הָיָה

Strong’s Definition

to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root (compare H1933 (הָוָא));

KJV Usage

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.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(niphal)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: hâyâh; Pronunciation: haw-yaw