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Deuteronomy 25:19

“Therefore it shall be, when the Lord thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

הָיָהhâyâh · haw-yaw
H1961 · Hebrew

Definition: to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
Derivation: a primitive root (compare H1933 (הָוָא));
KJV renderings: beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
הָיָ֡ה — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqq3ms
Usage: Occurs 3,575 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:2 Genesis 1:3 Genesis 1:3 Genesis 1:5 Genesis 1:5

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read הָיָה here.

Verse 18

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.