H9003–/ב–b

Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.

בְּת֣וֹךְ (בְּ) be. “in”

As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in my anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.

בְּאַפִּ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”וּבַחֲמָתִ֔י (בַ) va. “in”

Yes, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst of it.

בְּאֵ֣שׁ (בְּ) be. “with”בְּתוֹכָֽהּ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst of it; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out my fury upon you.

בְּת֣וֹךְ (בְּ) be. “in”בְתוֹכָ֑הּ (בְ) ve. “in”

Son of man, say to her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.

בְּי֥וֹם (בְּ) be. “in”

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst of her, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst of her.

בְּתוֹכָ֔הּ (בְּ) be. “[is] in”בְתוֹכָֽהּ׃ (בְ) ve. “in”

Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned my holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shown difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

בְּתוֹכָֽם׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

Her princes in the midst of her are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

בְקִרְבָּ֔הּ (בְ) ve. “in”

The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have oppressed the poor and needy: yes, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

בְּלֹ֥א (בְּ) be. “with”

And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

בַּפֶּ֧רֶץ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Therefore have I poured out my indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD.

בְּאֵ֥שׁ (בְּ) be. “with”בְּרֹאשָׁ֣ם (בְּ) be. “on”

And they committed lewd deeds in Egypt; they committed lewd deeds in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they were first corrupted.

בְמִצְרַ֔יִם (בְ) ve. “in”בִּנְעוּרֵיהֶ֖ן (בִּ) bi “in”

Thus she committed her lewd deeds with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.

וּבְכֹ֧ל (בְ) ve. “by”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “by”

Neither left she her lewd deeds brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they first corrupted her, and poured their impurities upon her.

בִנְעוּרֶ֔יהָ (בִ) vi “in”

Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.

בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּיַד֙ (בְּ) be. “in”

These uncovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her.

בַּחֶ֣רֶב (בַּ) ba. “with the”בָֽהּ׃ (בָֽ) Va “on”

And that she increased her prostitutions: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion.

בַּשָּׁשַֽׁר׃ (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”

Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:

בְּמָתְנֵיהֶ֗ם (בְּ) be. “on”בְּרָ֣אשֵׁיהֶ֔ם (בְּ) be. “on”

And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their lewdness, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.

בְּתַזְנוּתָ֑ם (בְּ) be. “by”בָ֔ם (בָ֔) Va “by”

Yet she multiplied her prostitutions, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, in which she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”

Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, by being corrupted by the Egyptians in thy youth.

בַּעְשׂ֤וֹת (בַּ) ba “when”

And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet on every side: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.

וּבִקְהַ֣ל (בִ) vi “with”בְּמִשְׁפְּטֵיהֶֽם׃ (בְּ) be. “by”

And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thy ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.

בָּ֗ךְ (בָּ֗) Ba “on”בְּחֵמָ֔ה (בְּ) be. “in”בַּחֶ֣רֶב (בַּ) ba. “by the”בָּאֵֽשׁ׃ (בָּ) ba. “by <the>”

For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind is alienated:

בְּיַ֖ד (בְּ) be. “in”בְּיַ֛ד (בְּ) be. “in”

And they shall treat thee with hatred, and shall take away all thy labor, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness of thy prostitutions shall be disclosed, both thy lewdness and thy prostitutions.

בְּשִׂנְאָ֗ה (בְּ) be. “in”