H9003–/ב–b

And I took you up out of the land of Egypt, guiding you for forty years in the waste land, so that you might take for your heritage the land of the Amorite.

בַּמִּדְבָּר֙ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And the bowman will not keep his place; he who is quick-footed will not get away safely: and the horseman will not keep his life.

בְּרַגְלָ֖יו (בְּ) be. “on”

And he who is without fear among the fighting men will go in flight without his clothing in that day, says the Lord.

בַּגִּבּוֹרִ֑ים (בַּ) ba. “among the”בַּיּוֹם־ (בַּ) ba “on the”

Will a lion give his loud cry in the woodland when no food is there? will the voice of the young lion be sounding from his hole if he has taken nothing?

בַּיַּ֔עַר (בַּ) ba “in the”

If the horn is sounded in the town will the people not be full of fear? will evil come on a town if the Lord has not done it?

בְּעִ֔יר (בְּ) be. “in”בְּעִ֔יר (בְּ) be. “in”

Give out the news in the great houses of Assyria and in the land of Egypt, and say, Come together on the mountains of Samaria, and see what great outcries are there, and what cruel acts are done in it.

בְּאַשְׁדּ֔וֹד (בְּ) be. “in”בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּתוֹכָ֔הּ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּקִרְבָּֽהּ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

For they have no knowledge of how to do what is right, says the Lord, who are storing up violent acts and destruction in their great houses.

בְּאַרְמְנֽוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

These are the words of the Lord: As the keeper of sheep takes out of the mouth of the lion two legs or part of an ear; so will the children of Israel be made safe, who are resting in Samaria on seats of honour or on the silk cushions of a bed.

בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן (בְּ) be. “in”בִּפְאַ֥ת (בִּ) bi “with”וּבִדְמֶ֥שֶׁק (בִ) vi “with”

Give ear now, and give witness against the family of Jacob, says the Lord God, the God of armies;

בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “<in>”

For in the day when I give Israel punishment for his sins, I will send punishment on the altars of Beth-el, and the horns of the altar will be cut off and come down to the earth.

בְּי֛וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”

Give ear to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are in the hill of Samaria, by whom the poor are kept down, and those in need are crushed; who say to their lords, Get out the wine and give us drink.

בְּהַ֣ר (בְּ) be. “[are] on”

The Lord God has taken an oath by his holy name, that the days are coming when they will take you away with hooks, and the rest of you with fish-hooks.

בְּקָדְשׁ֔וֹ (בְּ) be. “by”בְּצִנּ֔וֹת (בְּ) be. “with”בְּסִיר֥וֹת (בְּ) be. “with”

But in all your towns I have kept food from your teeth, and in all your places there has been need of bread: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּכֹ֖ל (בְּ) be. “in”

And I have kept back the rain from you, when it was still three months before the grain-cutting: I sent rain on one town and kept it back from another: one part was rained on, and the part where there was no rain became a waste.

בְּע֨וֹד (בְּ) be. “in”

I have sent destruction on your fields by burning and disease: the increase of your gardens and your vine-gardens, your fig-trees and your olive-trees, has been food for worms: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.

בַּשִּׁדָּפ֣וֹן (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”וּבַיֵּרָקוֹן֒ (בַ) vai. “with <the>”

I have sent disease among you, as it was in Egypt: I have put your young men to the sword, and have taken away your horses; I have made the evil smell from your tents come up to your noses: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.

בָכֶ֥ם (בָ) va. “among”בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ (בְּ) be. “in”בַחֶ֙רֶב֙ (בַ) va. “by the”וּֽבְאַפְּכֶ֔ם (בְ) ve. “in”

And I have sent destruction among you, as when God sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a burning stick pulled out of the fire: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.

בָכֶ֗ם (בָ) va. “among”

They have hate for him who makes protest against evil in the public place, and he whose words are upright is disgusting to them.

בַשַּׁ֖עַר (בַ) va. “in the”

So because the poor man is crushed under your feet, and you take taxes from him of grain: you have made for yourselves houses of cut stone, but you will not take your rest in them; the fair vine-gardens planted by your hands will not give you wine.

בָ֑ם (בָ֑) Va “in”

For I have seen how your evil-doing is increased and how strong are your sins, you troublers of the upright, who take rewards and do wrong to the cause of the poor in the public place.

בַּשַּׁ֥עַר (בַּ) ba. “in the”

So the wise will say nothing in that time; for it is an evil time.

בָּעֵ֥ת (בָּ) ba. “at the”

Be haters of evil and lovers of good, and let right be done in the public place: it may be that the Lord, the God of armies, will have mercy on the rest of Joseph.

בַשַּׁ֖עַר (בַ) va. “in the”

So these are the words of the Lord, the God of armies, the Lord: There will be weeping in all the open spaces; and in all the streets they will say, Sorrow! sorrow! and they will get in the farmer to the weeping, and the makers of sad songs to give cries

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “[will be] in”וּבְכָל־ (בְ) ve. “in”

In all the vine-gardens there will be cries of grief: for I will go through among you, says the Lord.

וּבְכָל־ (בְ) ve. “[will be] in”בְּקִרְבְּךָ֖ (בְּ) be. “in”

Your feasts are disgusting to me, I will have nothing to do with them; I will take no delight in your holy meetings.

בְּעַצְּרֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃ (בְּ) be. “in”