H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldst be 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 house-tops, and as corn blasted before it is grown up.

הָי֞וּ ha.Yu “they were”

And it came to pass, as he was worshiping 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 Armenia: and Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.

וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”

Then came the word of the LORD 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 ointment, 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 did not show them.

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, which 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 to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD 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 crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain.

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

Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that contend with thee shall perish.

יִֽהְי֥וּ yih.Yu “they will be”

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

יִהְי֥וּ yih.Yu “they will be”

But this is a people robbed and pillaged; 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 the LORD, 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: for he will take of it, and warm himself; indeed he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yes, he maketh a god, and worshipeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down to it.

וְהָיָ֤ה (הָיָ֤ה) ha.Yah “it belongs”

Thus saith the LORD, The labor of Egypt, and merchandise of Cush and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down to thee, they shall make supplication to thee, 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 were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your loads were heavy; they were a burden to the weary beast.

הָיוּ֙ ha.Yu “they belong”

And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.

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: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.

הָי֤וּ ha.Yu “they have become”

Thus shall they be to thee with whom thou hast labored, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.

הָיוּ־ ha.yu- “they have become”

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

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

O 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 its gravel; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “it was”

And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.

הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “he has been”

And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldst 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 to 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 to thee with their face towards the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

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