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Genesis 21:27

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3947 took ויקח

H85 And Abraham אברהם

H6629 sheep צאן

H1241 and oxen ובקר

H5414 and gave ויתן

H40 them unto Abimelech לאבימלך

H3772 of them made ויכרתו

H8147 and both שׁניהם

H1285 a covenant ברית׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

H85 Abraham

H3947 took

H6629 sheep

and

H1241 oxen

and

H5414 gave

them

unto

H40 Abimelech

and

H8147 both

them

H3772 made

H1285 covenant

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