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And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down , and when thou risest up .
2 בַּרְבִיעִית שָׁוֶה 16. ― shtáyim bar'vi'ít shavé shésh-esré. ― 2 to the power of four equals 16.
Usage notes
Unlike English in, בְּ־ cannot easily mean into; rather, לְ־(l'-, “to”) is generally used for that sense.
Like English in, בְּ־ is a fairly weak word; when the sense is that of being in a place, the word בְּתוֹךְ(b'tókh, “within, inside”) may be used as a stronger variant.
בְּ־ is used in forming dates using the traditional Hebrew months; for example, 17 Tammuz is “17 בְּתַמּוּז”, literally “17 in Tammuz”. However, לְ־(l'-, “to”) is sometimes used with the months of the Roman calendar.
בְּ־ undergoes the same vowel changes as לְ־(l'-, “to”) and כְּ־(k'-, “like, as”), including the merger with הַ־(ha-, “the”); seeלְ־(l'-, “to”).
Unlike English in, בְּ־ is strictly a preposition, and always takes an object; בִּפְנִים(bif'ním, “in, inside”) is used without an object.
בְּ־ turns to בִּ־ when it's followed by a letter with a shva.