בְּ

prep. in, with, through, etc. (BH בְּ);—sf. בִּי, בָּךְ Dn 4:6 +, 3 ms. בֵּהּ 3:7 +, f. בַּהּ 2:41; 3:6 +, 3 pl. בְּהוֹן 3:25 +;— in, of place, 2:38; 3:1; 4:12 בֶּאֱסוּר +; at Ezr 5:10, of time Dn 2:28; 3:5 (at), 5:2 +; 4:12 Ezr 4:16 חֲלָק בְּ׳ a share in (BH I. 2). into, Dn 2:38 יְהַב בִּידָךְ, Ezr 5:12; עֲדָה ב׳ pass over or upon Dn 3:27. of the instrument, by, with Dn 2:30, 34; 3:4; 4:12b, 24, 27 +; 5:2, 3 (Am 6:6: BH III. 2). of the price (ib. III. 3), with, Ezr 7:17, 18. יוֹם בְּיוֹם Ezr 6:9 = day by day (ib. III. 3, end; so Syriac PS 1577; cf.ירח בירח S-C L 5, ܫܢܳܐ ܒܰܫܢܳܐ PS 4240). through, on account of (ib. III. 5), Ezr 6:14. in the matter of, Dn 6:6, 18. after vbs. of ruling, Dn 2:38 +, trusting 6:24, looking at 7:8; עֲבַד בְּ to do with 4:32 Ezr 7:18. cf.Lzb 232 K § 68.

prefix (b. h.) in, within, on &c. בו ביום on that day; באותו מקום in that very place; מיניה וביה from it and in it, i.e. out of the very thing. B. Mets. 101ᵇ אגרא … מיניה וביה she hired carriers, paying them from the very wine which the man had placed in her storeroom.—בֹּון = בְּהוֹן. Y. Ber. II, 4ᶜ bot.; a. fr.