H9003–/ב–b

Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can't be measured nor numbered; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' they will be called 'sons of the living God.'

בִּמְק֞וֹם (בִּ) bi “in”

Contend with your mother! Contend, for she is not my wife, Neither am I her husband; And let her put away her prostitution from her face, And her adulteries from between her breasts;

בְאִמְּכֶם֙ (בְ) ve. “with”

Lest I strip her naked, And make her bare as in the day that she was born, And make her like 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 your way with thorns, And I will build a wall against her, That she can't find her way.

בַּסִּירִ֑ים (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”

Therefore I will take back my grain in its time, And my new wine in its season, And will pluck away my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness.

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

It will be in that day," says Yahweh, "That you will call me 'my husband,' And no longer call me 'my master.'

בַיּוֹם־ (בַ) va “in the”

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

בִּשְׁמָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi “by”

In that day I will make a covenant for them with the animals of the field, And with the birds of the sky, And with the creeping things of the ground. I will break the bow, the sword, and the battle out of the land, And will make them lie down safely.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “in the”

I will betroth you to me forever. Yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness, and in compassion.

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

I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness; And you shall know Yahweh.

בֶּאֱמוּנָ֑ה (בֶּ) be. “in”

It will happen in that day, I will respond," says Yahweh, I will respond to the heavens, And they will respond to the earth;

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “in the”

I will sow her to me in the earth; And I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; And I will tell those who were not my people, 'You are my people;' And they will say, 'My God!'"

בָּאָ֔רֶץ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley.

בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה (בַּ) ba. “for”

Afterward the children of Israel shall return, and seek Yahweh their God, and David their king, and shall come with trembling to Yahweh and to his blessings in the last days.

בְּאַחֲרִ֥ית (בְּ) be. “at”

Hear the word of Yahweh, you children of Israel; For Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: "Indeed there is no truth, Nor goodness, Nor knowledge of God in the land.

בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; They break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.

בְּדָמִ֖ים (בְּ) be. “<in>”

Therefore the land will mourn, And everyone who dwells therein will waste away. All living things in her, Even the animals of the field and the birds of the sky; Yes, the fish of the sea also die.

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

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

בְּקָל֥וֹן (בְּ) be. “for”

My people consult with their wooded idol, And answer to a stick of wood. Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, And they have been unfaithful to their God.

בְּעֵצ֣וֹ (בְּ) be. “by”

For Israel has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. Then how will Yahweh feed them like a lamb in a meadow.

בַּמֶּרְחָֽב׃ (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”

The wind has wrapped her up in its wings; And they shall be disappointed because of their sacrifices.

בִּכְנָפֶ֑יהָ (בִּ) bi “in”

Their deeds won't allow them to turn to their God; For the spirit of prostitution is within them, And they don't know Yahweh.

בְּקִרְבָּ֔ם (בְּ) be. “[is] in”

The pride of Israel testifies to his face. Therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity. Judah also will stumble with them.

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

They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Yahweh; But they won't find him. He has withdrawn himself from them.

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

They are unfaithful to Yahweh; For they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with their fields.

בַּיהוָ֣ה (בַּ) ba. “with”