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Nehemiah 1:5

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Masoretic Text 1524

H559 And said ואמר

H577 I beseech אנא

H3069 יהוה

H430 God אלהי

H8064 of heaven השׁמים

H410 האל

H1419 the great הגדול

H3372 and terrible והנורא

H8104 that keepeth שׁמר

H1285 covenant הברית

H2617 and mercy וחסד

H157 for them that love לאהביו

H8104 him and observe ולשׁמרי

H4687 his commandments מצותיו׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

H559 said

H577 beseech

thee

H3068 LORD

H430 God

H8064 heaven

the

H1419 great

and

H3372 terrible

H430 God

that

H8104 keepeth

H1285 covenant

and

H2617 mercy

for

them

that

H157 love

him

and

H8104 observe

his

H4687 commandments

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