וְ/הָיוּ֩

𐤅/𐤄𐤉𐤅

vehayu

and they shall 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

Exodus 28:43 · Word #1

Lexicon H1961

Lemmaהָיָה
Lemma (Paleo)𐤄𐤉𐤄
Transliterationhâyâh
Strong'sH1961
In-contextand they shall be

Morphology HC/Vqq3cp All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan q — Qal — Simple active
Conjugation q — Sequential Perfect — Perfect with waw-consecutive, continuing a narrative
Person 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they")
Gender c — Common — Common (both genders)
Number p — Plural — Plural

SIBI-P1 H1961-86

and they will come-to-be

Morphological NotesHC/Vqq3cp: Waw-consecutive + Qal imperfective, 3rd person common plural (וְהָי֤וּ etc.); functions as future perfective 'and they will be/come to pass' in narrative sequences.
Rendering RationaleThis rendering preserves the root's emphatic sense of dynamic existence and transformation ('come-to-be') rather than a mere copula, distinguishing it from auxiliary uses, while exactly reflecting the morphology as a 3rd person common plural consecutive imperfect (waw-consecutive Qal imperfect 3cp).[5]

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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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