היה hâyâh haw-yaw' A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)KJV Usage: beacon, X altogether, be (-come, accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), continue, do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, X use.
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitionsהיה 1. to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out a. (Qal) 1. ----- 1a b. to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a c. to come about, come to pass 1. to come into being, become 1a d. to arise, appear, come 1a e. to become 1a 1. to become 1a 2. to become like 1a 3. to be instituted, be established 4. to be 1a f. to exist, be in existence 1a g. to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a h. to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a i. to accompany, be with j. (Niphal) 1. to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 2. to be done, be finished, be gone Origin: a primitive root [compare H1933] TWOT: 491 Parts of Speech: Verb