"היה" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Hebrew]

IPA: /(h)aˈja/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-היה.wav
Head templates: {{he-verb|pa|tr=hayá|wv=הָיָה}} הָיָה • (hayá) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction) Inflection templates: {{he-conj-table|לִהְיוֹת|(*הוֹוֶה)|(*הוֹוִים)|(*הוֹוָה)|(*הוֹוֹת)|הֱיֵה|הֱיוּ|הֲיִי|הֲיֶינָה|הָיִיתִי|הָיִיתָ|הָיָה|הָיִינוּ|הֱיִיתֶם|הָיוּ|הָיִית|הייתה \ הָיְתָה|הֱיִיתֶן|אֶהְיֶה|תִּהְיֶה|יִהְיֶה/יְהֵא¹|נִהְיֶה|תּהְיוּ|יִהְיוּ|תִּהְיִי|תִּהְיֶה/תְּהֵא¹|תִּהְיֶינָה|תִּהְיֶינָה}}, {{he-verb-conjugation|fut.1p=נִהְיֶה|fut.1s=אֶהְיֶה|fut.2fp=תִּהְיֶינָה¹|fut.2fs=תִּהְיִי|fut.2mp=תּהְיוּ|fut.2ms=תִּהְיֶה|fut.3fp=תִּהְיֶינָה¹|fut.3fs=תִּהְיֶה/תְּהֵא¹|fut.3mp=יִהְיוּ|fut.3ms=יִהְיֶה/יְהֵא¹|imp.fp=הֲיֶינָה¹|imp.fs=הֲיִי|imp.mp=הֱיוּ|imp.ms=הֱיֵה|inf=לִהְיוֹת|notes=# Uncommon in modern informal Hebrew, but used in formal speech and writing.|p.1p=הָיִינוּ|p.1s=הָיִיתִי|p.2fp=הֱיִיתֶן|p.2fs=הָיִית|p.2mp=הֱיִיתֶם|p.2ms=הָיִיתָ|p.3fs=הייתה \ הָיְתָה|p.3ms=הָיָה|p.3p=הָיוּ|pr.fp=(<span style="color:#888888">*הוֹוֹת)</span>|pr.fs=(<span style="color:#888888">*הוֹוָה)</span>|pr.mp=(<span style="color:#888888">*הוֹוִים)</span>|pr.ms=(<span style="color:#888888">*הוֹוֶה)</span>}} Forms: הָיָה [canonical], hayá [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], הָיִיתִי [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, singular], הָיִינוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, plural], הָיִיתָ [masculine, past, second-person, singular], הָיִית [feminine, past, second-person, singular], הֱיִיתֶם [masculine, past, plural, second-person], הֱיִיתֶן [feminine, past, plural, second-person], הָיָה [masculine, past, singular, third-person], הייתה \ הָיְתָה [feminine, past, singular, third-person], הָיוּ [feminine, masculine, past, plural, third-person], *הוֹוֶה [error-unrecognized-form, masculine, present, singular], *הוֹוָה [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, present, singular], *הוֹוִים [error-unrecognized-form, masculine, plural, present], *הוֹוֹת [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, plural, present], אֶהְיֶה [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, singular], נִהְיֶה [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, plural], תִּהְיֶה [future, masculine, second-person, singular], תִּהְיִי [feminine, future, second-person, singular], תּהְיוּ [future, masculine, plural, second-person], תִּהְיֶינָה [feminine, future, plural, second-person], יִהְיֶה [future, masculine, singular, third-person], יְהֵא [future, masculine, singular, third-person], תִּהְיֶה [feminine, future, singular, third-person], תְּהֵא [feminine, future, singular, third-person], יִהְיוּ [future, masculine, plural, third-person], תִּהְיֶינָה [feminine, future, plural, third-person], הֱיֵה [imperative, masculine, second-person, singular], הֲיִי [feminine, imperative, second-person, singular], הֱיוּ [imperative, masculine, plural, second-person], הֲיֶינָה [feminine, imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to be: to exist Tags: construction-pa'al
    Sense id: en-היה-he-verb-UHX4-OW4
  2. to be: connects a noun to a prepositional phrase or adjective describing it Tags: construction-pa'al
    Sense id: en-היה-he-verb-Yz98vR4x Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 24 36 6 8 6 20
  3. to happen, take place, occur Tags: construction-pa'al
    Sense id: en-היה-he-verb-u9STTZMX
  4. to be: connects a term to its definition Tags: construction-pa'al
    Sense id: en-היה-he-verb-u0A7qZJ2
  5. to be: connects a subject to a role the subject plays Tags: construction-pa'al
    Sense id: en-היה-he-verb-ha49nLYW
  6. to be: indicates ownership, possession, or the like Tags: construction-pa'al
    Sense id: en-היה-he-verb-V5RanfA1 Categories (other): Hebrew terms belonging to the root ה־י־ה Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root ה־י־ה: 11 19 12 15 13 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: אהיה אשר אהיה, הָיֹה הָיָה (hayó hayá) (english: once upon a time)

Inflected forms

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "אהיה אשר אהיה"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "once upon a time",
      "roman": "hayó hayá",
