H9003–/ב–b

Bind the chariot to the swift steed, O inhabitress of Lachish: she was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; for in thee were found the transgressions of Israel.

בָ֥ךְ (בָ֥) va “in”

Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

בְּא֤וֹר (בְּ) be. “at”

In that day shall they take up a proverb concerning you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, [ergänzt: and] say, We are utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! He hath distributed our fields to the rebellious.

בַּיּ֨וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the measuring line upon a lot, in the congregation of Jehovah.

בְּגוֹרָ֑ל (בְּ) be. “by”בִּקְהַ֖ל (בִּ) bi “in”

Arise ye, and depart; for this is not the resting-place, because of defilement that bringeth destruction, even a grievous destruction.

בַּעֲב֥וּר (בַּ) ba. “<in>”

I will surely assemble, O Jacob, the whole of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as sheep of Bozrah, as a flock in the midst of their pasture: they shall make great noise by reason of [ergänzt: the multitude of] men.

בְּת֣וֹךְ (בְּ) be. “in”

One that breaketh through is gone up before them: they have broken forth, and have passed on to the gate, and are gone out by it; and their king passeth on before them, and Jehovah at the head of them.

ב֑וֹ (ב֑) v “by”בְּרֹאשָֽׁם׃ (בְּ) be. “[will be] at”

and who eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces as for the pot, and as flesh within the cauldron.

בַּסִּ֔יר (בַּ) ba. “in the”בְּת֥וֹךְ (בְּ) be. “in”

Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; and he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.

בָּעֵ֣ת (בָּ) ba. “at the”

Thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that cause my people to err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace! but whoso putteth not into their mouths they prepare war against him:

בְּשִׁנֵּיהֶם֙ (בְּ) be. “with”

that build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with unrighteousness.

בְּדָמִ֑ים (בְּ) be. “with”בְּעַוְלָֽה׃ (בְּ) be. “with”

The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet do they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.

בְּשֹׁ֣חַד (בְּ) be. “for”בִּמְחִ֣יר (בִּ) bi “for”בְּכֶ֣סֶף (בְּ) be. “for”בְּקִרְבֵּ֔נוּ (בְּ) be. “in”

Therefore shall Zion for your sake be ploughed [ergänzt: as] a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

בִּגְלַלְכֶ֔ם (בִּ) bi “on”

But it shall come to pass in the end of days [ergänzt: that] the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and the peoples shall flow unto it.

בְּאַחֲרִ֣ית (בְּ) be. “at”בְּרֹ֣אשׁ (בְּ) be. “at”

And many nations shall go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and Jehovah's word from Jerusalem.

בְּאֹֽרְחֹתָ֑יו (בְּ) be. “in”

For all the peoples will walk every one in the name of his god; but we will walk in the name of Jehovah, our God for ever and ever.

בְּשֵׁ֣ם (בְּ) be. “in”בְּשֵׁם־ (בְּ) be. “in”

In that day, saith Jehovah, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;

בַּיּ֨וֹם (בַּ) ba “in the”

and I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation; and Jehovah shall reign over them in mount Zion, from henceforth even for ever.

בְּהַ֣ר (בְּ) be. “in”

Now why dost thou cry out aloud? Is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished, that pangs have seized thee as a woman in travail?

בָּ֗ךְ (בָּ֗) Ba “in”

Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail; for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon: there shalt thou be delivered; there Jehovah will redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.

בַּשָּׂדֶ֗ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say, Let her be profaned, and let our eye look upon Zion.

בְּצִיּ֖וֹן (בְּ) be. “on”

Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops; he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

בַּשֵּׁ֙בֶט֙ (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”

(And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall he come forth unto me [ergänzt: who is] to be Ruler in Israel: whose goings forth are from of old, from the days of eternity.)

בְּאַלְפֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “among”בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (בְּ) be. “over”

And he shall stand and feed [ergänzt: his flock] in the strength of Jehovah, in the majesty of the name of Jehovah his God. And they shall abide; for now shall he be great even unto the ends of the earth.

בְּעֹ֣ז (בְּ) be. “by”בִּגְא֕וֹן (בִּ) bi “by”

And this [ergänzt: man] shall be Peace. When the Assyrian shall come into our land, and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight princes of men.

בְאַרְצֵ֗נוּ (בְ) ve. “in”בְּאַרְמְנֹתֵ֔ינוּ (בְּ) be. “on”