How should this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no gifts. But he was as one deaf.

וַיְהִ֖י (יְהִ֖י) y.Hi “he was”

And he numbered them in Bezek, and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

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

And they said to the messengers that had come, Thus shall ye say to the men of Jabesh-Gilead: To-morrow ye shall have deliverance when the sun is hot. And the messengers came and informed the men of Jabesh-Gilead; and they were glad.

תִּהְיֶֽה־ tih.yeh- “it will belong”

And it came to pass the next day that Saul set the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and smote Ammon until the heat of the day: and it came to pass that they who remained were scattered, and not two of them were left together.

וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “it was”

If ye fear Jehovah, and serve him, and hearken to his voice, and rebel not against the commandment of Jehovah, then both ye and the king also that reigns over you shall continue following Jehovah your God.

וִהְיִתֶ֣ם (הְיִתֶ֣ם) h.yi.Tem “you will be”