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היה

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היה

  • /haːˈjaː/
  • /hɔːˈjɔː/
  • [hɔːˈjɔː]
  • /(h)aˈja/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

From Proto-Semitic *haway- (“to fall, happen, be, become”).

verb הָיָה · hayá · לִהְיוֹת · הָיִיתִי · הָיִינוּ · הָיִיתָ

  1. construction pa'al to exist וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי אוֹר וַיְהִי־אוֹר׃
  2. construction pa'al connects a noun to a prepositional phrase or adjective describing it וְהִתְהַלַּכְתִּי בְּתוֹכְכֶם וְהָיִיתִי לָכֶם לֵאלֹהִים וְאַתֶּם תִּהְיוּ־לִי לְעָם׃
  3. construction pa'al connects a term to its definition תהא f פונקציה מקבוצת השלמים לקבוצת השלמים החיוביים.
  4. construction pa'al connects a subject to a role the subject plays
  5. construction pa'al, before preposition ל־ to be: אִם יִהְיֶה לִי
  6. construction pa'al to happen, take place, occur נֵס גָּדוֹל הָיָה שָׁם.

In English

  • be used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {היה},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%94%D7%99%D7%94},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}