H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

and he goeth in unto his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth a son, and he calleth his name Beriah, because in evil had been his house, --

הָיְתָ֥ה ha.ye.Tah “it was”

And there are sons to Bela: Addar, and Gera,

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

And the sons of Ulam are men mighty in valour, treading bow, and multiplying sons and son's sons, a hundred and fifty. All these `are' of the sons of Benjamin.

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

and Phinehas son of Eleazar hath been leader over them formerly; Jehovah `is' with him.

הָיָ֧ה ha.Yah “he had been”

At four sides are the gatekeepers, east, west, north, and south.

יִהְי֖וּ yih.Yu “they were”

For in office `are' the four chiefs of the gatekeepers, they are Levites, and they have been over the chambers, and over the treasuries of the house of God,

וְהָיוּ֙ (הָיוּ֙) ha.Yu “they were”

And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that the Philistines come to strip the wounded, and find Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa,

וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

even in time past, even in Saul's being king, it is thou who art taking out and bringing in Israel, and Jehovah thy God saith to thee: Thou dost feed My people Israel, and thou art leader over My people Israel.'

בִּהְי֣וֹת (הְי֣וֹת) h.Yot “was”תִּהְיֶ֣ה tih.Yeh “you will be”

And David saith, `Whoever smiteth the Jebusite first doth become head and prince;' and go up first doth Joab son of Zeruiah and becometh head.

יִהְיֶ֥ה yih.Yeh “he will become”וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “he became”

he hath been with David in Pas-Dammim, and the Philistines have been gathered there to battle, and a portion of the field is full of barley, and the people have fled from the face of the Philistines,

הָיָ֨ה ha.Yah “he was”וַתְּהִ֛י (תְּהִ֛י) te.Hi “it was”

And Abishai brother of Joab, he hath been head of the three: and he is lifting up his spear against three hundred -- wounded, and hath a name among three.

הָיָה֙ ha.Yah “he was”

Of the three by the two he is honoured, and becometh their head; and unto the `first' three he hath not come.

וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “he became”

and David goeth out before them, and answereth and saith to them, `If for peace ye have come in unto me, to help me, I have a heart to unite with you; and if to betray me to mine adversaries -- without violence in my hands -- the God of our fathers doth see and reprove.'

יִֽהְיֶה־ yih.yeh- “it will belong”

and they have helped with David over the troop, for mighty of valour `are' all of them, and they are captains in the host,

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

and they are there, with David, three days, eating and drinking, for their brethren have prepared for them.

וַיִּהְיוּ־ (יִּהְיוּ) i.yih.yu- “they were”

and these `are' the names of the children whom he hath in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,

הָיוּ־ ha.yu- “they belonged”

and it cometh to pass, when thou hearest the sound of the stepping at the heads of the mulberries, then thou goest out into battle, for God hath gone out before thee to smite the camp of the Philistines.'

וִ֠יהִי (יהִי) hi “may it be”

And it is David, and the elders of Israel, and the heads of the thousands, who are going to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah from the house of Obed-Edom with joy;

וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “it was”

and it cometh to pass, in God's helping the Levites bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, that they sacrifice seven bullocks and seven rams.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

and it cometh to pass, the ark of the covenant of Jehovah is entering in unto the city of David, and Michal daughter of Saul is looking through the window, and seeth king David dancing and playing, and despiseth him in her heart.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

When ye are few of number, As a little thing, and sojourners in it.

בִּֽהְיֽוֹתְכֶם֙ (הְיֽוֹתְ) h.yot. “were”

And it cometh to pass as David sat in his house, that David saith unto Nathan the prophet, `Lo, I am dwelling in a house of cedars, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah `is' under curtains;'

וַיְהִ֕י (יְהִ֕י) y.Hi “it was”

And it cometh to pass on that night that a word of God is unto Nathan, saying,

וַֽיְהִ֖י (יְהִ֖י) y.Hi “it was”וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it came”

for I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought up Israel till this day, and I am from tent unto tent: and from the tabernacle,

וָֽאֶהְיֶ֛ה (אֶהְיֶ֛ה) 'eh.Yeh “I have been”

`And now, thus dost thou say to My servant, to David, Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, I have taken thee from the habitation, from after the sheep, to be leader over My people Israel,

לִהְי֣וֹת (הְי֣וֹת) h.Yot “be”