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bᵊrīt בְּרִית ‘covenant’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from bārā בָּרָה ‘to eat’ ( in the sense of cutting (like bārāʾ בָּרָא ‘to create / to fatten’))
Roots: ברה ברא

bᵊrīt n, f
1) covenant, alliance, pledge
 1a) between men
  1a1) treaty, alliance, league (man to man)
  1a2) constitution, ordinance (monarch to subjects)
  1a3) agreement, pledge (man to man)
  1a4) alliance (of friendship)
  1a5) alliance (of marriage)
 1b) between God and man
  1b1) alliance (of friendship)
  1b2) covenant (divine ordinance with signs or pledges)
2) (phrases)
 2a) covenant making
 2b) covenant keeping
 2c) covenant violation

Mentioned in Genesis 17:4, 21:27, 21:32, 17:19, 17:9, 14:13, 15:18, 9:12, 9:13, 9:17, 17:11, 9:9, 17:7, 17:10, 17:21, 6:18, 26:28, 9:16, 31:44, 9:11, 9:15, 17:14, 17:2, 17:13 Exodus 2:24, 24:7, 34:15, 34:28, 34:27, 24:8, 23:32, 19:5, 34:10, 6:5, 6:4, 34:12, 31:16 Codex Leviticus 26:42, 26:25, 26:44, 26:9, 2:13, 26:45, 26:15, 24:8 Numbers 25:13, 14:44, 25:12, 10:33, 18:19 Deuteronomy 4:31, 5:3, 7:12, 8:18, 29:24, 31:16, 31:20, 33:9, 4:13, 9:9, 9:11, 7:9, 17:2, 31:9, 29:11, 29:13, 29:20, 28:69, 4:23, 5:2, 7:2, 31:26, 31:25, 10:8, 9:15, 29:8 Joshua 23:16, 4:7, 4:9, 3:11, 3:14, 9:7, 8:33, 3:3, 6:8, 9:16, 9:6, 3:6, 4:18, 6:6, 9:11, 3:8, 3:17, 7:15, 7:11, 9:15, 24:25 Judges 2:1, 2:20, 20:27, 2:2 1 Samuel 20:8, 18:3, 4:3, 11:1, 4:5, 4:4, 23:18 2 Samuel 15:24, 3:12, 3:21, 3:13, 23:5, 5:3 1 Kings 8:1, 8:21, 15:19, 20:34, 3:15, 8:23, 8:6, 19:10, 19:14, 11:11, 6:19, 5:26 2 Kings 17:15, 13:23, 23:2, 23:3, 17:35, 17:38, 11:4, 18:12, 23:21, 11:17 Isaiah 56:6, 61:8, 42:6, 55:3, 33:8, 28:15, 49:8, 54:10, 56:4, 59:21, 24:5, 28:18 Jeremiah 11:10, 31:32, 34:13, 11:8, 31:33, 32:40, 34:8, 22:9, 11:2, 11:3, 34:10, 34:15, 34:18, 14:21, 11:6, 50:5, 33:20, 33:25, 3:16, 31:31, 33:21 Ezekiel 16:8, 16:59, 17:16, 17:19, 16:61, 17:13, 44:7, 17:18, 17:15, 16:60, 16:62, 30:5, 34:25, 17:14, 20:37, 37:26 Hosea 6:7, 2:20, 8:1, 10:4, 12:2 Amos 1:9 Obadiah 1:7 Zechariah 9:11, 11:10 Malachi 2:10, 3:1, 2:4, 2:8, 2:14, 2:5 Psalms 50:16, 78:10, 105:8, 132:12, 78:37, 89:29, 25:10, 50:5, 74:20, 89:40, 44:18, 89:4, 25:14, 55:21, 83:6, 89:35, 103:18, 105:10, 106:45, 111:5, 111:9 Proverbs 2:17 Job 5:23, 31:1, 40:28 Daniel 9:4, 9:27, 11:32, 11:28, 11:30, 11:22 Ezra 10:3 Nehemiah 9:32, 1:5, 13:29, 9:8 1 Chronicles 16:37, 28:2, 15:26, 11:3, 17:1, 16:6, 22:19, 15:25, 16:15, 15:28, 15:29, 28:18, 16:17 2 Chronicles 5:2, 15:12, 16:3, 34:32, 21:7, 34:30, 34:31, 6:14, 5:7, 13:5, 23:3, 29:10, 23:1, 6:11, 23:16

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