Meaning of ב־ | Babel Free
/bi/הגדרות
- In (a place or time).
- With
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By means of, using instrumental
- In a manner characterized by (in English usually rendered by an adverb)
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While, during. archaic
- Among.
- On (a medium of communication).
- To the power of: Indicating an exponent.
דוגמאות
“אֲנִי בַּבִּנְיָן.”
I am in the building.
“טִיַּלְנוּ בְּאַמֶרִיקָה.”
We traveled in America.
“הֵם דִּבְּרוּ בַּבֹּקֶר.”
They spoke in the morning.
“אָכַלְתֶּם בְּיַחַד?”
Did you eat with togetherness? (=Did you eat together?)
“הַמּוֹרֶה כּוֹתֵב בְּגִּיר.”
The teacher is writing with a piece of chalk.
“הוּא הִתְכּוֹנֵן בִּזְרִיזוּת.”
He got ready with haste. (=He got ready hastily.)
“וְשִׁנַּנְתָּם לְבָנֶיךָ וְדִבַּרְתָּ בָּם בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ בְּבֵיתֶךָ וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ בַדֶּרֶךְ וּבְשָׁכְבְּךָ וּבְקוּמֶךָ׃”
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest [lit. in-sitting-of-thee] in thine house, and when thou walkest [lit. and-in-walking-of-thee] by the way, and when thou liest down [lit. and-in-lying-of-thee], and when thou risest up [lit. and-in-rising-of-thee].
“בִּפְרֹחַ רְשָׁעִים ׀ כְּמוֹ עֵשֶׂב וַיָּצִיצוּ כָּל־פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן לְהִשָּׁמְדָם עֲדֵי־עַד׃”
When the wicked spring [lit. in-flowering-of wicked] as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
“הוּא נָפַל בְּשֵׁינָה.”
He fell during sleep.
“הַיָּפָה בַּנָּשִׁים”
the most beautiful of women
“שלושה בני אדם, בהם ילדה בת שבע”
three people, among them a seven-year-old girl
“רָאִינוּ אֵת זֶה בַּטֶּלֶוִיזְיָה וְשָׁמַעֲנוּ עַל זֶה בָּרַדְיוֹ.”
We saw it on TV and heard about it on the radio.
“כָּל הַיּוֹם מְדַבְּרִים בַּטֶּלֶפוֹן!”
All day they talk on the phone!
“2 בַּרְבִיעִית שָׁוֶה 16.”
2 to the power of four [lit. in the fourth] equals 16.
רמת CEFR
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.