H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

and the wrath of Jehovah is on Judah and Jerusalem, and He giveth them for a trembling, for an astonishment, and for a hissing, as ye are seeing with your eyes.

וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

My sons, be not now at rest, for on you hath Jehovah fixed to stand before Him, to serve Him, and to be to Him ministering and making perfume.'

וְלִהְי֥וֹת (הְי֥וֹת) h.Yot “be”

And the number of the burnt-offerings that the assembly have brought in, is seventy oxen, a hundred rams, lambs two hundred; for a burnt-offering to Jehovah `are' all these.

וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”

Only, the priests have become few, and have not been able to strip the whole of the burnt-offerings, and their brethren the Levites strengthen them till the completion of the work, and till the priests sanctify themselves, for the Levites `are' more upright of heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.

הָי֣וּ ha.Yu “they were”

and rejoice doth Hezekiah and all the people, because of God's giving preparation to the people, for the thing hath been suddenly.

הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “it had happened”

and do not be like your fathers, and like your brethren, who trespassed against Jehovah, God of their fathers, and He giveth them to desolation, as ye do see.

תִּֽהְי֗וּ tih.Yu “you be”

And the runners are passing over from city to city, in the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, even unto Zebulun: and they are laughing at them, and mocking at them,

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

Also, in Judah hath the hand of God been to give to them one heart to do the command of the king and of the heads, in the matter of Jehovah;

הָֽיְתָה֙ ha.ye.Tah “it was”

and there is great joy in Jerusalem; for from the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel there is not like this in Jerusalem,

וַתְּהִ֥י (תְּהִ֥י) te.Hi “it was”

and Hezekiah hath not returned according to the deed `done' unto him, for his heart hath been lofty, and there is wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem;

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “it was”

And Hezekiah hath riches and honour very much, and treasures he hath made to himself of silver, and of gold, and of precious stone, and of spices, and of shields, and of all `kinds' of desirable vessels,

וַיְהִ֧י (יְהִ֧י) y.Hi “it belonged”

and so with the ambassadors of the heads of Babylon, those sending unto him to inquire of the wonder that hath been in the land, God hath left him to try him, to know all in his heart,

הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “it had happened”

And he hath built altars in the house of Jehovah of which Jehovah had said, `In Jerusalem is My name to the age.'

יִֽהְיֶה־ yih.yeh- “it will be”

And it cometh to pass, at the king's hearing the words of the law, that he rendeth his garments,

וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

and they are mocking at the messengers of God, and despising His words, and acting deceitfully with His prophets, till the going up of the fury of Jehovah against His people -- till there is no healing.

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

And he removeth those left of the sword unto Babylon, and they are to him and to his sons for servants, till the reigning of the kingdom of Persia,

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

who `is' among you of all His people? His God is with him, and he doth go up to Jerusalem, that `is' in Judah, and build the house of Jehovah, God of Israel -- He `is' God -- that `is' in Jerusalem.

יְהִ֤י ye.Hi “may he be”

And it cometh to pass, the people of the land are making the hands of the people of Judah feeble, and troubling them in building,

וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

And we journey from the river Ahava, on the twelfth of the first month, to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God hath been upon us, and He delivereth 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 to them, and to their sons, and the holy seed have mingled themselves among the peoples of the lands, and the hand of the heads and of the seconds have been first in this trespass.'

הָֽיְתָ֛ה ha.ye.Tah “it has been”

`And now, as a small moment hath grace been from Jehovah our God, to leave to us an escape, and to give to us a nail in His holy place, by our God's enlightening our eyes, and by giving us a little quickening in our servitude;

הָיְתָ֨ה ha.ye.Tah “it has come”

Words of Nehemiah son of Hachaliah. And it cometh to pass, in the month of Chisleu, the twentieth year, and I have been in Shushan the palace,

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

And it cometh to pass, at my hearing these words, I have sat down, and I weep and mourn `for' days, and I am fasting and praying before the God of the heavens.

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

let Thine ear be, I pray Thee, attentive, and Thine eyes open, to hearken unto the prayer of Thy servant, that I am praying before Thee to-day, by day and by night, concerning the sons of Israel Thy servants, and confessing concerning the sins of the sons of Israel, that we have sinned against Thee; yea, I and the house of my father have sinned;

תְּהִ֣י te.Hi “may it be”

and ye have turned back unto Me, and kept My commands, and done them -- if your outcast is in the end of the heavens, thence I gather them, and have brought them in unto the place that I have chosen to cause My name to tabernacle there.

יִהְיֶ֨ה yih.Yeh “it will be”