H1961הָיָהfall out, come to pass, become, be
Qal .
I .
1 .
a . Fall out, happen
b . occur, take place, come about, come to pass
2 . esp. & very oft., come about, come to pass
a .
(1) . וַיְהִיand it came to pass that, most often (c. 292 t.)
(2) . rarely also Pf. c. וְ conj. וְהָיָה
b . less oft. וְהָיָה Pf. consec. and it shall come to pass, or frequentat. came to pass (repeatedly, etc.)
II . Come into being, become
1 .
a . abs., in lively narrative, arise, appear, come
b . sq. prep.
2 . become
a . sq. pred. noun (to be viewed as implicit accus.)
b . sq. pred. adj.
c . become like
d . sq. pred. + לְ pers.
e . sq. לְ pred.
f . oft. c. לְ pred. + לְ pers.
g . with עַל and לְ
h . sts. c. לְ pers. only = became the property of, come into the possession of
III . Be (often with subbordinate idea of becoming)
1 . exist, be in existence
2 . abide, remain, continue
3 . with word of locality, be in or at a place, be situated, stand, lie
4 . as copula, joining subj. & pred.
5 . periphrastic conjug.
Niph .
1 . either be done, be brought about, or occur, come to pass
2 . be done, finished, gone