הָיָה verb: fall out, come to pass, become, be

• Qal
  • I.
    • 1.
      • a.Fall out, happen
      • b.occur, take place, come about, come to pass
    • 2.especially & very often, come about, come to pass
      • a.
        • (1)most often (with 292 times)
        • (2)rarely also perfect with וְ conjunction וְהָיָה
      • b.came to pass
  • II.Come into being, become
    • 1.
      • a.absolute, in lively narrative, arise, appear, come
      • b.followed by preposition
    • 2.become
      • c.become like
      • g.with עַל and לְ
      • h.became the property of, come into the possession of
  • III.Be
    • 1.exist, be in existence
    • 2.abide, remain, continue
    • 3.with word of locality, be in or at a place, be situated, stand, lie
    • 4.as copula
• Niphal
  • 1.either be done, be brought about, or occur, come to pass
  • 2.be done, finished, gone

Strong's H1961 הָיָה: to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
KJV:beacon, × altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, follow, happen, × have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, × use.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.