Original Language Studio
Ezekiel 38:18
“And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord God, that my fury shall come up in my face.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
הָיָהhâyâh · haw-yaw
H1961 · Hebrew
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
- הָיָ֣ה — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 3,575 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:2Genesis 1:3Genesis 1:3Genesis 1:5Genesis 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.
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.