The 400 Most Frequently Occuring Hebrew Words
Number 10
This is our 2nd VERB
hayah
"hayah" occurs 3,502 times in the Tanach.
The marks below the Hey ה and the י are the Hebrew vowel points QAMETS - they both gives the Hey and the Yod an "aw" sound.
QAMETS is written in English as "a"
היה = hayah is a verb to be, was, to become, come to pass
All Hebrew verbs have many different forms. The following is not all of them for Hayah.
--- = v'-ha-yi-ti = and I will continue to be.
Genesis 17:8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be (
--- = v'-ha-yi-ti ) their God.’
--- = ey-hyeh = I will be.
Exodus 3:14 And God said unto Moses: ‘I AM ( אהיה= ey-hyeh ) THAT ( אשר = asher ) I AM’; ( אהיה= ey-hyeh )
This could be I AM what I AM, or I SHALL BE who I SHALL BE.
Genesis 1:3 And God said: ‘Let there be (
= y'-hi ) light.’ And there was (
= va-y'-hi ) light.
--- You were ( ha-yi-ta )
--- You will be ( ti-h-yeh )
--- We were ( ha-yi-nu )
Genesis 1:15 and let them be ( והיו = v'-ha-yu ) for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth.’ And it was ( וָיהי = va-y'-hi ) so.
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