BDB Aramaic, בְּ

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 +;—
1. 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).
2. into, Dn 2:38 יְהַב בִּידָךְ, Ezr 5:12; עֲדָה ב׳ pass over or upon Dn 3:27.
3. of the instrument, by, with Dn 2:30, 34; 3:4; 4:12b, 24, 27 +; 5:2, 3 (Am 6:6: BH III. 2).
4. of the price (ib. III. 3), with, Ezr 7:17, 18.
5. 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).
6. through, on account of (ib. III. 5), Ezr 6:14.
7. in the matter of, Dn 6:6, 18.
8. 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}.