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Proverbs 2:17

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Masoretic Text 1524

H5800 Which forsaketh העזבת

H441 the guide אלוף

H5271 of her youth נעוריה

H853 ואת

H1285 the covenant ברית

H430 of her God אלהיה

H7911 and forgetteth שׁכחה׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

Which

H5800 forsaketh

the

H441 guide

her

H5271 youth

and

H7911 forgetteth

the

H1285 covenant

her

H430 God

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