הָיָה
ha.yah
“to be”
Definition
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
a primitive root (compare H1933 (הָוָא));
- to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) --- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
הָיָה appears 2,957 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
And the officer had answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?”So Elisha had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!”
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So will it be on the earthand among the nations,like a harvested olive tree,like a gleaning after a grape harvest.
Their border started at Heleph and the great tree of Zaanannim, passing Adami-nekeb and Jabneel as far as Lakkum and ending at the Jordan.
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