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Hebrew wordlink #136890

OSHB 1 Sam 22:4 הֱיוֹת (hₑyōt) Strongs=1961 Lemma=‘הָיָה’
contextual word gloss=‘of_the_being’ word gloss=‘to_be’
Morphology=Vqc PoS=qal_verb Type=infinitive_construct
Year=-1062 TimeSeries=Reign_of_Saul

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Other uses (15) of identical word form הֱיוֹת (Morphology=Vqc PoS=qal_verb Type=infinitive_construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘הֱיוֹת’ (Morphology=Vqc PoS=qal_verb Type=infinitive_construct) has 9 different glosses: ‘belonged’, ‘exactly_(be)’, ‘has_become’, ‘have_become’, ‘of_being’, ‘of_the_being’, ‘to_be’, ‘to_belong’, ‘was’.

GEN 2:18 contextual word gloss=‘to_be’ word gloss=‘to_be’ OSHB GEN 2:18 word 6

OET-LV: 18 And_ YHWH _he/it _said god not is_good to _be the_humankind for_him/it_being _alone I _will _make for_him/it a _helper like_in _front _of_him/it. (GEN_2:18)

OET-RV: 18 Then Yahweh God said, “It’s not good for the man to be alone, so I’ll make a suitable helper for him.” (GEN 2:18)

EXO 8:18 contextual word gloss=‘to_be’ word gloss=‘to_be’ OSHB EXO 8:18 word 12

OET-LV: 18  and_I _will _make _separate on_day (the)_that DOM the _land _of Goshen which people _of_my is_standing on/upon_it(f) to_not to _be there a _swarm so _that you _may _know if/because _that I YHWH am_in_the _midst _of the_earth/land. (EXO_8:18)

OET-RV: 18 and the sorcerers tried to do the same with their magic but they were unable to. So there were lice on people and animals (EXO 8:18)

JOS 11:20 contextual word gloss=‘to_belong’ word gloss=‘to_be’ OSHB JOS 11:20 word 15

OET-LV: 20 If/because from_with YHWH it _was to_strengthen DOM heart _of_their to_meet the_battle with Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) so _as to_totally _destroy _them to_not to _belong to/for_them favour if/because so _as to_destroy _them just_as he _had _commanded YHWH DOM Mosheh. (JOS_11:20)

OET-RV: 20 because it was Yahweh who’d made them stubborn so they’d fight against Yisrael and be completely destroyed without any mercy. Yes, they were annihilated just as Yahweh had instructed Mosheh. (JOS 11:20)

JDG 18:31 contextual word gloss=‘of_the_being’ word gloss=‘to_be’ OSHB JDG 18:31 word 10

OET-LV: 31 And_they _set _up to/for_them DOM the _carved _image _of Mīkāh which he _had _made all _of the _days _of the _being of _the _house _of the_ʼElohīm in_Shiloh. (JDG_18:31)

OET-RV: 31 So they set up the carved image that Micah had made and worshipped it the whole time that God’s tent was at Shiloh. (JDG 18:31)

RUTH 1:13 contextual word gloss=‘to_belong’ word gloss=‘to_be’ OSHB RUTH 1:13 word 9

OET-LV: 13 Therefore will _you(pl)_wait until that they _will _grow _up therefore will _you _shut _yourselves _off to_not to _belong to_a _husband no my _daughters _of_Oh if/because it _is _bitter to_me very more_than _you(pl) if/because it _has _gone _forth on_me the _hand _of YHWH. (RUT_1:13)

OET-RV: 13 could you wait for them to grow up so you could be remarried? No, my daughters, what’s hard for me, even more than your hardships, is that Yahweh is using his power against me.” (RUT 1:13)

2 SAM 24:13 contextual word gloss=‘to_be’ word gloss=‘to_be’ OSHB 2 SAM 24:13 word 24

OET-LV: 13 And_he _went Gād to Dāvid and_he _told to_him/it and_he/it _said to_him/it will_it _come to/for_yourself(m) seven years famine in_your _of_land or three months your_fleeing to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before foes _of_your and_he will _of_be_pursuing _you and_if to _be three _of days pestilence in_your _of_land now know and_see what will _I _bring _back the_one _of_who_sent _me message. (SA2_24:13)

OET-RV: 13 Then Gad asked him, “Do you want seven years of famine in your country, or three months of fleeing from your enemies, or three days of plague in your country? Consider those and let me know which option to pass back to the one who sent me.” (SA2 24:13)

1 KI 11:36 contextual word gloss=‘to_belong’ word gloss=‘to_be’ OSHB 1 KI 11:36 word 6

OET-LV: 36 And_to_his _of_son I _will _give a _tribe one so _as to _belong a _lamp to_Dāvid servant _of_my all _of the_days to/for_my_face/front in_Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) the_city which I _have _chosen to_me to_put name _of_my there. (KI1_11:36)

OET-RV: 36 I’ll give Shelomoh’s son one tribe to rule so that one of David’s descendants will always rule in my chosen city Yerushalem because it’s associated with my name. (KI1 11:36)

