וְ/הָי֣וּ

𐤅/𐤄𐤉𐤅

vehayu

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

Genesis 6:3 · Word #11

Lexicon H1961

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

Rootהיה (h-y-h)
Core Meaningsexistence, becoming, occurrence, happening, being
Semantic Rangeto exist, be or become, come to pass, happen, occur, fall out, come about; emphatic primitive root, not mere copula; ranges from states of being to events and transformations.[5]
Conceptual SignificanceAs the most frequent Hebrew verb (~3,570 occurrences), הָיָה grounds biblical reality in God's sovereign existence and action, central to divine self-revelation ('I AM,' Exod 3:14 from same root); structures narrative ('vayehi,' and it came to pass) and prophecy, affirming God's control over history, creation, and eschatological fulfillment.[5]
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]

AI-generated (perplexity/sonar-pro)

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
H1961-01 biheyot in-being
H1961-02 biheyotam in their being
H1961-03 biheyotekhe in-your-becoming
H1961-04 biheyotekhem in your being
H1961-05 biheyotenu in our being
H1961-06 biheyoto in his being
H165-01 ehi I will become / I will be
H1961-08 haniheyah has he become?
H1961-09 hayah he has caused-to-be
H1961-10 hayatah she has become
H1961-11 hayetah she had become
H3068-03 hayhvah the self-Existent One
H1961-12 hayi may you become
H1961-13 hayiheyeh will he come-to-be?
H1961-14 hayinu we have become
H1961-15 hayit you have caused yourself to exist
H1961-16 hayita you have become
H1961-17 hayite you have become
H1961-18 hayiti I have come-to-be
H1961-19 hayo they-caused-to-become
H1961-21 haytah she has become
H1961-23 hehayetah she has become
H1961-24 heyeh cause yourself to be
H1961-25 heyitem you (masculine plural) have become
H1961-26 heyot becoming
H1961-27 heyotah her causing-to-be
H1961-29 heyotekha your causing to become
H1961-30 heyotekhe your becoming
H1961-31 heyotekhem your causing-to-exist
H1961-32 heyotenu our becoming
H1961-33 heyoti I coming-to-be
H1961-34 heyoto his causing-to-be
H1961-35 heyu become ye
H1961-36 hoyah she will be causing
H1961-37 hyh he-has-become
H1961-38 hyyth you have caused to become
H1961-39 hyyty you have been
H3068-04 kayhvah like-the-Self-Existent-One
H1961-40 keshehayah as/when he was becoming
H3068-05 layehvah to-the-Self-Existent-One
H3068-06 layhovah to the Self-Existent One
H3068-07 layhvah to the Self-Existent One
H1961-41 liheyot for becoming
H1961-42 liheyotekhem for you (masculine plural) to be
H3068-08 meyehvah from the One Who Is
H1961-43 miheyot from becoming
H1961-44 miheyotam their having become
H1961-45 miheyotekha from your being
H1961-46 niheyah that which has become
H1961-47 niheyatah she has become
H1961-48 niheyeh we will be brought into being
H1961-49 niheyetah she had become
H1961-50 niheyeyta you have come-to-be
H1961-51 niheyeyti I became
H1961-52 shehayah that he has become
H1961-53 shehayu they-who-had-become
H3068-10 sheyahvah that-YHWH
H1961-54 sheyiheyeh that he comes-to-be
H1961-55 sheyiheyu that they become
H1961-56 tehi cause her to exist
H1961-57 tiheyeh you shall become
H1961-59 tiheyeyna you-all-females shall come-to-be-your-masc
H1961-60 tiheyeynah they will come-to-be
H1961-61 tiheyi you shall come-to-be
H1961-62 tiheyu you-all become
H1961-63 tiheyun you shall become
H3068-11 umeyehvah and from the One-Who-Is
H1961-64 utehi and she would become
H3068-12 uvayhvah and against the Self-Existent One
H1961-65 vaeheyeh and I will be
H1961-66 vaehi and I came-to-be
H1961-67 vanehi and we came-to-be
H1961-68 vaniheyeh and we came-to-be
H1961-69 vatehi and she became
H1961-70 vatiheyenah and they came-to-be
H1961-71 vatiheyeyna and you(pl.f) became
H1961-72 vatiheyeynah and they were-coming-to-be
H1961-73 vatiheyi and you became
H1961-74 vatiheyu and you-men became
H1961-75 vayehi And he became
H3068-13 vayhovah and the Self-Existent One
H3068-14 vayhvah and the Self-Existent One
H1961-76 vayiheyu and they came-to-be
H1961-77 veeheyeh and I will be
H1961-78 vehayah and he will be
H1961-79 vehayetah and she will become
H1961-80 vehayinu and we were
H1961-81 vehayit and **you shall be**
H1961-82 vehayita and you will **be**
H1961-83 vehayitah and you became (m.s.); and she became
H1961-84 vehayite and you will **be**
H1961-85 vehayiti and I will come-to-be
H1961-87 veheyeh and you be
H3068-15 velayhvah and-to-the-Self-Existent-One
H3069-01 veleyhvih and to YHWH (He-Is)
H1961-88 veliheyot and for **becoming**
H1961-89 veliheyotekha and for your becoming
H1961-90 veniheyatah and she shall become
H1961-91 veniheyeh and we will become
H1961-92 vetiheyenah and they shall become
H1961-93 vetiheyeynah and you-all-females shall become
H1961-95 vhyh and he came-to-be
H1961-96 vhyt and she will come-to-be
H1961-97 vhyv and they will exist
H1961-98 viheyitem and you-all shall come-to-be
H1961-99 viheyot in their being
H1961-100 viheyu and you shall become
H1961-101 vihi And he shall come-to-be
H1961-102 vyhyv and they came-to-be
H3050-02 yah Yah (He-Is)
H1961-103 yehi let him be/exist
H3068-16 yehovah He Who Is
H3069-02 yehovih He-Is (YHWH)
H3058-02 yehu YHWH‑Is‑He
H3068-17 yehvah the Being One
H3069-03 yehvih He-Is
H1961-104 yhy he-causes-to-exist
H1961-105 yhyh he will cause-to-be
H1961-106 yiheyeh he will be
H1961-107 yiheyu they shall come-to-be

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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