H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

Now after this, Ben-hadad, king of Aram, got together all his army and went up to make an attack on Samaria, shutting the town in on all sides with his forces.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

And they became very short of food in Samaria; for they kept it shut in till the price of an ass's head was eighty shekels of silver, and a small measure of doves' droppings was five shekels of silver.

וַיְהִ֨י (יְהִ֨י) y.Hi “it was”הֱי֤וֹת he.Yot “was”

And when the king of Israel was going by on the wall, a woman came crying out to him, and said, Help! my lord king.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “he was”

Then the king, hearing what the woman said, took his robes in his hands, violently parting them; and, while he was walking on the wall, the people, looking, saw that under his robe he had haircloth on his flesh.

וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”

Then the captain whose arm was supporting the king said to the man of God, Even if the Lord made windows in heaven, would such a thing be possible? And he said, Your eyes will see it, but you will not have a taste of the food.

הֲיִהְיֶ֖ה (יִהְיֶ֖ה) yih.Yeh “will it happen”

Now there were four lepers seated at the doorway into the town: and they said to one another, Why are we waiting here for death?

הָי֥וּ ha.Yu “they were”

Then the people went out and took the goods from the tents of the Aramaeans. So a measure of good meal was to be had for the price of a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, as the Lord had said.

וַיְהִ֨י (יְהִ֨י) y.Hi “it was”

So the words of the man of God came true, which he said to the king: Two measures of barley will be offered for the price of a shekel and a measure of good meal for a shekel, tomorrow about this time in the market-place of Samaria.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”יִהְיֶה֙ yih.Yeh “it will be”

And that captain said to the man of God, Even if the Lord made windows in heaven, would such a thing be possible? And he said to him, Your eyes will see it, but you will not have a taste of the food.

הֲיִהְיֶ֖ה (יִהְיֶ֖ה) yih.Yeh “will it happen”

And such was his fate; for he was crushed to death under the feet of the people, in the doorway into the town.

וַיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “it happened”

And when the seven years were ended, the woman came back from the land of the Philistines and went to the king with a request for her house and her land.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

And while he was giving the king the story of how Elisha had given life to the dead, the woman whose son had come back to life came to the king with a request for her house and her land. And Gehazi said, My lord king, this is the woman and this is her so

וַ֠יְהִי (יְהִי) y.hi “he was”

Now on the day after, Hazael took the bed-cover, and making it wet with water, put it over Ben-hadad's face, causing his death: and Hazael became king in his place.

וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

He was thirty-two years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for eight years.

הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “he was”

He went in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the family of Ahab did: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

הָֽיְתָה־ ha.ye.tah- “she became”

Then Joram went over to Zair, with all his war-carriages; ... made an attack by night on the Edomites, whose forces were all round him, ... the captains of the war-carriages; and the people went in flight to their tents.

וַֽיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “it was”

So Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, made designs against Joram. (Now Joram and all the army of Israel were keeping watch on Ramoth-gilead because of Hazael, king of Aram:

הָיָ֨ה ha.Yah “he had been”

Now when Joram saw Jehu he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he said in answer, What peace is possible while all the land is full of the disgusting sins of your mother Jezebel, and her secret arts?

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

And the dead body of Jezebel will be like waste dropped on the face of the earth in the heritage of Jezreel; so that they will not be able to say, This is Jezebel.

וְֽהָיְתָ֞ה (הָיְתָ֞ה) ha.yat “it will be”

And when the letter came to them, they took the king's sons and put them to death, all the seventy, and put their heads in baskets and sent them to him at Jezreel.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

And in the morning he went out and, stopping, said to all the people there, You are upright men: it is true that I made designs against my master, and put him to death; but who is responsible for the death of all these?

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “it was”

Then when the burned offering was ended, straight away Jehu said to the armed men and the captains, Go in and put them to death; let not one come out. So they put them to the sword; and, pulling the images to the earth, they went into the holy place of t

וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”

And for six years she kept him safe in the house of the Lord, while Athaliah was ruling over the land.

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “he was”

Will make a circle round the king, every man being armed; and whoever comes inside your lines is to be put to death; keep with the king, when he goes out and when he comes in.

וִהְי֥וּ (הְי֥וּ) h.Yu “be”

And Jehoiada made an agreement between the Lord and the king and the people, that they would be the Lord's people; and in the same way between the king and the people.

לִהְי֥וֹת (הְי֥וֹת) h.Yot “become”