H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

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

Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

וְהָיָ֤ה (הָיָ֤ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generations, for an everlasting covenant; to be a God to thee and to thy seed after thee.

לִהְי֤וֹת (הְי֤וֹת) h.Yot “become”

And I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land in which thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

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

And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

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

He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

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

And I will bless her, and give thee a son also by her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall proceed from her.

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

Now Abraham and Sarah were old and far advanced in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

לִהְי֣וֹת (הְי֣וֹת) h.Yot “be”

Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am become old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

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

Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

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

That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

וְהָיָ֥ה (הָיָ֥ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

And Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said, Arise, depart from this place; for the LORD will destroy this city: but he seemed to his sons-in-law as one that mocked.

וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “he was”

And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life: look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain: escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”

But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

וַתְּהִ֖י (תְּהִ֖י) te.Hi “she was”

And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

And it came to pass on the morrow that the first born said to the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father; let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

And yet indeed she is my sister: she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

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

And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt show to me; At every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”

And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

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

And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

And he said, For these seven ewe-lambs shalt thou take from my hand, that they may be a witness to me, that I have digged this well.

תִּֽהְיֶה־ tih.yeh- “it may become”

And it came to pass after these things, that God tempted Abraham, and said to him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

And it came to pass after these things, that it was told to Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also borne children to thy brother Nahor;

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

And Sarah was a hundred and twenty-seven years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.

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

And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and by that shall I know that thou hast shown kindness to my master.

וְהָיָ֣ה (הָיָ֣ה) ha.Yah “it will be”