H9003–/ב–b

Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that, instead of that which was said unto them: 'Ye are not My people', it shall be said unto them: 'Ye are t

בִּמְק֞וֹם (בִּ) bi “in”

Plead with your mother, plead; for she is not My wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her harlotries from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

בְאִמְּכֶם֙ (בְ) ve. “with”

Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.

בַּצָּמָֽא׃ (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will make a wall against her, that she shall not find her paths.

בַּסִּירִ֑ים (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”

Therefore will I take back My corn in the time thereof, and My wine in the season thereof, and will snatch away My wool and My flax given to cover her nakedness.

בְּעִתּ֔וֹ (בְּ) be. “at”בְּמֽוֹעֲד֑וֹ (בְּ) be. “at”

And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call Me Ishi, and shalt call Me no more Baali.

בַיּוֹם־ (בַ) va “in the”

For I will take away the names of the Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be mentioned by their name.

בִּשְׁמָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi “by”

And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground; and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land, and will make them to li

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “in the”

And I will betroth thee unto Me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto Me in righteousness, and in justice, and in lovingkindness, and in compassion.

בְּצֶ֣דֶק (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְמִשְׁפָּ֔ט (בְ) ve. “in”וּבְחֶ֖סֶד (בְ) ve. “in”וּֽבְרַחֲמִֽים׃ (בְ) ve. “in”

And I will betroth thee unto Me in faithfulness; and thou shalt know the LORD.

בֶּאֱמוּנָ֑ה (בֶּ) be. “in”

And it shall come to pass in that day, I will respond, saith the LORD, I will respond to the heavens, and they shall respond to the earth;

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “in the”

And I will sow her unto Me in the land; and I will have compassion upon her that had not obtained compassion; and I will say to them that were not My people: 'Thou art My people'; and they shall say: 'Thou art my God.'

בָּאָ֔רֶץ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley;

בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה (בַּ) ba. “for”

afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall come trembling unto the LORD and to His goodness in the end of days.

בְּאַחֲרִ֥ית (בְּ) be. “at”

Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel! for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

Swearing and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery! they break all bounds, and blood toucheth blood.

בְּדָמִ֖ים (בְּ) be. “<in>”

Therefore doth the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein doth languish, with the beasts of the field, and the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also are taken away.

בָּ֔הּ (בָּ֔) Ba “in”בְּחַיַּ֥ת (בְּ) be. “among”וּבְע֣וֹף (בְ) ve. “among”

The more they were increased, the more they sinned against Me; I will change their glory into shame.

בְּקָל֥וֹן (בְּ) be. “for”

My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of harlotry hath caused them to err, and they have gone astray from under their God.

בְּעֵצ֣וֹ (בְּ) be. “by”

For Israel is stubborn like a stubborn heifer; now shall the LORD feed them as a lamb in a large place?

בַּמֶּרְחָֽב׃ (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”

The wind hath bound her up in her skirts; and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.

בִּכְנָפֶ֑יהָ (בִּ) bi “in”

Their doings will not suffer them to return unto their God; for the spirit of harlotry is within them, and they know not the LORD.

בְּקִרְבָּ֔ם (בְּ) be. “[is] in”

But the pride of Israel shall testify to his face; and Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in their iniquity, Judah also shall stumble with them.

בְּפָנָ֑יו (בְּ) be. “in”בַּעֲוֹנָ֔ם (בַּ) ba. “on”

With their flocks and with their herds they shall go to seek the LORD, but they shall not find Him; He hath withdrawn Himself from them.

בְּצֹאנָ֣ם (בְּ) be. “with”וּבִבְקָרָ֗ם (בִ) vi “with”

They have dealt treacherously against the LORD, for they have begotten strange children; now shall the new moon devour them with their portions.

בַּיהוָ֣ה (בַּ) ba. “with”