H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

It was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags and counted the money that was found in the house of Yahweh.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

The money for the trespass-offerings, and the money for the sin-offerings, was not brought into the house of Yahweh: it was the priests'.

יִהְיֽוּ׃ yih.Yu “they belonged”

It happened, as they were burying a man, that behold, they spied a band; and they cast the man into the tomb of Elisha: and as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.

וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”

He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem.

הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “he was”

It happened, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, that he killed his servants who had slain the king his father:

וַיְהִ֕י (יְהִ֕י) y.Hi “it was”

Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “he was”

Yahweh struck the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death, and lived in a separate house. Jotham the king's son was over the household, judging the people of the land.

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “he was”

This was the word of Yahweh which he spoke to Jehu, saying, Your sons to the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel. So it came to pass.

וַֽיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “it was”

There came against the land Pul the king of Assyria; and Menahem gave Pul one thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.

לִהְי֤וֹת (הְי֤וֹת) h.Yot “be”

He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “he was”

King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, On the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meal-offering, and the king's burnt offering, and his meal-offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: but the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire by.

יִֽהְיֶה־ yih.yeh- “it will belong”

He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, yet not as the kings of Israel who were before him.

הָי֖וּ ha.Yu “they were”

Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute.

וַֽיְהִי־ (יְהִי) y.hi- “he became”

It was so, because the children of Israel had sinned against Yahweh their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

So it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they didn't fear Yahweh: therefore Yahweh sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

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

So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and lived in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear Yahweh.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “he was”

However every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities in which they lived.

וַיִּהְי֣וּ (יִּהְי֣וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”

So they feared Yahweh, and made to them from among themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.

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

They feared Yahweh, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.

הָי֣וּ ha.Yu “they were”הָי֣וּ ha.Yu “they were”

So these nations feared Yahweh, and served their engraved images; their children likewise, and their children's children, as did their fathers, so do they to this day.

וַיִּהְי֣וּ׀ (יִּהְי֣וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”הָי֣וּ ha.Yu “they were”

Now it happened in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah.

הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “he was”

He removed the high places, and broke the pillars, and cut down the Asherah: and he broke in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made; for to those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan.

הָי֤וּ ha.Yu “they were”

He trusted in Yahweh, the God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor [ergänzt: among them] that were before him.

הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “anyone was”הָי֖וּ ha.Yu “they were”