H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

As for me, my agreement is made with you, and you will be the father of nations without end.

וְהָיִ֕יתָ (הָיִ֕יתָ) ha.Yi.ta “you will become”

No longer will your name be Abram, but Abraham, for I have made you the father of a number of nations.

וְהָיָ֤ה (הָיָ֤ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you.

לִהְי֤וֹת (הְי֤וֹת) h.Yot “become”

And to you and to your seed after you, I will give the land in which you are living, all the land of Canaan for an eternal heritage; and I will be their God.

וְהָיִ֥יתִי (הָיִ֥יתִי) ha.Yi.ti “I will become”

In the flesh of your private parts you are to undergo it, as a mark of the agreement between me and you.

וְהָיָה֙ (הָיָה֙) ha.Yah “it will become”

He who comes to birth in your house and he who is made yours for a price, all are to undergo circumcision; so that my agreement may be marked in your flesh, an agreement for all time.

וְהָיְתָ֧ה (הָיְתָ֧ה) ha.ye.Tah “it will be”

And I will give her a blessing so that you will have a son by her: truly my blessing will be on her, and she will be the mother of nations: kings of peoples will be her offspring.

וְהָֽיְתָ֣ה (הָֽיְתָ֣ה) ha.ye.Tah “she will become”יִהְיֽוּ׃ yih.Yu “they will be”

Now Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was past the time for giving birth.

לִהְי֣וֹת (הְי֣וֹת) h.Yot “be”

And Sarah, laughing to herself, said, Now that I am used up am I still to have pleasure, my husband himself being old?

הָֽיְתָה־ ha.ye.tah- “has it be[longed]?”

Seeing that Abraham will certainly become a great and strong nation, and his name will be used by all the nations of the earth as a blessing?

הָי֧וֹ ha.Yo “certainly <to become>”יִֽהְיֶ֛ה yih.Yeh “he will become”

Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right?

וְהָיָ֥ה (הָיָ֥ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

And Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were married to his daughters, Come, let us go out of this place, for the Lord is about to send destruction on the town. But his sons-in-law did not take him seriously.

וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “he was”

And when they had put them out, he said, Go for your life, without looking back or waiting in the lowland; go quickly to the mountain or you will come to destruction.

וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”

But Lot's wife, looking back, became a pillar of salt.

וַתְּהִ֖י (תְּהִ֖י) te.Hi “she was”

So it came about that when God sent destruction on the towns of the lowland, he kept his word to Abraham, and sent Lot safely away when he put an end to the towns where he was living.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

And on the day after, the older daughter said to the younger, Last night I was with my father; let us make him take much wine this night again, and do you go to him, so that we may have offspring by our father.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

And, in fact, she is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:

וַתְּהִי־ (תְּהִי) te.hi- “she became”

And when God sent me wandering from my father's house, I said to her, Let this be the sign of your love for me; wherever we go, say of me, He is my brother.

וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”

And God was with the boy, and he became tall and strong, and he became a bowman, living in the waste land.

וַיְהִ֧י (יְהִ֧י) y.Hi “he was”וַיְהִ֖י (יְהִ֖י) y.Hi “he was”

Now at that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, said to Abraham, I see that God is with you in all you do.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

And he said, Take these seven lambs from me as a witness that I have made this water-hole.

תִּֽהְיֶה־ tih.yeh- “it may become”

Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

After these things, Abraham had news that Milcah, the wife of his brother Nahor, had given birth to children;

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

Now the years of Sarah's life were a hundred and twenty-seven.

וַיִּהְיוּ֙ (יִּהְיוּ֙) i.yih.Yu “they were”

Now, may the girl to whom I say, Let down your vessel and give me a drink, and who says in answer, Here is a drink for you and let me give water to your camels: may she be the one marked out by you for your servant Isaac: so may I be certain that you hav

וְהָיָ֣ה (הָיָ֣ה) ha.Yah “it will be”