H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

Wherefore the wrath of Jehovah was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to be tossed to and fro, to be an astonishment, and a hissing, as ye see with your eyes.

וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

My sons, be not now negligent; for Jehovah hath chosen you to stand before him, to minister unto him, and that ye should be his ministers, and burn incense.

וְלִהְי֥וֹת (הְי֥וֹת) h.Yot “be”

And the number of the burnt-offerings which the assembly brought was threescore and ten bullocks, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt-offering to Jehovah.

וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”

But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt-offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the priests had sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.

הָי֣וּ ha.Yu “they were”

And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, because of that which God had prepared for the people: for the thing was done suddenly.

הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “it had happened”

And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, who trespassed against Jehovah, the God of their fathers, so that he gave them up to desolation, as ye see.

תִּֽהְי֗וּ tih.Yu “you be”

So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.

וַיִּֽהְי֨וּ (יִּֽהְי֨וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ (יִּֽהְיוּ֙) i.yih.Yu “people were”

Also upon Judah came the hand of God to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by the word of Jehovah.

הָֽיְתָה֙ ha.ye.Tah “it was”

So there was great joy in Jerusalem; for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.

וַתְּהִ֥י (תְּהִ֥י) te.Hi “it was”

But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “it was”

And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honor: and he provided him treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of goodly vessels;

וַיְהִ֧י (יְהִ֧י) y.Hi “it belonged”

Howbeit in [ergänzt: the business of] the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “it had happened”

And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

יִֽהְיֶה־ yih.yeh- “it will be”

And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.

וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of Jehovah arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

וַיִּֽהְי֤וּ (יִּֽהְי֤וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”

And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; and they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:

וַֽיִּהְיוּ־ (יִּהְיוּ) i.yih.yu- “they became”

Whosoever there is among you of all his people, his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of Jehovah, the God of Israel (he is God), which is in Jerusalem.

יְהִ֤י ye.Hi “may he be”

Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,

וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth [ergänzt: day] of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the lier-in-wait by the way.

הָיְתָ֣ה ha.ye.Tah “it was”

For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the peoples of the lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.

הָֽיְתָ֛ה ha.ye.Tah “it has been”

And now for a little moment grace hath been showed from Jehovah our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

הָיְתָ֨ה ha.ye.Tah “it has come”

The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it came to pass in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “it was”הָיִ֖יתִי ha.Yi.ti “I was”

And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,

וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”וָֽאֱהִ֥י (אֱהִ֥י) 'e.Hi “I was”

Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee. Yea, I and my father's house have sinned:

תְּהִ֣י te.Hi “may it be”

but if ye return unto me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there.

יִהְיֶ֨ה yih.Yeh “it will be”