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Genesis 31:44

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Masoretic Text 1524

H6258 Now ועתה

H1980 therefore come לכה

H3772 let us make נכרתה

H1285 a covenant ברית

H589 I אני

H859 thou ואתה

H1961 and let it be והיה

H5707 for a witness לעד

H996 between ביני

H996 ובינך׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H6258 Now

therefore

H1980 come

H859 thou

let

H3772 make

H1285 covenant

H589 I

and

H859 thou

and

let

H1961 be

for

H5707 witness

H996 between

and

thee

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