H9003–/ב–b

Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds which I have done for the house of my God, and for the charges thereof!

בְּבֵ֥ית (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְמִשְׁמָרָֽיו׃ (בְ) ve. “in”

In those days I saw in Judah some treading winepresses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading them on asses; as also wine, grapes and figs, and all manner of burdens; and they brought them into Jerusalem on the sabbath day; and I protested in the day on which they sold the victuals.

בַּיָּמִ֣ים (בַּ) ba “in the”בִֽיהוּדָ֣ה׀ (בִֽ) vi. “in”בַּשַּׁבָּ֡ת (בַּ) ba. “on the”בְּי֣וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”בְּי֖וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”

Men of Tyre also dwelt therein, who brought fish and all manner of ware, and sold it on the sabbath to the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.

בָ֔הּ (בָ֔) Va “in”בַּשַּׁבָּ֛ת (בַּ) ba. “on the”וּבִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִ) vi. “in”

And it came to pass, that when it began to be dark in the gates of Jerusalem before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut; and I commanded that they should not be opened till after the sabbath. And I set [ergänzt: some] of my servants at the gates, so that no burden should be brought in on the sabbath day.

בְּי֥וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”

And I testified against them, and said to them, Why do ye pass the night before the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth they came not on the sabbath.

בָהֶ֗ם (בָ) va. “<in>”בָּכֶ֑ם (בָּ) ba. “on”בַּשַּׁבָּֽת׃ (בַּ) ba. “on the”

In those days also I saw Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, [ergänzt: and] of Moab.

בַּיָּמִ֣ים (בַּ) ba “in the”

And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them and plucked off their hair, and adjured them by God [ergänzt: saying], Ye shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.

בֵּֽאלֹהִ֗ים (בֵּֽ) be. “by”

Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among the many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel; but even him did foreign wives cause to sin.

וּבַגּוֹיִ֣ם (בַ) va. “among the”

And should we hearken to you to do all this great evil, to act unfaithfully to our God by marrying foreign wives?

בֵּֽאלֹהֵ֑ינוּ (בֵּֽ) be. “against”

And I purified them from all foreigners, and appointed the charges of the priests and the Levites, every one in his service;

בִּמְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃ (בִּ) bi “in”

and for the wood-offering, at times appointed, and for the first-fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good!

בְּעִתִּ֥ים (בְּ) be. “at”

And it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (that is, the Ahasuerus that reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces),

בִּימֵ֣י (בִּ) bi. “in”

in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the fortress,

בַּיָּמִ֖ים (בַּ) ba “in the”בְּשׁוּשַׁ֥ן (בְּ) be. “[was] in”

in the third year of his reign, he made a feast to all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and the princes of the provinces being before him;

בִּשְׁנַ֤ת (בִּ) bi “in”

when he shewed the glorious wealth of his kingdom and the splendid magnificence of his grandeur many days, a hundred and eighty days.

בְּהַרְאֹת֗וֹ (בְּ) be. “when”

And when these days were expired, the king made a feast to all the people that were present in Shushan the fortress, both to great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.

וּבִמְל֣וֹאת׀ (בִ) vi “when”בְּשׁוּשַׁ֨ן (בְּ) be. “in”בַּחֲצַ֕ר (בַּ) ba. “in”

White, green, and blue [ergänzt: hangings] were fastened with cords of byssus and purple to silver rings and pillars of white marble; couches of gold and silver [ergänzt: lay] upon a pavement of red and white marble, and alabaster, and black marble.

בְּחַבְלֵי־ (בְּ) be. “with”

And they gave drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being diverse one from another), and royal wine in abundance, according to the king's bounty.

בִּכְלֵ֣י (בִּ) bi “in”

On the seventh day, when the king's heart was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of king Ahasuerus,

בַּיּוֹם֙ (בַּ) ba “on the”בַּיָּ֑יִן (בַּ) ba “by the”

to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the royal crown to shew the peoples and the princes her beauty; for she was of beautiful countenance.

בְּכֶ֣תֶר (בְּ) be. “with”

But the queen Vashti refused to come at the word of the king which was [ergänzt: sent] by the chamberlains; and the king was very wroth, and his fury burned in him.

בִּדְבַ֣ר (בִּ) bi “at”בְּיַ֣ד (בְּ) be. “[was] by”בֽוֹ׃ (בֽ) v “in <the>”

and the next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, [ergänzt: and] Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and who sat first in the kingdom),

בַּמַּלְכֽוּת׃ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

What shall be done to the queen Vashti according to law, because she has not performed the word of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

בַּמַּלְכָּ֖ה (בַּ) ba. “with the”בְּיַ֖ד (בְּ) be. “by”

Then said Memucan before the king and the princes, The queen Vashti has not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the peoples that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “[are] in”

For the act of the queen will come abroad to all women, so as to render their husbands contemptible in their eyes, when they shall say, The king Ahasuerus commanded the queen Vashti to be brought in before him, and she came not!

בְּעֵינֵיהֶ֑ן (בְּ) be. “in”בְּאָמְרָ֗ם (בְּ) be. “because”