H9003–/ב–b

Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea which cannot be measured or numbered; and it shall come to pass, [supplied: that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, Sons of the living God.

בִּמְק֞וֹם (בִּ) bi “in”

Plead with your mother, plead; for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: and let her put away her whoredoms from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

בְאִמְּכֶם֙ (בְ) ve. “with”

lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her as a dry land, and slay her with thirst.

בַּצָּמָֽא׃ (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”

Therefore behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns; and I will fence [supplied: her] in with a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

בַּסִּירִ֑ים (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”

Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my new wine in its season, and will withdraw my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness.

בְּעִתּ֔וֹ (בְּ) be. “at”בְּמֽוֹעֲד֑וֹ (בְּ) be. “at”

And it shall be in that day, saith Jehovah, [supplied: that] thou shalt call me, My husband, and shalt call me no more, Baali;

בַיּוֹם־ (בַ) va “in the”

for I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.

בִּשְׁמָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi “by”

And I will make a covenant for them in that day with the beasts of the field, and with the fowl of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground; and I will break bow and sword and battle out of the land; and I will make them to lie down safely.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “in the”

And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; and I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving-kindness, and in mercies;

בְּצֶ֣דֶק (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְמִשְׁפָּ֔ט (בְ) ve. “in”וּבְחֶ֖סֶד (בְ) ve. “in”וּֽבְרַחֲמִֽים׃ (בְ) ve. “in”

and I will betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know Jehovah.

בֶּאֱמוּנָ֑ה (בֶּ) be. “in”

And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith Jehovah, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “in the”

And I will sow her unto me in the land; and I will have mercy upon Lo-ruhamah; and I will say to Lo-ammi, Thou art my people; and they shall say, My God.

בָּאָ֔רֶץ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

So I bought her to me for fifteen silver [supplied: pieces], and for a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley.

בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה (בַּ) ba. “for”

Afterwards shall the children of Israel return, and seek Jehovah their God, and David their king; and shall turn with fear toward Jehovah and toward his goodness, at the end of the days.

בְּאַחֲרִ֥ית (בְּ) be. “at”

Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land; for there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

Swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, -- they break out; and blood toucheth blood.

בְּדָמִ֖ים (בְּ) be. “<in>”

For this shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowl of the heavens, yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

בָּ֔הּ (בָּ֔) Ba “in”בְּחַיַּ֥ת (בְּ) be. “among”וּבְע֣וֹף (בְ) ve. “among”

As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.

בְּקָל֥וֹן (בְּ) be. “for”

My people ask counsel of their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredoms causeth [supplied: them] to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God:

בְּעֵצ֣וֹ (בְּ) be. “by”

For Israel is refractory as an untractable heifer; now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a wide [supplied: pasture].

בַּמֶּרְחָֽב׃ (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”

The wind hath wrapped her up in its wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.

בִּכְנָפֶ֑יהָ (בִּ) bi “in”

Their doings do not allow them to return unto their God; for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they know not Jehovah.

בְּקִרְבָּ֔ם (בְּ) be. “[is] in”

And Israel's pride doth testify to his face; and Israel and Ephraim shall fall by their iniquity: Judah also shall fall with them.

בְּפָנָ֑יו (בְּ) be. “in”בַּעֲוֹנָ֔ם (בַּ) ba. “on”

They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find [supplied: him]: he hath withdrawn himself from them.

בְּצֹאנָ֣ם (בְּ) be. “with”וּבִבְקָרָ֗ם (בִ) vi “with”

They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they havebegotten strange children: now shall the new moon devour them, with their allotted possessions.

בַּיהוָ֣ה (בַּ) ba. “with”