1. הָיָה
fall out, come to pass, become, be
The corpus record — Hebrew
הָיְתָ֥ה
hayah · vb
fall out, come to pass, become, be
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Distribution
- Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) 3,575 · 116.53/10k
Senses
2. הָיָה
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
Attestations
- הָיְתָ֥ה Genesis 1:2 (BHS)
- יְהִ֣י Genesis 1:3 (BHS)
- וַֽ/יְהִי Genesis 1:3 (BHS)
- וַֽ/יְהִי Genesis 1:5 (BHS)
- וַֽ/יְהִי Genesis 1:5 (BHS)
- יְהִ֥י Genesis 1:6 (BHS)
6 of 3,575 attestations shown.
Deep etymology
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