הָ֥יָה

𐤄𐤉𐤄

hayah

there was

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

Daniel 8:7 · Word #15

Lexicon H1961

Lemmaהָיָה
Lemma (Paleo)𐤄𐤉𐤄
Transliterationhâyâh
Strong'sH1961
In-contextthere was

Morphology HVqp3ms All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan q — Qal — Simple active
Conjugation p — Perfect — Completed action
Person 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they")
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular

SIBI-P1 H1961-09

he has caused-to-be

Rootהיה (h-y-h)
Core Meaningsexistence, becoming, occurrence, happening, being
Semantic Rangeto exist, be, become, come to pass, happen, abide, remain, fall out, occur; in Hiphil: cause to be, bring about, constitute, happen (causative sense)
Conceptual SignificanceCentral to biblical theology as the root of YHWH ('He Who Causes-to-Be'), emphasizing God's self-existent, causative being and sovereignty over creation and history; frames narratives of divine action, identity, and fulfillment of promises, linking existence to God's declarative word.
Morphological NotesHiphil (causative) Qatal participle, 3rd person masculine singular (HVqp3ms); functions adjectivally as 'the one who has caused-to-be', with vocalization הָיָה indicating perfective aspect.
Rendering RationaleThe Hiphil stem (HVqp3ms) indicates causative action, where the root's core sense of 'to be/exist/become' is intensified to 'cause to be' or 'bring into existence'; this preserves the emphatic existential force noted in lexicons while reflecting the 3rd masculine singular Qatal participle form, denoting a completed action defining the subject as 'the one who has caused-to-be'. This rendering maintains semantic connections to divine acts of creation and self-revelation, avoiding mere copula translations.

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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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