See והיה in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"roman": "v'hayá ím ló ya'amínu lákh […]",
"text": "וְהָיָה אִם לֹא יַאֲמִינוּ לָךְ[…]",
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"english": "For he shall be like a tamarisk in the desert",
"ref": "Tanach, Jeremiah 17:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
"roman": "v'hayá k'ar'ár ba'aravá",
"text": "וְהָיָה כְּעַרְעָר בָּעֲרָבָה",
"translation": "For he shall be like a tamarisk in the desert",
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"word": "והיה"
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"text": "וְהָיָה אִם לֹא יַאֲמִינוּ לָךְ[…]",
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"english": "For he shall be like a tamarisk in the desert",
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