H9003–/ב–b

and the number of the sons of Israel hath been as the sand of the sea, that is not measured nor numbered, and it hath come to pass in the place where it is said to them, Ye `are' not My people, it is said to them, Sons of the Living God;

בִּמְק֞וֹם (בִּ) bi “in”

Plead ye with your mother -- plead, (For she `is' not My wife, and I `am' not her husband,) And she turneth her whoredoms from before her, And her adulteries from between her breasts,

בְאִמְּכֶם֙ (בְ) ve. “with”

Lest I strip her naked. And have set her up as `in' the day of her birth, And have made her as a wilderness, And have set her as a dry land, And have put her to death with thirst.

בַּצָּמָֽא׃ (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”

Therefore, lo, I am hedging up thy way with thorns, And I have made for her a wall, And her paths she doth not find.

בַּסִּירִ֑ים (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”

Therefore do I turn back, And I have taken My corn in its season, And My new wine in its appointed time, And I have taken away My wool and My flax, covering her nakedness.

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

And it hath come to pass, in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah, Thou dost call Me -- My husband, And dost not call Me any more -- My lord.

בַיּוֹם־ (בַ) va “in the”

And I have turned aside the names of the lords from her mouth, And they are not remembered any more by their name.

בִּשְׁמָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi “by”

And I have made to them a covenant in that day, with the beast of the field, And with the fowl of the heavens, And the creeping thing of the ground, And bow, and sword, and war I break from off the land, And have caused them to lie down confidently.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “in the”

And I have betrothed thee to Me to the age, And betrothed thee to Me in righteousness, And in judgment, and kindness, and mercies,

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

And betrothed thee to Me in faithfulness, And thou hast known Jehovah.

בֶּאֱמוּנָ֑ה (בֶּ) be. “in”

And it hath come to pass in that day, I answer -- an affirmation of Jehovah, I answer the heavens, and they answer the earth.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “in the”

And I have sowed her to Me in the land, And I have pitied Lo-Ruhamah, And I have said to Lo-Ammi, My people thou `art', and it saith, My God!'

בָּאָ֔רֶץ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

And I buy her to me for fifteen silverlings, and a homer and a letech of barley;

בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה (בַּ) ba. “for”

Afterwards turned back have the sons of Israel, and sought Jehovah their God, and David their king, and have hastened unto Jehovah, and unto His goodness, in the latter end of the days.

בְּאַחֲרִ֥ית (בְּ) be. “at”

`Hear a word of Jehovah, sons of Israel, For a strife `is' to Jehovah with inhabitants of the land, For there is no truth, nor kindness, Nor knowledge of God, in the land,

בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

Swearing, and lying, and murdering, And stealing, and committing adultery -- have increased, And blood against blood hath touched.

בְּדָמִ֖ים (בְּ) be. “<in>”

Therefore mourn doth the land, And weak is every dweller in it, With the beast of the field, And with the fowl of the heavens, And the fishes of the sea -- they are removed.

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

According to their abundance so they sinned against Me, Their honour into shame I change.

בְּקָל֥וֹן (בְּ) be. “for”

My people at its staff asketh and its rod declareth to it, For a spirit of whoredoms hath caused to err, And they go a-whoring from under their God.

בְּעֵצ֣וֹ (בְּ) be. “by”

For as a refractory heifer hath Israel turned aside, Now doth Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.

בַּמֶּרְחָֽב׃ (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”

Distressed her hath wind with its wings, And they are ashamed of their sacrifices!

בִּכְנָפֶ֑יהָ (בִּ) bi “in”

They give not up their habitual doings, To turn back unto their God, For a spirit of whoredoms `is' in their midst, And Jehovah they have not known.

בְּקִרְבָּ֔ם (בְּ) be. “[is] in”

And humbled hath been the excellency of Israel to his face, And Israel and Ephraim stumble by their iniquity, Stumbled also hath Judah with them.

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

With their flock and with their herd, They go to seek Jehovah, and do not find, He hath withdrawn from them.

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

Against Jehovah they dealt treacherously, For strange sons they have begotten, Now consume them doth a month `with' their portions.

בַּיהוָ֣ה (בַּ) ba. “with”