H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

And so the wrath of the Lord has come on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has given them up to be a cause of fear and wonder and shame, as your eyes have seen.

וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

My sons, take care now: for you have been marked out by the Lord to come before him and to be his servants, burning offerings to him.

וְלִהְי֥וֹת (הְי֥וֹת) h.Yot “be”

The number of burned offerings which the people took in was seventy oxen, a hundred male sheep, and two hundred lambs: all these were for burned offerings to the Lord.

וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”

There were not enough priests for the work of cutting up all the burned offerings; so their brothers the Levites gave them help till the work was done and the priests had made themselves holy: for the Levites were more upright in heart to make themselves

הָי֣וּ ha.Yu “they were”

And Hezekiah and all the people were full of joy, because God had made the people ready: for the thing was done suddenly.

הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “it had happened”

Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were sinners against the Lord, the God of their fathers, so that he made them a cause of fear, as you see.

תִּֽהְי֗וּ tih.Yu “you be”

So the runners went from town to town through all the country of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun: but they were laughed at and made sport of.

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

And in Judah the power of God gave them one heart to do the orders of the king and the captains, which were taken as the word of the Lord.

הָֽיְתָה֙ ha.ye.Tah “it was”

So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for nothing like this had been seen in Jerusalem from the time of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.

וַתְּהִ֥י (תְּהִ֥י) te.Hi “it was”

But Hezekiah did not do as had been done to him; for his heart was lifted up in pride; and so wrath came on him and on Judah and Jerusalem.

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “it was”

And Hezekiah had very great wealth and honour; and he made himself store-houses for his gold and silver and jewels and spices, and for body-covers and all sorts of beautiful vessels.

וַיְהִ֧י (יְהִ֧י) y.Hi “it belonged”

However, in the business of the representatives sent by the rulers of Babylon to get news of the wonder which had taken place in the land, God gave up guiding him, testing him to see what was in his heart.

הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “it had happened”

And he made altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will my name be for ever.

יִֽהְיֶה־ yih.yeh- “it will be”

And the king, hearing the words of the law, took his robe in his hands, violently parting it as a sign of his grief.

וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

But they put shame on the servants of God, making sport of his words and laughing at his prophets, till the wrath of God was moved against his people, till there was no help.

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

And all who had not come to death by the sword he took away prisoners to Babylon; and they became servants to him and to his sons till the kingdom of Persia came to power:

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

Whoever there is among you of his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and take in hand the building of the house of the Lord, the God of Israel; he is the God who is in Jerusalem.

יְהִ֤י ye.Hi “may he be”

Then the people of the land made the hands of the people of Judah feeble, troubling them with fear in their building;

וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

Then we went away from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was on us, and he gave us salvation from our haters and those who were waiting to make an attack on us by the way.

הָיְתָ֣ה ha.ye.Tah “it was”

For they have taken their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the peoples of the lands; and in fact the captains and rulers have been the first to do this evil.

הָֽיְתָ֛ה ha.ye.Tah “it has been”

And now for a little time grace has come to us from the Lord our God, to let a small band of us get free and to give us a nail in his holy place, so that our God may give light to our eyes and a measure of new life in our prison chains.

הָיְתָ֨ה ha.ye.Tah “it has come”

The history of Nehemiah, the son of Hacaliah. Now it came about, in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, when I was in Shushan, the king's town,

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

Then, after hearing these words, for some days I gave myself up to weeping and sorrow, seated on the earth; and taking no food I made prayer to the God of heaven,

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

Let your ear now take note and let your eyes be open, so that you may give ear to the prayer of your servant, which I make before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel, your servants, while I put before you the sins of the children

תְּהִ֣י te.Hi “may it be”

But if you come back to me and keep my orders and do them, even if those of you who have been forced out are living in the farthest parts of heaven, I will get them from there, and take them back to the place marked out by me for the resting-place of my

יִהְיֶ֨ה yih.Yeh “it will be”