הָיָה hâyâh

Meaning

to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

In the King James Version: beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

Derivation: a primitive root (compare H1933 (הָוָא));

Where it is used

• Genesis 32:8 He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”
• Genesis 32:10 I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
• Genesis 33:9 “I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”
• Genesis 34:5 Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent about it until they returned.
• Genesis 34:10 You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live here, move about freely, and acquire your own property.”
• Genesis 34:15 We will consent to this on one condition, that you become circumcised like us—every one of your males.
• Genesis 34:16 Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We will dwell among you and become one people.
• Genesis 34:22 But only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us and be one people: if all our men are circumcised as they are.
• Genesis 34:25 Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.
• Genesis 35:3 Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”
• Genesis 35:5 As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.
• Genesis 35:10 And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.
• Genesis 35:11 And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.
• Genesis 35:16 Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.
• Genesis 35:17 During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”
• Genesis 35:18 And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
• Genesis 35:22 While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:
• Genesis 35:28 And Isaac lived 180 years.
• Genesis 36:7 For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock.
• Genesis 36:11 The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
• Genesis 36:12 Additionally, Timna, a concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, gave birth to Amalek. These are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.
• Genesis 36:13 These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.
• Genesis 36:14 These are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah (daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon) whom she bore to Esau: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
• Genesis 36:22 The sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam. Timna was Lotan’s sister.
• Genesis 37:2 This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.
• Genesis 37:20 “Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”
• Genesis 37:23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—
• Genesis 37:27 Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.
• Genesis 38:1 About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.
• Genesis 38:5 Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.
• Genesis 38:7 But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.
• Genesis 38:9 But Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.
• Genesis 38:21 He asked the men of that place, “Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?” “No shrine prostitute has been here,” they answered.
• Genesis 38:22 So Hirah returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her, and furthermore, the men of that place said, ‘No shrine prostitute has been here.’”
• Genesis 38:23 “Let her keep the items,” Judah replied. “Otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you could not find her.”
• Genesis 38:24 About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”
• Genesis 38:27 When the time came for Tamar to give birth, there were twins in her womb.
• Genesis 38:28 And as she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it around his wrist. “This one came out first,” she announced.
• Genesis 38:29 But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.
• Genesis 39:2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.
• Genesis 39:5 From the time that he put Joseph in charge of his household and all he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household on account of him. The LORD’s blessing was on everything he owned, both in his house and in his field.
• Genesis 39:6 So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,
• Genesis 39:7 and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
• Genesis 39:10 Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.
• Genesis 39:11 One day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.
• Genesis 39:13 When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,
• Genesis 39:15 When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
• Genesis 39:18 but when I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
• Genesis 39:19 When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with anger.
• Genesis 39:20 So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,
• Genesis 39:21 the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
• Genesis 39:22 And the warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care, so that he was responsible for all that was done in the prison.
• Genesis 40:1 Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.
• Genesis 40:4 The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,
• Genesis 40:13 Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.
• Genesis 40:20 On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.
• Genesis 41:1 After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,
• Genesis 41:8 In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
• Genesis 41:13 And it happened to us just as he had interpreted: I was restored to my position, and the other man was hanged.”
• Genesis 41:27 Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine.