hāyā הָיָה ‘to be’ (Hebrew)

Etymology^?: a primitive root, compare hāwāʾ הָוָא ‘to fall / to be’

hāyā v
1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) ---
1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
1a1b) to come about, come to pass
  1a2) to come into being, become
1a2a) to arise, appear, come
1a2b) to become
1a2b1) to become
1a2b2) to become like
1a2b3) to be instituted, be established
  1a3) to be
1a3a) to exist, be in existence
1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
1a3d) to accompany, be with
 1b) (Niphal)
  1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
  1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone