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Exodus 31:16

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Masoretic Text 1524

H8104 shall keep ושׁמרו

H1121 Wherefore the children בני

H3478 of Israel ישׂראל

H853 את

H7676 Sabbath השׁבת

H6213 to observe לעשׂות

H853 את

H7676 Sabbath השׁבת

H1755 throughout their generations לדרתם

H1285 covenant ברית

H5769 for a perpetual עולם׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

Wherefore

the

H1121 children

H3478 Israel

shall

H8104 keep

the

H7676 sabbath

H6213 observe

the

H7676 sabbath

throughout

their

H1755 generations

for

H5769 perpetual

H1285 covenant

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