H9003–/ב–b

Among the smooth [ergänzt: stones] of the valley is thy portion; they, they are thy lot; even to them hast thou poured a drink-offering, thou hast offered an oblation. Shall I be appeased for these things?

בְּחַלְּקֵי־ (בְּ) be. “[is] among”

And thou wentest to the king with oil, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thine ambassadors far off, and didst debase thyself even unto Sheol.

בַּשֶּׁ֔מֶן (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”

Thou wast wearied with the length of thy way; yet saidst thou not, It is in vain: thou didst find a quickening of thy strength; therefore thou wast not faint.

בְּרֹ֤ב (בְּ) be. “with”

When thou criest, let them that thou hast gathered deliver thee; but the wind shall take them, a breath shall carry them all away: but he that taketh refuge in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.

בְּזַֽעֲקֵךְ֙ (בְּ) be. “when”בִי֙ (בִ) v “in”

For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid [ergänzt: my face] and was wroth; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.

בַּעֲוֹ֥ן (בַּ) ba. “in”בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ (בְּ) be. “in”

Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.

בְגָרוֹן֙ (בְ) ve. “with”

Wherefore have we fasted, [ergänzt: say they], and thou seest not? [ergänzt: wherefore] have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find [ergänzt: your own] pleasure, and exact all your labors.

בְּי֤וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”

Behold, ye fast for strife and contention, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye fast not this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.

בְּאֶגְרֹ֣ף (בְּ) be. “with”בַּמָּר֖וֹם (בַּ) ba. “in the”

and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thine obscurity be as the noonday;

בַּחֹ֙שֶׁךְ֙ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

and Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in dry places, and make strong thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

בְּצַחְצָחוֹת֙ (בְּ) be. “in”

If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, [ergänzt: and] the holy of Jehovah honorable; and shalt honor it, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking [ergänzt: thine own] words:

בְּי֣וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue muttereth wickedness.

בַדָּ֔ם (בַ) va. “with <the>”בֶּֽעָוֹ֑ן (בֶּֽ) be. “with <the>”

None sueth in righteousness, and none pleadeth in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

בְצֶ֔דֶק (בְ) ve. “in”בֶּאֱמוּנָ֑ה (בֶּ) be. “in”

Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

בְּמַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶ֑ם (בְּ) be. “with”בְּכַפֵּיהֶֽם׃ (בְּ) be. “[is] in”

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.

בִּמְסִלּוֹתָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi “[are] on”

The way of peace they know not; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whosoever goeth therein doth not know peace.

בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתָ֑ם (בְּ) be. “on”בָּ֔הּ (בָּ֔) Ba “on”

Therefore is justice far from us, neither doth righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

בָּאֲפֵל֥וֹת (בָּ) ba. “in <the>”

We grope for the wall like the blind; yea, we grope as they that have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among them that are lusty we are as dead men.

בַֽצָּהֳרַ֙יִם֙ (בַֽ) va. “at <the>”בָּאַשְׁמַנִּ֖ים (בָּ) ba. “among the”

For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know them:

בָּ֑נוּ (בָּ֑) Ba. “against”

transgressing and denying Jehovah, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

בַּֽיהוָ֔ה (בַּֽ) ba. “<in>”

And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.

בָֽרְחוֹב֙ (בָֽ) va. “in the”

Yea, truth is lacking; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. And Jehovah saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.

בְּעֵינָ֖יו (בְּ) be. “in”

And he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle.

בְּרֹאשׁ֑וֹ (בְּ) be. “on”

So shall they fear the name of Jehovah from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come as a rushing stream, which the breath of Jehovah driveth.

בֽוֹ׃ (בֽ) v “<in>”

And a Redeemer will come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith Jehovah.

בְּיַֽעֲקֹ֑ב (בְּ) be. “in”