H9003–/ב–b

Ephraim is looking `away' from My God, The prophet! a snare of a fowler `is' over all his ways, Hatred `is' in the house of his God.

בְּבֵ֥ית (בְּ) be. “[is] in”

As grapes in a wilderness I found Israel, As the first-fruit in a fig-tree, at its beginning, I have seen your fathers, They -- they have gone in `to' Baal-Peor, And are separated to a shameful thing, And are become abominable like their love.

בַּמִּדְבָּ֗ר (בַּ) ba. “in the”בִתְאֵנָה֙ (בִ) vi “on”בְּרֵ֣אשִׁיתָ֔הּ (בְּ) be. “at”

For though they nourish their sons, I have made them childless -- without man, Surely also, wo to them, when I turn aside from them.

בְּשׂוּרִ֥י (בְּ) be. “when”

Ephraim! when I have looked to the rock, Is planted in comeliness, And Ephraim `is' to bring out unto a slayer his sons.

בְנָוֶ֑ה (בְ) ve. “in”

All their evil `is' in Gilgal, Surely there I have hated them, Because of the evil of their doings, Out of My house I do drive them, I add not to love them, all their heads `are' apostates.

בַּגִּלְגָּל֙ (בַּ) ba. “[is] in <the>”

Reject them doth my God, Because they have not hearkened to Him, And they are wanderers among nations!

בַּגּוֹיִֽם׃ (בַּ) ba. “among the”

From the days of Gibeah thou hast sinned, O Israel, There they have stood, Not overtake them in Gibeah doth battle, Because of sons of perverseness.

בַּגִּבְעָ֛ה (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”

When I desire, then I do bind them, And gathered against them have peoples, When they bind themselves to their two iniquities.

בְּאַוָּתִ֖י (בְּ) be. “at”בְּאָסְרָ֖ם (בְּ) be. “when”

Ye have ploughed wickedness, Perversity ye have reaped, Ye have eaten the fruit of lying, For thou hast trusted in thy way, In the abundance of thy might.

בְדַרְכְּךָ֖ (בְ) ve. “in”בְּרֹ֥ב (בְּ) be. “in”

And rise doth a tumult among thy people, And all thy fortresses are spoiled, As the spoiling of Shalman of Beth-Arbel, In a day of battle, Mother against sons dashed in pieces.

בְּעַמֶּךָ֒ (בְּ) be. “among”בְּי֣וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”

Thus hath Beth-El done to you, Because of the evil of your wickedness, In the dawn cut off utterly is a king of Israel!

בַּשַּׁ֕חַר (בַּ) ba. “at <the>”

With cords of man I do draw them, With thick cords of love, And I am to them as a raiser up of a yoke on their jaws, And I incline unto him -- I feed `him'.

בְּחַבְלֵ֨י (בְּ) be. “with”בַּעֲבֹת֣וֹת (בַּ) ba. “with”

Grievous hath been the sword in his cities, And it hath ended his bars, and consumed -- from their own counsels.

בְּעָרָ֔יו (בְּ) be. “in”

I do not the fierceness of My anger, I turn not back to destroy Ephraim, For God I `am', and not a man. In thy midst the Holy One, and I enter not in enmity,

בְּקִרְבְּךָ֣ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּעִֽיר׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

Compassed Me with feigning hath Ephraim, And with deceit the house of Israel. And Judah again is ruling with God, And with the Holy Ones `is' faithful!

בְכַ֙חַשׁ֙ (בְ) ve. “with”וּבְמִרְמָ֖ה (בְ) ve. “with”

In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And by his strength he was a prince with God,

בַּבֶּ֖טֶן (בַּ) ba. “in the”וּבְאוֹנ֖וֹ (בְ) ve. “in”

And thou, through thy God, dost turn, Kindness and judgment keep thou, And wait on thy God continually.

בֵּאלֹהֶ֣יךָ (בֵּ) be. “in”

Canaan! in his hand `are' balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.

בְּיָד֛וֹ (בְּ) be. “[who are] in”

And I -- Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, Again do I turn thee back into tents, As in the days of the appointed time.

בָאֳהָלִ֖ים (בָ) vo. “in”

And I have spoken unto the prophets, And I have multiplied vision, And by the hand of the prophets I use similes.

וּבְיַ֥ד (בְ) ve. “by”

Surely Gilead `is' iniquity, Only, vanity they have been, In Gilead bullocks they have sacrificed, Also their altars `are' as heaps, on the furrows of a field.

בַּגִּלְגָּ֖ל (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”

And Jacob doth flee to the country of Aram, And Israel doth serve for a wife, Yea, for a wife he hath kept watch.

בְּאִשָּׁ֔ה (בְּ) be. “for”וּבְאִשָּׁ֖ה (בְ) ve. “for”

And by a prophet hath Jehovah brought up Israel out of Egypt, And by a prophet it hath been watched.

וּבְנָבִ֕יא (בְ) ve. “by”וּבְנָבִ֖יא (בְ) ve. “by”

When Ephraim speaketh tremblingly, He hath been lifted up in Israel, When he becometh guilty in Baal he dieth.

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (בְּ) be. “in”בַּבַּ֖עַל (בַּ) ba. “by <the>”

I -- I have known thee in a wilderness, In a land of droughts.

בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר (בַּ) ba. “in the”בְּאֶ֖רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”