times; Inf. abs. הָיֹו Gn 18:18 + 3 times; הָיֹה 1 K 13:32 Ez 1: 3; cstr. הֱיֹות Gn 2:18 +, so read prob. also for הֱיֵה Ez 21:15 cf. Sm Kö i p. 600 f. ( Co em. היה־לה to הָהֵל shine, glitter ); with pref. בִּהְיֹות Ex 5:13 +, בִּהְיֹת Ex 19:16 +; לִהְיֹות Gn 10:8 +, לִהְיֹת Ex 23:1 +; sf. הֱיֹותִי Jon 4: 2; הֱיֹותְךָ Ju 18:19 (×2); לִהְיֹתְךָ Dt 26:1 9, etc.; Pt. f. הֹויָה Ex 9: 3.
I.
1.
a.
Fall out, happen
מֶה־הָיָה הַדָּבָר
1 S 4:16
how has the matter fallen out
, (
gone, turned out
)? so
2 S 1:4
;
מֶה־הָיָה לֹו
Ex 32:
1,
23
(both JE)
what has happened to him?
cf.
1 S 10:1
2;
מִקְרֶה הוּא הָיָה לָנוּ
1 S 6:9
a chance it is that has befallen us;
also
וַיְהִי־לֹו כֵּן
2 K 7:20
and so it happened to him
,
cf.
וַיְהִי־כֵן
infr.
b.
occur, take place, come about, come to pass:
—
גְדֹולָה הָֽיְתָה בָּעָם מַגֵּפָה
1 S 4:17
a great slaughter has taken place among the people
,
cf.
2 S 17:
9;
הַמִּלְחָמָה בְּיַעַר אֶפְרַיִם וַתְּהִי
2 S 18:6
and the battle took place in the wood of Ephraim
(on
אפרים
cf.
Klo D
r);
Jos 22:17
(
P
; of plague);
תְּהִי נָא אָלָה
Gn 26:28
(
J
)
let an oath take place
(be taken) so
Ju 21:5
;
cf.
2 K 17:7
(
si vera l.
),
Ez 16:34
; especially late,
2 Ch 29:36
;
32:31 Ec 1:
9,
10
;
3:22
;
8:7
;
10:14
etc.; often of fulfilment of prediction, command, expectation, etc.:—
כֵּן הָיָה
Gn 41:3
(
E
)
so it came to pass
,
2 S 13:25
,
וַיְהִי־כֵן
Ju 6:38 2 K 15:12 Is 29:5
, & especially
וַיְהִי־כֵן
Gn 1:
7,
9
,
11
,
15
,
24
,
30
(all
P
)
+
;
יְהִי
כִדְבָרֶ˜ךָ
Gn 30:34
let it be as thou sayest
,
Zc 6:15
,
v.
also
לֹא תָקוּם וְלֹא יִהְיֶה
Is 7:7
it shall not arise
(be realized)
& shall not come
about,
14:34
; (so often
בֹּוא
q.v.
2 c,
p. 98
supr.
)
2.
especially & very often,
come about, come to pass
sq.
substantive (subj.) cl. almost always
+
modifying (usually temporal) cl. or phr.:
a.
(1)
וַיְהִי
and it came to pass
that, most often (
c.
292 times) foll. by (
a
)
Impf. consec
.:
α.
with
Inf.
c.
ךְּ
temp.
Gn 12:14
;
19:17
(both
J
)
+
75 times
+
Est 3:4
Qr
(
Hex
chiefly
J
,—so always Gn,—& JE;
P
only
Ex 16:10
,
D
only
Dt 5:20
;
31:24 Jos 5:
1;
9:1
;
27
times in
K
),—somewhat diff. is
2 K 7:18
;
β.
with
Inf.
c.
בְּ
Gn 4:
8;
11:2
(both
J
)
+
29 times
+
Est 3:4
Kt
(in
Hex
10 times JE; 3 times
P
,
Gn 19:29 Ex 34:29 Nu 17:7
; not in
D
);
γ.
with
בְּ
sq. nom.
temp. (
יֹום
,
בֹּקֶר
, etc.)
Gn 21:22
(
E
)
26:32
(
J
)
+
45 times (
Hex
14 times JE; 3 times
P
,
Ex 6:28
;
16:13 Nu 7:
1; not
D
);
δ.
לְ
Sm R. Smend (rarely = Samuel). infr. infra, below.
Klo A. Klostermann. Dr S. R. Driver.
J
Jehovist.
E
Elohist.
Hex
Hexatuch.
D
Deuteronomist in Dt., in other books Deuteronomic author or redactor.
K
E. Kautzsch (in B. Aram. Appendix).
nom.
nomen,
noun.