H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

It happened in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little boy with him.

וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, because we have sworn both of us in the name of Yahweh, saying, Yahweh shall be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed, forever. He arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.

יִֽהְיֶ֣ה׀ yih.Yeh “he will be”

David answered the priest, and said to him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days; when I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was but a common journey; how much more then today shall their vessels be holy?

וַיִּהְי֥וּ (יִּהְי֥וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”

So the priest gave him holy [ergänzt: bread]; for there was no bread there but the show bread, that was taken from before Yahweh, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

הָ֨יָה Ha.yah “it was”

David said to Ahimelech, Isn't there here under your hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.

הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “it was”

Everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented, gathered themselves to him; and he became captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.

וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “he became”וַיִּהְי֣וּ (יִּהְי֣וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”

He brought them before the king of Moab: and they lived with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.

הֱיוֹת־ he.yot- “[the] being of”

It happened, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

He said to him, Don't be afraid; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you; and you shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you; and that also Saul my father knows.

אֶֽהְיֶה־ 'eh.yeh- “I will become”

Please go make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt is, [ergänzt: and] who has seen him there; for it is told me that he deals very subtly.

תִּֽהְיֶ֣ה tih.Yeh “it is”

See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hides himself, and come you again to me of a certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall happen, if he be in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.

וְהָיָה֙ (הָיָה֙) ha.Yah “it will be”

Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.

וַיְהִ֨י (יְהִ֨י) y.Hi “he was”

It happened, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En Gedi.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

It happened afterward, that David's heart struck him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

Yahweh judge between me and you, and Yahweh avenge me of you; but my hand shall not be on you.

תִֽהְיֶה־ tih.yeh- “it will be”

As says the proverb of the ancients, Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness; but my hand shall not be on you.

תִֽהְיֶה־ tih.yeh- “it will be”

Yahweh therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand.

וְהָיָ֤ה (הָיָ֤ה) ha.Yah “he will become”

It came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, Is this your voice, my son David? Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

There was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

וַיְהִ֛י (יְהִ֛י) y.Hi “it was”

Now I have heard that you have shearers: your shepherds have now been with us, and we did them no hurt, neither was there anything missing to them, all the while they were in Carmel.

הָי֣וּ ha.Yu “they have been”הֱיוֹתָ֥ם (הֱיוֹתָ֥) he.yo.Ta “being”

But the men were very good to us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we anything, as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields:

בִּֽהְיוֹתֵ֖נוּ (הְיוֹתֵ֖) h.yo.Te. “were”

they were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

הָי֣וּ ha.Yu “they were”הֱיוֹתֵ֥נוּ (הֱיוֹתֵ֥) he.yo.Te. “being”

It was so, as she rode on her donkey, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that behold, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.

וְהָיָ֞ה (הָיָ֞ה) ha.Yah “it was”

Now therefore, my lord, as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, seeing Yahweh has withheld you from blood guiltiness, and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now therefore let your enemies, and those who seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

יִֽהְי֤וּ yih.Yu “may they be”

Though men be risen up to pursue you, and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with Yahweh your God; and the souls of your enemies, them shall he sling out, as from the hollow of a sling.

וְֽהָיְתָה֩ (הָיְתָה֩) ha.ye.Tah “it will be”