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Genesis 17:4

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Masoretic Text 1524

H589 As for me אני

H2009 behold הנה

H1285 my covenant בריתי

H854 is with אתך

H1961 thee and thou shalt be והיית

H1 a father לאב

H1995 of many המון

H1471 nations גוים׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

for

H589 me

H2009 behold

H1285 covenant

H854 with

thee

and

thou

shalt

H1961 be

H1 father

H1995 many

H1471 nations

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H1285

Hebrew: בְּרִית

Transliteration: bᵉrîyth

Pronunciation: ber-eeth'

Part of Speech: Noun Feminine

Bible Usage: {confederacy} {[con-]feder[-ate]} {covenant} league.

Definition:

a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)

1. covenant, alliance, pledge

a. between men

1. treaty, alliance, league (man to man)

2. constitution, ordinance (monarch to subjects)

3. agreement, pledge (man to man)

4. alliance (of friendship)

5. alliance (of marriage)

b. between God and man

1. alliance (of friendship)

2. covenant (divine ordinance with signs or pledges)

2. (phrases)

a. covenant making

b. covenant keeping

c. covenant violation

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906