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Genesis 17:11

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Masoretic Text 1524

H5243 ונמלתם

H853 את

H1320 the flesh בשׂר

H6190 of your foreskin ערלתכם

H1961 and it shall be והיה

H226 a token לאות

H1285 of the covenant ברית

H996 ביני

H996 וביניכם׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

shall

H4135 circumcise

the

H1320 flesh

your

H6190 foreskin

and

shall

H1961 be

H226 token

the

H1285 covenant

betwixt

and

you

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