Words

הָיָה H1961

Home gloss

be; become (with לְ)

Instead of (KJV / RSV)

be

Note

"Let light be," "and it was thus"; the LXX version has γίνομαι "come to be". With לְ of the result, "become" by construction: "became a living soul" (2:7), "become a flood" (9:15)

Rulings

6, 52, 104

Occurrences (90)

Genesis 1

• 1:2 now the land was tohubohu, and darkness was on the face of Abyss, and the wind of Elohim was fluttering on the face of the waters—
• 1:3 and Elohim said, "Let light be," and light was.
• 1:6 And Elohim said, "Let a hammered sheet be in the middle of the waters, and let it be distinguishing between waters to waters."
• 1:14 And Elohim said, "Let light-givers be in the hammered sheet of the skies, to distinguish between the day and between the night; and let them be for signs and for appointed feasts, and for days and years;

Genesis 2

• 2:5 now no shrub of the field was yet in the land, and no plant of the field had yet sprung up, for Elohim had not made it rain on the land, and human there was none to serve the ground;
• 2:7 and Elohim shaped the human, dust from the ground, and blew into his nostrils breath of life; and the human became a living soul.
• 2:10 And a river goes out from Eden to give drink to the garden, and from there it separates and becomes four heads.
• 2:18 And Elohim said, "It is not good for the human to be alone; I will make for him a help as one opposite him."
• 2:24 Thus a man forsakes his father and his mother and clings to his woman, and they become one flesh.

Genesis 3

• 3:1 And the serpent was more shrewd than every living thing of the field that Elohim had made; and he said to the woman, "Is it even so, that Elohim said, 'You shall not eat from every tree of the garden'?"
• 3:5 for Elohim knows that on the day you eat from it, then your eyes will be opened, and you will be like elohim, knowing good and bad."
• 3:20 And the man called the name of his woman Eve, for she was the mother of all living.
• 3:22 And Elohim said, "Look, the human has become like one of us, to know good and bad; and now, lest he send his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live to the age—"

Genesis 4

• 4:2 And she added to bear his brother, Abel. And Abel was shepherding flock, and Cain was serving ground.
• 4:2 And she added to bear his brother, Abel. And Abel was shepherding flock, and Cain was serving ground.
• 4:3 And it was, at the end of days, and Cain brought from the fruit of the ground a gift to .
• 4:8 And Cain said to Abel his brother. And it was, when they were in the field, and Cain rose against Abel his brother and killed him.
• 4:8 And Cain said to Abel his brother. And it was, when they were in the field, and Cain rose against Abel his brother and killed him.
• 4:12 When you serve the ground, it shall not add to give its power to you; a waverer and a wanderer you shall be in the land."
• 4:14 Look, you have driven me out this day from on the face of the ground, and from your face I shall be hidden; and I shall be a waverer and a wanderer in the land, and it shall be: everyone finding me will kill me."
• 4:14 Look, you have driven me out this day from on the face of the ground, and from your face I shall be hidden; and I shall be a waverer and a wanderer in the land, and it shall be: everyone finding me will kill me."
• 4:17 And Cain knew his woman, and she conceived and bore Enoch. And he was building a city, and he called the name of the city like the name of his son, Enoch.
• 4:20 And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of dweller in tent and livestock.
• 4:21 And the name of his brother Jubal; he was the father of everyone grasping lyre and pipe.

Genesis 5

• 5:4 And the days of Adam, after he produced Seth, were eight hundred years; and he produced sons and daughters.
• 5:5 And all the days of Adam that he lived were nine hundred years and thirty years, and he died.
• 5:8 And all the days of Seth were twelve years and nine hundred years, and he died.
• 5:11 And all the days of Enosh were five years and nine hundred years, and he died.
• 5:14 And all the days of Kenan were ten years and nine hundred years, and he died.
• 5:17 And all the days of Mahalalel were five and ninety years and eight hundred years, and he died.
• 5:20 And all the days of Jared were two and sixty years and nine hundred years, and he died.
• 5:23 And all the days of Enoch were five and sixty years and three hundred years.
• 5:27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine and sixty years and nine hundred years, and he died.
• 5:31 And all the days of Lamech were seven and seventy years and seven hundred years, and he died.
• 5:32 And Noah was a son of five hundred years, and Noah produced Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 6

• 6:1 And it was, when the human began to be many on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them,
• 6:3 And said, "My spirit shall not hold court in the human to the age, in that he too is flesh; and his days shall be a hundred and twenty years."
• 6:4 The Nephilim were in the land in those days, and also after it was thus, when the sons of the elohim came to the daughters of the human and they bore to them: they were the mighty ones who were from the age, the men of the name.
• 6:9 These are the producings of Noah. Noah: a just man, whole he was in his generations; with the elohim walked about Noah.
• 6:19 And from all the living, from all flesh, two from all you shall bring into the box, to keep alive with you; male and female they shall be.
• 6:21 And you, take for yourself from all fare that is eaten, and gather it to yourself; and it shall be for you and for them for eating."

