הייתי

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(h)aˈ(j)iti/, (rare, nonstandard) /haˈʔiti/

הָיִיתִי • (hayíti)

1. First-person singular past (suffix conjugation) of היה (hayá)
   • Tanach, Ecclesiastes 1:12, with translation of the King James Version:

     אֲנִי קֹהֶלֶת הָיִיתִי מֶלֶךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּירוּשָׁלִָם׃

     aní kohélet hayíti mélekh al-yisra'él birushaláim.

     I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.