hayah

H1961 הָיָה fall out , come to pass , become , be . . . . Fall out , happen . occur , take place , come about , come to pass . esp. & very oft., come about , come to pass . . וַיְהִי and it came to pass that, most often (c. 292 t.) . rarely also Pf. c. וְ conj. וְהָיָה . less oft. וְהָיָה Pf. consec. and it shall come to pass , or frequentat. came to pass (repeatedly, etc.) . Come into being , become . . abs., in lively narrative, arise , appear , come . sq. prep. . become . sq. pred. noun (to be viewed as implicit accus.) . sq. pred. adj. . become like . sq. pred. + לְ pers. . sq. לְ pred. . oft. c. לְ pred. + לְ pers. . with עַל and לְ . sts. c. לְ pers. only = became the property of , come into the possession of . Be (often with subbordinate idea of becoming) . exist , be in existence . abide , remain , continue . with word of locality, be in or at a place , be situated , stand , lie . as copula, joining subj. & pred. . periphrastic conjug. . . either be done , be brought about , or occur , come to pass . be done , finished , gone