      "word": "הָיֹה הָיָה"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "הָיָה",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hayá",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-conj-table\n",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הָיִיתִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הָיִינוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הָיִיתָ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הָיִית",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֱיִיתֶם",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֱיִיתֶן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הָיָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הייתה \\ הָיְתָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הָיוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "*הוֹוֶה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "*הוֹוָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "*הוֹוִים",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "*הוֹוֹת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֶהְיֶה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נִהְיֶה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּהְיֶה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּהְיִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תּהְיוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּהְיֶינָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יִהְיֶה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יְהֵא",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּהְיֶה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּהֵא",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יִהְיוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּהְיֶינָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֱיֵה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֲיִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֱיוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֲיֶינָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "tr": "hayá",
        "wv": "הָיָה"
      },
      "expansion": "הָיָה • (hayá) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)",
      "name": "he-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "לִהְיוֹת",
        "10": "הָיִיתִי",
        "11": "הָיִיתָ",
        "12": "הָיָה",
        "13": "הָיִינוּ",
        "14": "הֱיִיתֶם",
        "15": "הָיוּ",
        "16": "הָיִית",
        "17": "הייתה \\ הָיְתָה",
        "18": "הֱיִיתֶן",
        "19": "אֶהְיֶה",
        "2": "(*הוֹוֶה)",
        "20": "תִּהְיֶה",
        "21": "יִהְיֶה/יְהֵא¹",
        "22": "נִהְיֶה",
        "23": "תּהְיוּ",
        "24": "יִהְיוּ",
        "25": "תִּהְיִי",
        "26": "תִּהְיֶה/תְּהֵא¹",
        "27": "תִּהְיֶינָה",
        "28": "תִּהְיֶינָה",
        "3": "(*הוֹוִים)",
        "4": "(*הוֹוָה)",
        "5": "(*הוֹוֹת)",
        "6": "הֱיֵה",
        "7": "הֱיוּ",
        "8": "הֲיִי",
        "9": "הֲיֶינָה"
      },
      "name": "he-conj-table"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "fut.1p": "נִהְיֶה",
        "fut.1s": "אֶהְיֶה",
        "fut.2fp": "תִּהְיֶינָה¹",
        "fut.2fs": "תִּהְיִי",
        "fut.2mp": "תּהְיוּ",
        "fut.2ms": "תִּהְיֶה",
        "fut.3fp": "תִּהְיֶינָה¹",
        "fut.3fs": "תִּהְיֶה/תְּהֵא¹",
        "fut.3mp": "יִהְיוּ",
        "fut.3ms": "יִהְיֶה/יְהֵא¹",
        "imp.fp": "הֲיֶינָה¹",
        "imp.fs": "הֲיִי",
        "imp.mp": "הֱיוּ",
        "imp.ms": "הֱיֵה",
        "inf": "לִהְיוֹת",
        "notes": "# Uncommon in modern informal Hebrew, but used in formal speech and writing.",
        "p.1p": "הָיִינוּ",
        "p.1s": "הָיִיתִי",
        "p.2fp": "הֱיִיתֶן",
        "p.2fs": "הָיִית",
        "p.2mp": "הֱיִיתֶם",
        "p.2ms": "הָיִיתָ",
        "p.3fs": "הייתה \\ הָיְתָה",
        "p.3ms": "הָיָה",
        "p.3p": "הָיוּ",
        "pr.fp": "(<span style=\"color:#888888\">*הוֹוֹת)</span>",
        "pr.fs": "(<span style=\"color:#888888\">*הוֹוָה)</span>",
        "pr.mp": "(<span style=\"color:#888888\">*הוֹוִים)</span>",
        "pr.ms": "(<span style=\"color:#888888\">*הוֹוֶה)</span>"
      },
      "name": "he-verb-conjugation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be: to exist"
      ],
      "id": "en-היה-he-verb-UHX4-OW4",
      "links": [
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ],
        [
          "exist",
          "exist"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 36 6 8 6 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the house was red",
          "roman": "habáyit hayá adóm",
          "text": "הבית היה אדום",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be: connects a noun to a prepositional phrase or adjective describing it"
      ],
