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Job 31:1

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Masoretic Text 1524

H1285 a covenant ברית

H3772 I made כרתי

H5869 with mine eyes לעיני

H4100 why ומה

H995 then should I think אתבונן

H5921 upon על

H1330 a maid בתולה׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H3772 made

H1285 covenant

with

mine

H5869 eyes

H4100 why

then

should

H995 think

H5921 upon

H1330 maid

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