H9003–/ב–b

And he looked, and behold, there was a well in the fields, and behold there, three flocks of sheep were lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks, and a great stone was at the mouth of the well.

בַּשָּׂדֶ֗ה (בַּ) ba. “[was] in the”

And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

בְּרָחֵ֥ל (בְּ) be. “for”

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they were in his eyes as single days, because he loved her.

בְּרָחֵ֖ל (בְּ) be. “for”בְעֵינָיו֙ (בְ) ve. “in”בְּאַהֲבָת֖וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”

And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in to her.

בָעֶ֔רֶב (בָ) va. “in the”

And it came to pass in the morning, that behold, it was Leah. And he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done to me? Have I not served thee for Rachel? Why then hast thou deceived me?

בַבֹּ֔קֶר (בַ) va. “in the”בְרָחֵל֙ (בְ) ve. “for”

And Laban said, It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.

בִּמְקוֹמֵ֑נוּ (בִּ) bi “in”

Fulfil the week [ergänzt: with] this one: then we will give thee the other one also, for the service that thou shalt serve me yet seven other years.

בַּעֲבֹדָה֙ (בַּ) ba. “for”

And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and called his name Reuben; for she said, Because Jehovah has looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.

בְּעָנְיִ֔י (בְּ) be. “on”

And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

בַּאֲחֹתָ֑הּ (בַּ) ba. “of”

And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, Am I in God's stead, who has withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

בְּרָחֵ֑ל (בְּ) be. “on”

And Rachel said, God has done me justice, and has also heard my voice, and given me a son; therefore she called his name Dan.

בְּקֹלִ֔י (בְּ) be. “to”

And Leah said, Happy am I; for the daughters will call me blessed! and she called his name Asher.

בְּאָשְׁרִ֕י (בְּ) be. “in”

And Reuben went out in the days of wheat-harvest, and found mandrakes in the fields; and he brought them to his mother Leah. And Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.

בִּימֵ֣י (בִּ) bi. “in”בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And when Jacob came from the fields in the evening, Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in to me, for indeed I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

בָּעֶרֶב֒ (בָּ) ba. “in the”בְּדוּדָאֵ֖י (בְּ) be. “for”בַּלַּ֥יְלָה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Give [ergänzt: me] my wives for whom I have served thee, and my children; that I may go away, for thou knowest my service which I have served thee.

בָּהֵ֖ן (בָּ) ba. “for”

And Laban said to him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes -- I have discovered that Jehovah has blessed me for thy sake.

בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ (בְּ) be. “in”בִּגְלָלֶֽךָ׃ (בִּ) bi “on”

I will pass through all thy flock to-day, to remove thence all the speckled and spotted sheep, and all the brown lambs, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and [ergänzt: that] shall be my hire.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”בַּכְּשָׂבִ֔ים (בַּ) ba. “among the”בָּעִזִּ֑ים (בָּ) ba. “among the”

And my righteousness shall answer for me hereafter, when thou comest about my hire, before thy face: all that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the lambs, let that be stolen with me.

בִּ֤י (בִּ֤) b “for”בְּי֣וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”בָּֽעִזִּ֗ים (בָּֽ) ba. “among the”בַּכְּשָׂבִ֔ים (בַּ) ba. “among the”

And he removed that day the he-goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the brown among the lambs, and gave [ergänzt: them] into the hand of his sons.

בַּיּוֹם֩ (בַּ) ba “on the”בּ֔וֹ (בּ֔) b “[was] on <the>”בַּכְּשָׂבִ֑ים (בַּ) ba. “among the”בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And Jacob took fresh rods of white poplar, almond-tree, and maple; and peeled off white stripes in them, uncovering the white which was on the rods.

בָּהֵן֙ (בָּ) ba. “on <the>”

And he set the rods which he had peeled before the flock, in the troughs at the watering-places where the flock came to drink, and they were ardent when they came to drink.

בָּרֳהָטִ֖ים (בָּ) bo. “in the”בְּשִֽׁקֲת֣וֹת (בְּ) be. “in”בְּבֹאָ֥ן (בְּ) be. “when”

And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flock toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he made himself separate flocks, and did not put them with Laban's flock.

בְּצֹ֣אן (בְּ) be. “among”

And it came to pass whensoever the strong cattle were ardent, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might become ardent among the rods;

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”בָּרֳהָטִ֑ים (בָּ) bo. “in the”בַּמַּקְלֽוֹת׃ (בַּ) ba. “at the”

but when the sheep were feeble, he put [ergänzt: them] not in; so the feeble were Laban's, and the strong Jacob's.

וּבְהַעֲטִ֥יף (בְ) ve. “when”

And you know that with all my power I have served your father.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “with”