וּ/תְהִי

𐤅/𐤕𐤄𐤉

utehi

that she may be

a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); 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.

H1961

1 Samuel 18:21 · Word #5

Lexicon H1961

Lemmaהָיָה
Lemma (Paleo)𐤄𐤉𐤄
Transliterationhâyâh
Strong'sH1961
In-contextthat she may be

Morphology HC/Vqj3fs All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan q — Qal — Simple active
Conjugation j — Jussive — Third-person wish or command
Person 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they")
Gender f — Feminine — Feminine
Number s — Singular — Singular

SIBI-P1 H1961-64

and she would become

Morphological NotesWaw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3fs (vqj3fs); the וּ prefix creates sequential past narrative ('and [then] she would'), with תְהִי as the 3fs form indicating jussive or cohortative nuance in imperfect.
Rendering RationaleThis rendering preserves the core semantics of הָיָה as dynamic 'becoming' or 'coming to pass' rather than a static copula, while the conjunction וּ ('and') and sequential imperfect tense are reflected as 'would become' to capture the narrative waw-conversive aspect common in Hebrew storytelling. The morphology HC/Vqj3fs specifies 3rd feminine singular Qal jussive/imperfect, accurately rendered with the feminine 'she' to maintain grammatical gender, number, and person.

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Words from Root היה (existence, becoming, occurrence, happening, being)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H3068-01 bayhovah in-the-Self-Existent-One
H3068-02 bayhvah in the Self-Existent One
H3050-01 beyah in Yah

Word Usage (3575 occurrences of H1961)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 1:2 הָיְתָ֥ה hayetah was
Genesis 1:3 יְהִ֣י yehi let there be
Genesis 1:3 וַֽ/יְהִי vayehi and there was
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