2 KI 6:25 contextual word gloss=‘was’ word gloss=‘to_be’ OSHB 2 KI 6:25 word 9

OET-LV: 25 And_he/it _was a _famine great in_Shomrōn and_see/lo/see they_were_laying _siege on/upon_it(f) until was the_head _of a _donkey for_eighty silver and_the _fourth _part _of the _kab wwww doves’_dung(s) for_five silver. (KI2_6:25)

OET-RV: 25 Being surrounded like that caused a terrible famine inside the city, until a donkey’s head would be sold for eighty silver coins, and a cup of doves’ droppings was sold for five silver coins. (KI2 6:25)

EST 2:12 contextual word gloss=‘of_being’ word gloss=‘to_be’ OSHB EST 2:12 word 10

OET-LV: 12 And_when_arrived the_turn _of a _young _woman and_a _young _woman to_go to the_king ʼAḩashvērōsh from _the_end/extremity of _being to/for_her/it according_to _the _regulation _of the _women two _plus ten month[s] if/because thus the _days _of they _were _completed their _rubbings _of_of six months with_the _oil _of (the)_myrrh and_six months with _(the)_oil and_with_the _cleansings _of (the)_women. (EST_2:12)

OET-RV: 12 Each young woman would get twelve months of beauty treatment according to the Persian law for women—there would be six months of applying oil of myrrh, then six months of perfumes and other lotions designed for women. Then their turn would come, one at a time, to be taken to King Ahasuerus. (EST 2:12)

PSA 50:21 contextual word gloss=‘exactly_(be)’ word gloss=‘to_be’ OSHB PSA 50:21 word 5

OET-LV: 21 These_things you _have _done and_I _kept _silent you _imagined exactly _(be) I _am like_you I_will _rebuke _you and_I _will _arrange to_your _two’s _of_eyes. (PSA_50:21)

OET-RV: 21 You’ve done these things, but I’ve stayed silent,
⇔ so you thought that I was someone just like yourself.
⇔ However, I’ll scold you
⇔ ≈ and bring up all the things you have done, right in front of your eyes. (PSA 50:21)

JER 33:20 contextual word gloss=‘to_be’ word gloss=‘to_be’ OSHB JER 33:20 word 13

OET-LV: 20 Thus YHWH he _says if you(pl)_will _break DOM covenant _of_my the_day and_DOM covenant _of_my the_night and_to_not to _be daytime and_night at_their _appropriate _of_time. (JER_33:20)

OET-RV: 20 ◙ (JER 33:20)

JER 51:62 contextual word gloss=‘to_be’ word gloss=‘to_be’ OSHB JER 51:62 word 10

OET-LV: 62 And_you _will _say Oh_YHWH you you _have _spoken concerning the_place the_this to_cut_it _off to_not to _be in/on/over_him/it an _inhabitant (to)_from_humankind and_unto animal if/because desolations _of perpetuity it _will _be. (JER_51:62)

OET-RV: 62 ◙ (JER 51:62)

EZE 22:19 contextual word gloss=‘have_become’ word gloss=‘to_be’ OSHB EZE 22:19 word 7

OET-LV: 19 for_so/thus/hence thus my_master he _says YHWH because have _become of _you _of_all (into)_dross(es) for_so/thus/hence here_I am_about _to _gather you(pl) into the _middle _of Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem). (EZE_22:19)

OET-RV: 19 Therefore the master Yahweh says this, ‘Because you people have become like dross, then listen: I’m about to gather you into the centre of Yerushalem. (EZE 22:19)

EZE 34:8 contextual word gloss=‘has_become’ word gloss=‘to_be’ OSHB EZE 34:8 word 9

OET-LV: 8 by_the _life of _me the _utterance _of my_master YHWH if not because has _become flock _of_my (into)_prey and_they _have _become flock _of_my for_food to/from_all/each/any/every (the)_animal _of the_field because_there_is_not a _shepherd and_not they _have _searched _for my _of_shepherds DOM flock _of_my and_they _have _shepherded the_shepherds themselves and_DOM flock _of_my not they _have _shepherded. (EZE_34:8)

OET-RV: 8 This is the master Yahweh’s declaration: As I live, my flock has become plunder and food for all the wild animals in the countryside, because there wasn’t any shepherd and because none of my shepherds tried to find any of my flock that had gotten lost. Instead it was themselves that the shepherds looked after, and they didn’t shepherd my flock. (EZE 34:8)

EZE 35:5 contextual word gloss=‘belonged’ word gloss=‘to_be’ OSHB EZE 35:5 word 2

OET-LV: 5 Because belonged to/for_yourself(m) enmity _of antiquity and_you _poured DOM the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) over the_hands _of the_sword at_the _time _of their _disaster _of_of at_a _time _of punishment _of the_end. (EZE_35:5)

OET-RV: 5 You’ve always been hostile to the Israeli people, and when they were distressed you decided to attack them with swords—at the time their punishment was coming to an end. (EZE 35:5)