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Numbers 7:1

“And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them;” (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
  • וַ — conjunction
  • יְהִ֡י — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqw3ms
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.

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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.