H9003–/ב–b

O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.

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 one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.

בַּיּ֨וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD.

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

Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.

בַּעֲב֥וּר (בַּ) ba. “<in>”

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

בְּת֣וֹךְ (בְּ) be. “in”

The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them.

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

Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

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

Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.

בָּעֵ֣ת (בָּ) ba. “at the”

Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.

בְּשִׁנֵּיהֶם֙ (בְּ) be. “with”

They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

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 will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can 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 plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.

בִּגְלַלְכֶ֔ם (בִּ) bi “on”

But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.

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

And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, 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 the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

בְּאֹֽרְחֹתָ֑יו (בְּ) be. “in”

For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever.

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

In that day, saith the LORD, 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 the LORD 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? for pangs have taken 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 the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.

בַּשָּׂדֶ֗ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, 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>”

But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

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

And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.

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

And this man shall be the 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 principal men.

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