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1 Chronicles 16:17

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Masoretic Text 1524

H5975 And hath confirmed ויעמידה

H3290 the same to Jacob ליעקב

H2706 for a law לחק

H3478 and to Israel לישׂראל

H1285 covenant ברית

H5769 for an everlasting עולם׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H1285 covenant

H5769 everlasting

for

H3478 Israel

and

H2706 law

for

H3290 Jacob

same

the

H5975 confirmed

hath

And

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