H9003–/ב–b

By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.

בְּמִסְפָּ֥ר (בְּ) be. “by”בְּמִשְׁקָ֖ל (בְּ) be. “by”בָּעֵ֥ת (בָּ) ba. “at the”

For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.

בְּעַמֵּ֖י (בְּ) be. “with”בַּמַּ֥עַל (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Then were assembled to me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat confounded until the evening sacrifice.

בְּדִבְרֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “at”

And at the evening sacrifice I arose from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands to the LORD my God,

וּבְמִנְחַ֣ת (בְ) ve. “at”וּבְקָרְעִ֥י (בְ) ve. “in”

Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass to this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.

בְּאַשְׁמָ֣ה (בְּ) be. “[have been] in”וּבַעֲוֹנֹתֵ֡ינוּ (בַ) va. “in”בְּיַ֣ד׀ (בְּ) be. “in”בַּחֶ֜רֶב (בַּ) ba. “by <the>”בַּשְּׁבִ֧י (בַּ) ba. “by <the>”וּבַבִּזָּ֛ה (בַ) va “by <the>”וּבְבֹ֥שֶׁת (בְ) ve. “by”

And now for a little space grace hath been shown from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

בִּמְק֣וֹם (בִּ) bi “in”בְּעַבְדֻתֵֽנוּ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

For we were bond-men; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations of it, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

וּבְעַבְדֻ֔תֵנוּ (בְ) ve. “in”בִּֽיהוּדָ֖ה (בִּֽ) bi. “in”וּבִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִ) vi. “in”

Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, to which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.

בְּיַ֨ד (בְּ) be. “by”בְּנִדַּ֖ת (בְּ) be. “by”בְּתוֹעֲבֹֽתֵיהֶ֗ם (בְּ) be. “by”בְּטֻמְאָתָֽם׃ (בְּ) be. “with”

And after all that hath come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;

בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֙ינוּ֙ (בְּ) be. “by”וּבְאַשְׁמָתֵ֖נוּ (בְ) ve. “by”

Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldst thou not be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?

בְּעַמֵּ֥י (בְּ) be. “with”בָּ֙נוּ֙ (בָּ֙) ba. “with”

O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we having escaped, remain yet, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.

בְּאַשְׁמָתֵ֔ינוּ (בְּ) be. “in”

And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken foreign wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

בֵאלֹהֵ֔ינוּ (בֵ) ve. “against”

Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

בַּעֲצַ֣ת (בַּ) ba. “by”בְּמִצְוַ֣ת (בְּ) be. “at”

And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should assemble at Jerusalem;

בִּיהוּדָ֣ה (בִּ) bi. “in”

Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, and the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.

בְּעֶשְׂרִ֣ים (בְּ) be. “on”בַּחֹ֑דֶשׁ (בַּ) ba. “in the”בִּרְחוֹב֙ (בִּ) bi “in”

But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand abroad, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.

בַּח֑וּץ (בַּ) ba. “on the”בַּדָּבָ֥ר (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them who have taken foreign wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and its judges, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter shall be turned from us.

בֶּעָרֵ֗ינוּ (בֶּ) be. “[is] in <the>”

And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

בְּשֵׁמ֑וֹת (בְּ) be. “by”בְּי֤וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”

And they made an end with all the men that had taken foreign wives by the first day of the first month.

בַכֹּ֔ל (בַ) va. “with <the>”

The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,

בְחֹֽדֶשׁ־ (בְ) ve. “in”בְּשׁוּשַׁ֥ן (בְּ) be. “in”

And they said to me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.

בַּמְּדִינָ֔ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”בְּרָעָ֥ה (בְּ) be. “[are] in”וּבְחֶרְפָּ֑ה (בְ) ve. “in”בָאֵֽשׁ׃ (בָ) va. “with <the>”

Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:

בָּעַמִּֽים׃ (בָּ) ba. “among the”

But if ye turn to me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you driven to the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen to set my name there.

בִּקְצֵ֤ה (בִּ) bi “at”

Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.

בְּכֹחֲךָ֣ (בְּ) be. “by”וּבְיָדְךָ֖ (בְ) ve. “by”

And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not before been sad in his presence.

בְּחֹ֣דֶשׁ (בְּ) be. “in”