H9003–/ב–b

They went out at noon. But Ben Hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings who helped him.

בַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִם (בַּֽ) ba. “at the”בַּסֻּכּ֗וֹת (בַּ) ba. “in the”

The young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben Hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out from Samaria.

בָּרִֽאשֹׁנָ֑ה (בָּ) ba. “at the”

The king of Israel went out, and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.

בַאֲרָ֖ם (בַ) va. “among”

The servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their god is a god of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we: but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.

בַּמִּישׁ֔וֹר (בַּ) ba. “on the”

and number you an army, like the army that you have lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot; and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. He listened to their voice, and did so.

בַּמִּישׁ֔וֹר (בַּ) ba. “on the”

A man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, Thus says Yahweh, Because the Syrians have said, Yahweh is a god of the hills, but he is not a god of the valleys; therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am Yahweh.

בְּיָדֶ֔ךָ (בְּ) be. “in”

They encamped one over against the other seven days. So it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Israel killed of the Syrians one hundred thousand footmen in one day.

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

But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men who were left. Ben Hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.

בְּחָֽדֶר׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

His servants said to him, See now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, we pray you, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save your life.

בְּמָתְנֵ֜ינוּ (בְּ) be. “on”בְּרֹאשֵׁ֗נוּ (בְּ) be. “on”

So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and [ergänzt: put] ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Your servant Ben Hadad says, please let me live. He said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.

בְּמָתְנֵיהֶ֜ם (בְּ) be. “on”בְּרָאשֵׁיהֶ֗ם (בְּ) be. “on”

[ergänzt: Ben Hadad] said to him, The cities which my father took from your father I will restore; and you shall make streets for you in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. I, [ergänzt: said Ahab], will let you go with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and let him go.

בְדַמֶּ֙שֶׂק֙ (בְ) ve. “in”בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן (בְּ) be. “in”בַּבְּרִ֣ית (בַּ) ba. “with the”

A certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow by the word of Yahweh, Please strike me. The man refused to strike him.

בִּדְבַ֥ר (בִּ) bi “at”

Then said he to him, Because you have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh, behold, as soon as you are departed from me, a lion shall kill you. As soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and killed him.

בְּק֣וֹל (בְּ) be. “to”

So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.

בָּאֲפֵ֖ר (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”

As the king passed by, he cried to the king; and he said, Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall your life be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.

בְקֶֽרֶב־ (בְ) ve. “in”

It happened after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

בְּיִזְרְעֶ֑אל (בְּ) be. “[was] in”

Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near to my house; and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it: or, if it seem good to you, I will give you the worth of it in money.

בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ (בְּ) be. “in”

He said to her, Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said to him, Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it please you, I will give you [ergänzt: another] vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give you my vineyard.

בְּכֶ֔סֶף (בְּ) be. “for”

So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were in his city, [ergänzt: and] who lived with Naboth.

בְּשֵׁ֣ם (בְּ) be. “in”בְּחֹתָמ֑וֹ (בְּ) be. “with”בְּעִיר֔וֹ (בְּ) be. “[were] in”

She wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

בַּסְּפָרִ֖ים (בַּ) ba. “in the”בְּרֹ֥אשׁ (בְּ) be. “at”

The men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them.

בְּעִיר֔וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”בַּסְּפָרִ֔ים (בַּ) ba. “in the”

They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

בְּרֹ֥אשׁ (בְּ) be. “at”

The two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.

בָאֲבָנִ֖ים (בָ) va. “with <the>”

It happened, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.

בְכֶ֔סֶף (בְ) ve. “for”

Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who dwells in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he is gone down to take possession of it.

בְּשֹׁמְר֑וֹן (בְּ) be. “[is] in”בְּכֶ֣רֶם (בְּ) be. “[he is] in”