      "id": "en-היה-he-verb-Yz98vR4x",
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A great miracle happened there.",
          "roman": "nés gadól hayá shám.",
          "text": "נֵס גָּדוֹל הָיָה שָׁם.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to happen, take place, occur"
      ],
      "id": "en-היה-he-verb-u9STTZMX",
      "links": [
        [
          "happen",
          "happen"
        ],
        [
          "take place",
          "take place"
        ],
        [
          "occur",
          "occur"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Let f be a function from the set of integers to the set of positive integers.",
          "ref": "2011, The 52nd International Mathematical Olympiad, problem 5",
          "text": "תהא f פונקציה מקבוצת השלמים לקבוצת השלמים החיוביים.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, The 57th International Mathematical Olympiad, problem 3",
          "text": "יהא P#x3D;A#x5F;1A#x5F;2...A#x5F;k מצולע מישורי קמור.\nLet P=A_1A_2...A_k be a convex polygon in the plane.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be: connects a term to its definition"
      ],
      "id": "en-היה-he-verb-u0A7qZJ2",
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be: connects a subject to a role the subject plays"
      ],
      "id": "en-היה-he-verb-ha49nLYW",
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 19 12 15 13 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root ה־י־ה",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "if I'll have",
          "roman": "im yihyé li",
          "text": "אם יהיה לי",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be: indicates ownership, possession, or the like"
      ],
      "id": "en-היה-he-verb-V5RanfA1",
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)aˈja/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-היה.wav",
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      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "היה"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew pa'al verbs",
    "Hebrew palindromes",
    "Hebrew terms belonging to the root ה־י־ה",
    "Hebrew terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Hebrew terms with audio links",
    "Hebrew verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "אהיה אשר אהיה"
    },
    {
      "english": "once upon a time",
      "roman": "hayó hayá",
      "word": "הָיֹה הָיָה"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "הָיָה",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hayá",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-conj-table\n",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הָיִיתִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הָיִינוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הָיִיתָ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הָיִית",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֱיִיתֶם",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֱיִיתֶן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הָיָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הייתה \\ הָיְתָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הָיוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "*הוֹוֶה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "*הוֹוָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "*הוֹוִים",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "*הוֹוֹת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֶהְיֶה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נִהְיֶה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּהְיֶה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּהְיִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תּהְיוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּהְיֶינָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יִהְיֶה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יְהֵא",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּהְיֶה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּהֵא",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יִהְיוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּהְיֶינָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֱיֵה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֲיִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֱיוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֲיֶינָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "tr": "hayá",
        "wv": "הָיָה"
      },
      "expansion": "הָיָה • (hayá) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)",
