H9003–/ב–b

The spirit of the Lord had voice through me, his word was on my tongue.

בִּ֑י (בִּ֑) B “by <the>”

The God of Israel said, the word of the Rock of Israel came to me: When an upright king is ruling over men, when he is ruling in the fear of God,

בָּאָדָ֔ם (בָּ) ba. “over <the>”

For is not my house so with God? For he has made with me an eternal agreement, ordered in all things and certain: as for all my salvation and all my desire, will he not give it increase?

בַכֹּל֙ (בַ) va. “in <the>”

But the evil-doers, all of them, will be like thorns to be pushed away, because they may not be gripped in the hand:

בְיָ֖ד (בְ) ve. “in”

But anyone touching them has to be armed with iron and the rod of a spear; and they will be burned with fire, every one of them.

בָּהֶ֔ם (בָּ) ba. “<in> <the>”וּבָאֵ֕שׁ (בָ) va. “with <the>”בַּשָּֽׁבֶת׃ (בַּ) ba. “at the”

These are the names of David's men of war: Ishbaal the Hachmonite, chief of the three; his axe was lifted up against eight hundred put to death at one time.

בְּפַ֥עַם (בְּ) be. “at”

After him was Eleazar, the son of Dodai the Ahohite, one of the three great fighters, who was with David in Pas-dammim when the Philistines came together there for the fight; and when the men of Israel had gone in flight,

בִּשְׁלֹשָׁ֨ה (בִּ) bi “among”בְּחָֽרְפָ֤ם (בְּ) be. “when”בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּים (בַּ) ba. “<in> the”

He was with David and went on fighting the Philistines till his hand became tired and stiff from gripping his sword: and that day the Lord gave a great salvation, and the people came back after him only to take the goods of the Philistines.

בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֜ים (בַּ) ba. “among the”בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

But he kept his place in the middle of the bit of land, and kept back their attack and overcame the Philistines: and the Lord gave a great salvation.

בְּתוֹךְ־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And three of the thirty went down at the start of the grain-cutting, and they came to David at the strong place of Adullam; and the band of Philistines had taken up their position in the valley of Rephaim.

בְּעֵ֥מֶק (בְּ) be. “in”

And at that time David had taken cover in the strong place, and an armed force of the Philistines was in Beth-lehem.

בַּמְּצוּדָ֑ה (בַּ) ba. “[was] in the”

And David, moved by a strong desire, said, If only someone would give me a drink of water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town!

בַּשָּֽׁעַר׃ (בַּ) ba. “[is] at the”

And the three men, forcing their way through the Philistine army, got water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town, and took it back to David: but he would not take it, but, draining it out, made an offering of it to the Lord.

בְּמַחֲנֵ֣ה (בְּ) be. “in”בַּשַּׁ֔עַר (בַּ) ba. “[was] at the”

And he said, Far be it from me, O Lord, to do this; how may I take as my drink the life-blood of men who have put their lives in danger? So he would not take it. These things did the three great men of war.

בְּנַפְשׁוֹתָ֔ם (בְּ) be. “with”

And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty. He put to death three hundred with his spear, and he got for himself a name among the thirty.

בַּשְּׁלֹשָֽׁה׃ (בַּ) ba. “among the”

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a fighting man of Kabzeel, had done great acts; he put to death the two sons of Ariel of Moab: he went down into a hole and put a lion to death in time of snow:

בְּת֥וֹךְ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּי֥וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”

And he made an attack on an Egyptian, a tall man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a stick, and pulling the spear out of the hands of the Egyptian, put him to death with that same spear.

וּבְיַ֤ד (בְ) ve. “[was] in”בַּשָּׁ֑בֶט (בַּ) ba. “with the”בַּחֲנִיתֽוֹ׃ (בַּ) ba. “with”

These were the acts of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who had a great name among the thirty men of war.

בִּשְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה (בִּ) bi “among”

Asahel, the brother of Joab, was one of the thirty; and Elhanan, the son of Dodai, of Beth-lehem,

בַּשְּׁלֹשִׁ֑ים (בַּ) ba. “[was] among the”

Again the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and moving David against them, he said, Go, take the number of Israel and Judah.

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (בְּ) be. “on”בָּהֶם֙ (בָּ) ba. “against <the>”

And the king said to Joab and the captains of the army, who were with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, and have all the people numbered, so that I may be certain of the number of the people.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And Joab said to the king, Whatever the number of the people, may the Lord make it a hundred times as much, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king take pleasure in doing this thing?

בַּדָּבָ֥ר (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And they went over Jordan, and starting from Aroer, from the town which is in the middle of the valley, they went in the direction of the Gadites, and on to Jazer;

בַעֲרוֹעֵ֗ר (בַ) va. “at”בְּתוֹךְ־ (בְּ) be. “[is] in”

So after going through all the land in every direction, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And David got up in the morning; now the word of the Lord had come to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

בַּבֹּ֑קֶר (בַּ) ba. “in the”