הֱיוֹתִ/י֙

𐤄𐤉𐤅𐤕/𐤉

heyoti

I 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

Jonah 4:2 · Word #11

Lexicon H1961

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

Morphology HVqc/Sp1cs All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan q — Qal — Simple active
Conjugation c — Infinitive Construct — The verbal noun ("to ...")

SIBI-P1 H1961-33

I coming-to-be

Rootהיה (h-y-h)
Core Meaningsexistence, becoming, occurrence, happening, being
Semantic Rangeto exist, be or become, come to pass, happen, fall out, occur, arise; in Hiphil: cause to be, make to become, bring about
Conceptual SignificanceAs the most frequent verb in the Hebrew Bible, היה undergirds God's self-revelation as 'I AM' (Exodus 3:14, from related אֶהְיֶה), emphasizing divine aseity and faithful presence; it frames creation, covenant promises, prophecy fulfillment, and personal transformation, linking identity and events to God's sovereign word.
Morphological NotesHiphil (causative) Qal participle, 1st person common singular (HVqc/Sp1cs); inflected form הֱיוֹתִי from lemma הָיָה.
Rendering RationaleThis rendering preserves the root's emphatic sense of dynamic existence and transformation ('to be or become, come to pass') rather than a mere copula, while reflecting the Hiphil stem's causative force as 'coming-to-be' and the 1st person common singular participle morphology as 'I'. It avoids auxiliary-like 'I was' to honor the lexeme's noted emphatic nature. The common gender and singular person are maintained via the simple first-person form.

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

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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