      "name": "he-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "לִהְיוֹת",
        "10": "הָיִיתִי",
        "11": "הָיִיתָ",
        "12": "הָיָה",
        "13": "הָיִינוּ",
        "14": "הֱיִיתֶם",
        "15": "הָיוּ",
        "16": "הָיִית",
        "17": "הייתה \\ הָיְתָה",
        "18": "הֱיִיתֶן",
        "19": "אֶהְיֶה",
        "2": "(*הוֹוֶה)",
        "20": "תִּהְיֶה",
        "21": "יִהְיֶה/יְהֵא¹",
        "22": "נִהְיֶה",
        "23": "תּהְיוּ",
        "24": "יִהְיוּ",
        "25": "תִּהְיִי",
        "26": "תִּהְיֶה/תְּהֵא¹",
        "27": "תִּהְיֶינָה",
        "28": "תִּהְיֶינָה",
        "3": "(*הוֹוִים)",
        "4": "(*הוֹוָה)",
        "5": "(*הוֹוֹת)",
        "6": "הֱיֵה",
        "7": "הֱיוּ",
        "8": "הֲיִי",
        "9": "הֲיֶינָה"
      },
      "name": "he-conj-table"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "fut.1p": "נִהְיֶה",
        "fut.1s": "אֶהְיֶה",
        "fut.2fp": "תִּהְיֶינָה¹",
        "fut.2fs": "תִּהְיִי",
        "fut.2mp": "תּהְיוּ",
        "fut.2ms": "תִּהְיֶה",
        "fut.3fp": "תִּהְיֶינָה¹",
        "fut.3fs": "תִּהְיֶה/תְּהֵא¹",
        "fut.3mp": "יִהְיוּ",
        "fut.3ms": "יִהְיֶה/יְהֵא¹",
        "imp.fp": "הֲיֶינָה¹",
        "imp.fs": "הֲיִי",
        "imp.mp": "הֱיוּ",
        "imp.ms": "הֱיֵה",
        "inf": "לִהְיוֹת",
        "notes": "# Uncommon in modern informal Hebrew, but used in formal speech and writing.",
        "p.1p": "הָיִינוּ",
        "p.1s": "הָיִיתִי",
        "p.2fp": "הֱיִיתֶן",
        "p.2fs": "הָיִית",
        "p.2mp": "הֱיִיתֶם",
        "p.2ms": "הָיִיתָ",
        "p.3fs": "הייתה \\ הָיְתָה",
        "p.3ms": "הָיָה",
        "p.3p": "הָיוּ",
        "pr.fp": "(<span style=\"color:#888888\">*הוֹוֹת)</span>",
        "pr.fs": "(<span style=\"color:#888888\">*הוֹוָה)</span>",
        "pr.mp": "(<span style=\"color:#888888\">*הוֹוִים)</span>",
        "pr.ms": "(<span style=\"color:#888888\">*הוֹוֶה)</span>"
      },
      "name": "he-verb-conjugation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be: to exist"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ],
        [
          "exist",
          "exist"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the house was red",
          "roman": "habáyit hayá adóm",
          "text": "הבית היה אדום",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be: connects a noun to a prepositional phrase or adjective describing it"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A great miracle happened there.",
          "roman": "nés gadól hayá shám.",
          "text": "נֵס גָּדוֹל הָיָה שָׁם.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to happen, take place, occur"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "happen",
          "happen"
        ],
        [
          "take place",
          "take place"
        ],
        [
          "occur",
          "occur"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with quotations",
        "Requests for transliteration of Hebrew quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Let f be a function from the set of integers to the set of positive integers.",
          "ref": "2011, The 52nd International Mathematical Olympiad, problem 5",
          "text": "תהא f פונקציה מקבוצת השלמים לקבוצת השלמים החיוביים.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, The 57th International Mathematical Olympiad, problem 3",
          "text": "יהא P#x3D;A#x5F;1A#x5F;2...A#x5F;k מצולע מישורי קמור.\nLet P=A_1A_2...A_k be a convex polygon in the plane.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be: connects a term to its definition"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be: connects a subject to a role the subject plays"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "if I'll have",
          "roman": "im yihyé li",
          "text": "אם יהיה לי",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be: indicates ownership, possession, or the like"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)aˈja/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
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      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "היה"
}
{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'all persons'",
  "path": [
    "היה"
  ],
  "section": "Hebrew",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "היה",
  "trace": ""
}

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