H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

וּתְהִ֗י (תְהִ֗י) te.Hi “you are”

Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as a field [ergänzt: of grain] before it is grown up.

הָי֞וּ ha.Yu “they were”

And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.

וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”

Then came the word of Jehovah to Isaiah, saying,

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it came”

And Hezekiah was glad of them, and showed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious oil, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah showed them not.

הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “it was”

Then said he, What have they seen in thy house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in my house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not showed them.

הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “it was”

And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

וְהָיוּ֙ (הָיוּ֙) ha.Yu “they will be”

Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of Jehovah which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.

יִהְיֶ֛ה yih.Yeh “it will be”

Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain:

וְהָיָ֤ה (הָיָ֤ה) ha.Yah “it will become”

Behold, all they that are incensed against thee shall be put to shame and confounded: they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.

יִֽהְי֥וּ yih.Yu “they will be”

Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contend with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

יִהְי֥וּ yih.Yu “they will be”

But this is a people robbed and plundered; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison-houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.

הָי֤וּ ha.Yu “they have become”

Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

יִהְיֶֽה׃ yih.Yeh “it will be”

Then shall it be for a man to burn; and he taketh thereof, and warmeth himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread: yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.

וְהָיָ֤ה (הָיָ֤ה) ha.Yah “it belongs”

Thus saith Jehovah, The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall go after thee, in chains they shall come over; and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, [ergänzt: saying], Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.

יִֽהְי֔וּ yih.Yu “they will belong”

Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth; their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: the things that ye carried about are made a load, a burden to the weary [ergänzt: beast].

הָיוּ֙ ha.Yu “they belong”

And thou saidst, I shall be mistress for ever; so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end thereof.

אֶהְיֶ֣ה 'eh.Yeh “I will be”

Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: it shall not be a coal to warm at, nor a fire to sit before.

הָי֤וּ ha.Yu “they have become”

Thus shall the things be unto thee wherein thou hast labored: they that have trafficked with thee from thy youth shall wander every one to his quarter; there shall be none to save thee.

הָיוּ־ ha.yu- “they have become”

Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; from the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord Jehovah hath sent me, and his Spirit.

הֱיוֹתָ֖הּ (הֱיוֹתָ֖) he.yo.Ta “happened”

Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “it was”

thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the grains thereof: his name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “it was”

And now saith Jehovah that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, and that Israel be gathered unto him (for I am honorable in the eyes of Jehovah, and my God is become my strength);

הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “he has been”

yea, he saith, It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

מִֽהְיוֹתְךָ֥ (הְיוֹתְ) h.yot. “being”לִֽהְי֥וֹת (הְי֥וֹת) h.Yot “be”

And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah; and they that wait for me shall not be put to shame.

וְהָי֨וּ (הָי֨וּ) ha.Yu “they will be”