Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word hayah.

Examples

  • | The rare use of the [[Hebrew]] verb '' 'היה' '' ( '' hayah ''), meaning "he existed," emphasizes that the light did not merely exist but '' came '' to exist at God's command.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Coltlaw 2009

  • | The rare use of the [[Hebrew]] verb '' 'היה' '' ( '' hayah ''), meaning "he existed," emphasizes that the light did not merely exist but '' came '' to exist at God's command.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Coltlaw 2009

  • | The rare use of the [[Hebrew]] verb '' 'היה' '' ( '' hayah ''), meaning "he existed," emphasizes that the light did not merely exist but '' came '' to exist at

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Stosselistic 2009

  • As a student of mine once quipped, the name is a contraction of hayah and hoveh and yiyeh—sort of like “He wasiswillbe.”

    Reply to my critics 2009

  • = P * hayah malah promosi hichan* Produk pertama ma kedua [kaos ma sunglasses] kayana ga masalah yah,, TAPI!

    mayoineko Diary Entry mayoineko 2009

  • “Lo hayah mavet me-olam” Death has never existed says the Hebrew Zohar.

    The Wonder of Children Michael Gurian 2002

  • “Lo hayah mavet me-olam” Death has never existed says the Hebrew Zohar.

    The Wonder of Children Michael Gurian 2002

  • For the preceding verb hayah is more than just "to be," rather: "ye shall exist as gods"

    Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

  • The subject of hayah has to be supplied ad sensum from the preceding, and so we have inserted a

    Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

  • Rather, the original meaning of hayah prevails here: "it became" or, as we rendered, it "came."

    Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.