What sense of the perfect tense is being used in the word הָיָה in Song 8:11?

What sense of the perfect tense is being used in the word הָיָה in Song 8:11?

Song of Songs 8:11 reads כֶּרֶם הָיָה לִשְׁלֹמֹה בְּבַעַל הָמוֹן נָתַן אֶת הַכֶּרֶם לַנֹּטְרִים אִישׁ יָבִא בְּפִרְיוֹ אֶלֶף כָּסֶף which translates word-by-word: [A] vineyard was/became/has-become(?) unto-Solomon at-Baal Hamon. He-entrus…

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