View source for היה

==Hebrew==
{{he-rootbox|ה־י־ה}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|he|sem-pro|*hwy||to fall, happen, be, become}}.<ref name= "huehnergard-2011">{{cite-book|author= Huehnergard, John|section= Appendix II: Semitic Roots|chapter= Proto-Semitic Language & Culture; Semitic Roots|title= w:American Heritage Dictionary|edition= 5th|year= 2011|page= 2074|pages= 2066-2078|url= https://www.academia.edu/1421136/2011_Proto_Semitic_Language_and_Culture_Semitic_Roots}}</ref>

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|he|/(h)aˈja/|a=IL}}
* {{audio|he|LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-היה.wav}}

===Verb===
{{he-verb|tr=hayá|pa|wv=הָיָה}}

# to [[be]]: to [[exist]]
#* {{RQ:Tanach|1|1|3|tsrc=JPS
|passage=וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים '''יְהִי''' אוֹר '''וַיְהִי'''־אוֹר׃
|translation=And God said: ''''Let there be''' light.' And '''there was''' light.
|transliteration=vayómer 'elohím '''y'hí''' 'ór '''vay'hí'''-'ór.}}
# to be: {{non-gloss|connects a noun to a prepositional phrase or adjective describing it}}
#* {{RQ:Tanach|3|26|12|tsrc=JPS
|passage=וְהִתְהַלַּכְתִּי בְּתוֹכְכֶם '''וְהָיִיתִי''' לָכֶם לֵאלֹהִים וְאַתֶּם '''תִּהְיוּ'''־לִי לְעָם׃
|translation=And I will walk among you, '''and will be''' your God, and ye '''shall be''' My people.
|transliteration=v'hithalakhtí b'tokh'khém '''v'hayíti''' lakhém lelohím v'atém '''tihyú'''-lí l'ám.}}
#: {{ux|he|הבית '''היה''' אדום|tr=habáyit '''hayá''' adóm|the house '''was''' red}}
# to [[happen]], [[take place]], [[occur]]
#: {{ux|he|נֵס גָּדוֹל '''הָיָה''' שָׁם.|tr=nés gadól '''hayá''' shám.|A great miracle '''happened''' there.}}
# to be: {{non-gloss|connects a term to its definition}}
#* '''2011''', The 52nd {{w|International Mathematical Olympiad}}, problem 5:
#*: {{quote|he|'''תהא''' <math>f</math> פונקציה מקבוצת השלמים לקבוצת השלמים החיוביים.|'''Let''' <math>f</math> '''be''' a function from the set of integers to the set of positive integers.}}
#* '''2016''', The 57th {{w|International Mathematical Olympiad}}, problem 3:
#*: {{quote|he|'''יהא''' <math>P=A_1 A_2 ...A_k</math> מצולע מישורי קמור.|'''Let''' <math>P=A_1 A_2 ...A_k</math> '''be''' a convex polygon in the plane.}}
# to be: {{non-gloss|connects a subject to a role the subject plays}}
# to be: {{non-gloss|indicates ownership, possession{{,}} or the like}}
#: {{ux|he|אם '''יהיה''' לי|tr=im '''yihyé''' li|if I'll have}}

====Usage notes====
* The present tense is usually omitted; in some cases a pronoun (such as {{l|he|הוא}},&lrm; {{l|he|יש}}, or {{l|he|הינו}}) is used rather than any form of the verb.

====Conjugation====
{{he-verb-conjugation
   | inf = [[להיות|לִהְיוֹת]]
   | p.1s = [[הייתי|הָיִיתִי]]
   | p.1p = [[היינו|הָיִינוּ]]
   | p.2ms = [[היית|הָיִיתָ]]
   | p.2fs = [[היית|הָיִית]]
   | p.2mp = [[הייתם|הֱיִיתֶם]]
   | p.2fp = [[הייתן|הֱיִיתֶן]]
   | p.3ms = [[היה|הָיָה]]
   | p.3fs = [[הייתה|הייתה \ הָיְתָה]]
   | p.3p = [[היו|הָיוּ]]
   | pr.ms = (<span style="color:var(--color-subtle, #54595d)">*</span>[[הווה|הוֹוֶה]])
   | pr.fs = (<span style="color:var(--color-subtle, #54595d)">*</span>[[הווה|הוֹוָה]])
   | pr.mp = (<span style="color:var(--color-subtle, #54595d)">*</span>[[הווים|הוֹוִים]])
   | pr.fp = (<span style="color:var(--color-subtle, #54595d)">*</span>[[הוות|הוֹוֺת]])
   | fut.1s = [[אהיה|אֶהְיֶה]]
   | fut.1p = [[נהיה|נִהְיֶה]]
   | fut.2ms = [[תהיה|תִּהְיֶה]]
   | fut.2fs = [[תהיי|תִּהְיִי]]
   | fut.2mp = [[תהיו|תִּהְיוּ]]
   | fut.2fp = [[תהיינה|תִּהְיֶינָה]]
   | fut.3ms = [[יהיה|יִהְיֶה]]/[[יהא|יְהֵא]]
   | fut.3fs = [[תהיה|תִּהְיֶה]]/[[תהא|תְּהֵא]]
   | fut.3mp = [[יהיו|יִהְיוּ]]
   | fut.3fp = [[תהיינה|תִּהְיֶינָה]]
   | imp.ms = [[היה|הֱיֵה]]
   | imp.fs = [[היי|הֲיִי]]
   | imp.mp = [[היו|הֱיוּ]]
   | imp.fp = [[היינה|הֲיֶינָה]]
}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|he|אהיה אשר אהיה}}
* {{l|he|הָיֹה הָיָה|tr=hayó hayá|gloss=[[once upon a time]]}}

====References====
* {{R:Strong's|H|1961}}
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