Genesis 7

• 7:6 And Noah was a son of six hundred years, and the flood was, waters on the land.
• 7:10 And it was, at the seven of the days, and the waters of the flood were on the land.
• 7:10 And it was, at the seven of the days, and the waters of the flood were on the land.
• 7:12 And the downpour was on the land forty days and forty nights.
• 7:17 And the flood was forty days on the land; and the waters were many and lifted the box, and it was high from on the land.

Genesis 8

• 8:5 And the waters were going and lacking until the tenth month; in the tenth, on one of the month, the heads of the mountains were seen.
• 8:6 And it was, at the end of forty days, and Noah opened the window of the box that he had made.
• 8:13 And it was, in one and six hundred years, in the first, on one of the month, the waters were parched from on the land; and Noah removed the covering of the box and saw, and look, the face of the ground was parched.

Genesis 9

• 9:2 And the awe of you and the dismay of you shall be on every living thing of the land and on every flyer of the skies; in all with which the ground creeps, and in all the fish of the sea: into your hand they are given.
• 9:3 Every creeper that is living shall be yours for eating; like the green of plant, I have given you everything.
• 9:11 And I will make stand my covenant with you: and all flesh shall not be cut off again by the waters of the flood, and there shall not be again a flood to ruin the land."
• 9:13 my bow I have given in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of covenant between me and between the land.
• 9:14 And it shall be, when I cloud a cloud over the land, and the bow is seen in the cloud,
• 9:15 then I will remember my covenant that is between me and between you and between every living soul in all flesh; and the waters shall not become again a flood to ruin all flesh.
• 9:16 And the bow shall be in the cloud, and I will see it, to remember a covenant of age between Elohim and between every living soul in all flesh that is on the land."
• 9:18 And the sons of Noah who went out from the box were Shem and Ham and Japheth; and Ham, he is the father of Canaan.
• 9:25 And he said,"Cursed is Canaan;a slave of slaves he shall be to his brothers."
• 9:26 And he said,"Blessed is , the Elohim of Shem;and let Canaan be a slave to them.
• 9:27 May Elohim make spacious for Japheth,and may he tent in the tents of Shem;and let Canaan be a slave to them."
• 9:29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred years and fifty years, and he died.

Genesis 10

• 10:8 And Cush bore Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the land.
• 10:9 He was a mighty one of game in the face of ; thus it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty one of game in the face of ."
• 10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
• 10:19 And the border of the Canaanite was from Sidon, as you come toward Gerar, to Gaza; as you come toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
• 10:30 And their seat was from Mesha, as you come toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.

Genesis 11

• 11:1 And all the land was one lip, and words that were one.
• 11:2 And it was, as they broke camp from the east, and they found a plain in the land of Shinar and dwelt there.
• 11:3 And they said, a man to his fellow, "Up, let us brick bricks and burn them for a burning." And the brick was to them for stone, and the bitumen was to them for clay.
• 11:3 And they said, a man to his fellow, "Up, let us brick bricks and burn them for a burning." And the brick was to them for stone, and the bitumen was to them for clay.
• 11:30 And Sarai was barren: there was none to her, offspring.
• 11:32 And the days of Terah were five years and two hundred years, and Terah died in Harran.

Genesis 12

• 12:2 And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make great your name; and be a blessing.
• 12:10 And there was hunger in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the hunger was heavy in the land.
• 12:11 And it was, as he drew near to come into Egypt, and he said to Sarai his woman, "Look, please: I know that a woman beautiful of sight are you.
• 12:12 And it will be, when the Egyptians see you, and they will say, 'His woman is this'; and they will kill me, and you they will keep alive.
• 12:14 And it was, as Abram came into Egypt, and the Egyptians saw the woman, that she was very beautiful.
• 12:16 And to Abram he did well for her sake, and there were to him flock and herd and donkeys and slaves and maids and she-donkeys and camels.

Genesis 13

• 13:3 And he went by his stages from the Negev to Bethel, as far as the place where his tent had been at the start, between Bethel and between Ai,
• 13:5 And also to Lot, who was going with Abram, there were flock and herd and tents.
• 13:6 And the land did not lift them, to dwell together; for their gains were vast, and they were not able to dwell together.
• 13:7 And there was quarrel between the shepherds of Abram's livestock and between the shepherds of Lot's livestock. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite were then dwelling in the land.
• 13:8 And Abram said to Lot, "Let there please not be quarreling between me and between you, and between my shepherds and between your shepherds; for men, brothers, are we.

Genesis 14

• 14:1 And it was in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations:

Genesis 15

• 15:1 After these words, the word of was to Abram in the vision, saying, "Do not fear, Abram: I am a shield to you, your wage made many, very much."
• 15:5 And he brought him out outside and said, "Look, please, skyward, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." And he said to him, "So shall your seed be."
• 15:12 And it was: the sun was about to come in, and a trance fell on Abram; and look, a dread, a great darkness, falling on him.
• 15:13 And he said to Abram, "Knowing you shall know that your seed shall be a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they shall serve them, and they shall afflict them, four hundred years.
• 15:17 And it was: the sun had come in, and dusk there was; and look, an oven of smoke and a torch of fire, which passed between these sections.
• 15:17 And it was: the sun had come in, and dusk there was; and look, an oven of smoke and a torch of fire, which passed between these sections.