H9003–/ב–b

Did you come to me with offerings of beasts and meal offerings in the waste land for forty years, O Israel?

בַמִּדְבָּ֛ר (בַ) va. “in the”

Sorrow to those who are resting in comfort in Zion, and to those who have no fear of danger in the mountain of Samaria, the noted men of the chief of the nations, to whom the people of Israel come!

בְּצִיּ֔וֹן (בְּ) be. “in”בְּהַ֣ר (בְּ) be. “in”

Drinking wine in basins, rubbing themselves with the best oils; but they have no grief for the destruction of Joseph.

בְּמִזְרְקֵי֙ (בְּ) be. “in”

So now they will go away prisoners with the first of those who are made prisoners, and the loud cry of those who were stretched out will come to an end.

בְּרֹ֣אשׁ (בְּ) be. “at”

The Lord God has taken an oath by himself, says the Lord, the God of armies: the pride of Jacob is disgusting to me, and I have hate for his great houses: so I will give up the town with everything in it.

בְּנַפְשׁ֗וֹ (בְּ) be. “by”

Then it will come about that if there are still ten men in a house, death will overtake them.

בְּבַ֥יִת (בְּ) be. “in”

And when a man's relation, even the one who is responsible for burning his body, lifting him up to take his bones out of the house, says to him who is in the inmost part of the house, Is there still anyone with you? and he says, No; then he will say, Kee

בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “[is] in”בְּשֵׁ֥ם (בְּ) be. “<in>”

Is it possible for horses to go running on the rock? may the sea be ploughed with oxen? for the right to be turned by you into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into a bitter plant?

בַּסֶּ֙לַע֙ (בַּ) ba. “on the”בַּבְּקָרִ֑ים (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”

You whose joy is in a thing of no value, who say, Have we not taken for ourselves horns by the strength which is ours?

בְחָזְקֵ֔נוּ (בְ) ve. “by”

This is what the Lord God let me see: and I saw that, when the growth of the late grass was starting, he made locusts; it was the late growth after the king's cutting was done.

בִּתְחִלַּ֖ת (בִּ) bi “at”

This is what the Lord let me see: and I saw that the Lord God sent for a great fire to be the instrument of his punishment; and, after burning up the great deep, it was about to put an end to the Lord's heritage.

בָּאֵ֖שׁ (בָּ) ba. “by <the>”

This is what he let me see: and I saw the Lord stationed by a wall made straight by a weighted line, and he had a weighted line in his hand.

וּבְיָד֖וֹ (בְ) ve. “[was] in”

And the Lord said to me, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A weighted line. Then the Lord said, See, I will let down a weighted line among my people Israel; never again will my eyes be shut to their sin:

בְּקֶ֙רֶב֙ (בְּ) be. “in”

And the high places of Isaac will be unpeopled, and the holy places of Israel will be made waste; and I will come up against the family of Jeroboam with the sword.

בֶּחָֽרֶב׃ (בֶּ) be. “with the”

Then Amaziah, the priest of Beth-el, sent to Jeroboam, king of Israel, saying, Amos has made designs against you among the people of Israel: the land is troubled by his words.

בְּקֶ֙רֶב֙ (בְּ) be. “in”

For Amos has said, Jeroboam will be put to the sword, and Israel will certainly be taken away as a prisoner out of his land.

בַּחֶ֖רֶב (בַּ) ba. “by the”

So this is what the Lord has said: Your wife will be a loose woman in the town, and your sons and your daughters will be put to the sword, and your land will be cut up into parts by a line; and you yourself will come to your end in an unclean land, and I

בָּעִ֤יר (בָּ) ba. “in the”בַּחֶ֣רֶב (בַּ) ba. “by the”בַּחֶ֣בֶל (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”

And the songs of the king's house will be cries of pain in that day, says the Lord God: great will be the number of the dead bodies, and everywhere they will put them out without a word.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

Getting the poor for silver, and him who is in need for the price of two shoes, and taking a price for the waste parts of the grain.

בַּכֶּ֙סֶף֙ (בַּ) ba. “for <the>”בַּעֲב֣וּר (בַּ) ba. “for”

The Lord has taken an oath by the pride of Jacob, Truly I will ever keep in mind all their works.

בִּגְא֣וֹן (בִּ) bi “by”

Will not the land be shaking with fear because of this, and everyone in it have sorrow? and all of it will be overflowing like the River; and it will be troubled and go down again like the River of Egypt.

בָּ֑הּ (בָּ֑) Ba “in”

And it will come about in that day, says the Lord God, that I will make the sun go down in the middle of the day, and I will make the earth dark in daylight:

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”בַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִם (בַּֽ) ba. “at <the>”בְּי֥וֹם (בְּ) be. “in”

See, the days are coming, says the Lord God, when I will send times of great need on the land, not need of food or desire for water, but for hearing the words of the Lord.

בָּאָ֑רֶץ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

In that day the fair virgins and the young men will be feeble from need of water.

בַּיּ֨וֹם (בַּ) ba “in the”בַּצָּמָֽא׃ (בַּ) ba. “by <the>”

Those who make their oaths by the sin of Samaria and say, By the life of your God, O Dan; and, By the living way of Beer-sheba; even they will go down, never again to be lifted up.

בְּאַשְׁמַ֣ת (בְּ) be. “by”