integrity
Pr 28:6
;
Ex 5:19
בְּרָע
in
evil case.
7.
בְּ
introduces the
predicate
, denoting it as that
in
which the subj. consists, or
in
which it shews itself (the
Beth essentiae
,—common in Arabic, especially with a
ptcp.
or
adj.
and in a negative sentence:
Qor
2:79
وَمَا ﺁللَّﻩُ بِغَافِلٍ
(
wamā ˒āl-lahu biğāfilin
) and God (appears) not
as
one remiss;
2:7
وَمَا ﻩُمْ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ
(
wamā hum bimu˒minīna
) and they are not believers [
comp.
French
en—en honnête homme
];
v. W
AG ii. § 56 a
): viz.
a.
a primary pred.,
Ex 18:4
the God of my fathers
בְּעֶזְרִי
was my help,
ψ 146:5
Ho 13:9
(read
כִּי מִי בְעֶזְרֶֽךָ׃
with
Ö ã
Che
al.
);
ψ 68:5
בְּיָהּ שְׁמֹו
his name consists in Yah,
Jb 23:13
;
37:10
. With the pred. in the
pl.
(as
pl.
maj.
)
ψ
118:7 י׳ בְּעֹזְרָ˜י J. is my great helper, 54:5 ( v. Ch e), Ju 11:35 . b. a secondary pred., Ex 6:3 and I appeared unto them שַׁדָּ˜י בְּאֵל as God Almighty, Nu 26:53 בְּנַחֲלָה as an inheritance, 34:2 Ez 46:1 6: 47:14 Dt 10:2 2; 26:14 I have not put away therefrom בְּטָמֵא as one unclean = while unclean, 28:62 Is 40:10 בְּחָזָק יָבֹוא he cometh as a strong one, ψ 35:2 (where v. D e) and rise up as my help, v 1 6, 39:7 ; 55:19 Pr 3:26 Jb 36:32 ( De ); cf. Dt 33:26 1 S 17:11 Na 3: 9. c. a pred. as accus., Dt 1:13 וַאֲשִׂימֵם בְּרָאשֵׁיכֶם that I may make them heads over you ; Jos 21:12 Ez 20:41 Nu 18:2 6; 36:2 Jos 13: 6, 7 ; 23:4 Ez 45: 1; 47:22 (×2) (read יַפִּלוּ ) 48:29 ( v. Ö C o) all בְּנַחֲלָה ( cf. b. ), ψ 78:55 & allotted it בְּחֶבֶל נַחֲלָה as a line of inheritance (i.e. as a measured inheritance). Is 26:4 כִּי בְּיָהּ יהוה צוּר עֹולָמִים י׳ is different—for in Yah there is a rock of ages ( cf. Qor 4:7, 47 there is sufficiency in God as a patron). d. in comparisons, ψ 37:20
consume away בֶּעָשָׁן in the form of, as , smoke 78:33 ; 102:4 Jb 34:3 6; 36:14 .
II
.
Denoting proximity—
1.
at, by
(rare):
Dt 2:4 1 S 29:1
בָּעַיִן
by
the spring;
Ez 10:15
,
20
בִּנְהַר כְּבָר
by
the river Chebar (
1:3
עַל
)
ψ 27:6
.
2.
on:
Gn 8:20 Nu 23:2
בַּמִּזְבֵּחַ
on
the altar;
Ju 8:21
on
the necks of the camels;
1 K 2:5
al.
בְּמָתְנָיו
on
his loins;
Is 59:17
a helmet
בְּרֹאשֹׁו
on
his head.
3.
often with verbs of
touching, approaching, taking hold of, cleaving
, etc., as
אָחַז
,
דָּבֵק
,
ptcp.
Participle.
adj.
adjective.
Qor
Qoran.
comp.
compare, compares, comparative.
W
W. Wright, ArabicGram.
ÖÑ
Greek version of the LXX.
ãÑ
Syriac Version.
Che T. K. Cheyne. pl. plural.
J Jehovist. De Franz Delitzsch.
×2 two times. Co C. H. Cornill.