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 in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said to them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

בִּמְק֞וֹם (בִּ) bi “in”

Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her prostitutions out of her sight, 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 kill her with thirst.

בַּצָּמָֽא׃ (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”

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

בַּסִּירִ֑ים (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”

Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in its time, and my wine in its season, and I will recover 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 Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered 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 animals of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down in safety.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “in the”

And I will betroth thee to me for ever; yes, I will betroth thee to me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving-kindness, and in mercies.

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

I will even betroth thee to me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.

בֶּאֱמוּנָ֑ה (בֶּ) be. “in”

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

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “in the”

And I will sow her to me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them who 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 for 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 fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter 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”

By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

בְּדָמִ֖ים (בְּ) be. “<in>”

Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth in it shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yes, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

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

As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.

בְּקָל֥וֹן (בְּ) be. “for”

My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth to them: for the spirit of lewdness hath caused them to err, and they have gone astray from under their God.

בְּעֵצ֣וֹ (בְּ) be. “by”

For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

בַּמֶּרְחָֽב׃ (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”

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

בִּכְנָפֶ֑יהָ (בִּ) bi “in”

They will not frame their doings to turn to their God: for the spirit of lewdness is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.

בְּקִרְבָּ֔ם (בְּ) be. “[is] in”

And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.

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

They shall go with their flocks and with their herds 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 a month devour them with their portions.

בַּיהוָ֣ה (בַּ) ba. “with”