הָיִ֥ינוּ

𐤄𐤉𐤉𐤍𐤅

hayinu

we were

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

Deuteronomy 6:21 · Word #4

Lexicon H1961

Lemmaהָיָה
Lemma (Paleo)𐤄𐤉𐤄
Transliterationhâyâh
Strong'sH1961
In-contextwe were

Morphology HVqp1cp All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan q — Qal — Simple active
Conjugation p — Perfect — Completed action
Person 1 — 1st person — First person ("I" / "we")
Gender c — Common — Common (both genders)
Number p — Plural — Plural

SIBI-P1 H1961-14

we have become

Morphological NotesHiphil (HV) perfect consecutive 1st person common plural (qp1cp); pronominal suffix -nu indicates 'we'; cantillation varies but form consistent across occurrences.
Rendering RationaleThe Hiphil stem indicates causative or factitive action, shifting from mere existence (Qal) to 'causing to be' or 'becoming,' preserving the root's emphatic sense of dynamic occurrence beyond a copula; the perfect tense denotes completed action, and 1cp morphology is reflected as 'we have become' to maintain first person common plural. This rendering highlights the root's semantic depth of transformative being, as seen in Genesis 1's creative 'it was so.'

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

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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