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Nehemiah 13:29

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Masoretic Text 1524

H2142 Remember זכרה

H1992 להם

H430 them O my God אלהי

H5921 because על

H1352 they have defiled גאלי

H3550 the priesthood הכהנה

H1285 and the covenant וברית

H3550 of the priesthood הכהנה

H3881 and of the Levites והלוים׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H2142 Remember

them

H430 God

H5921 because

they

have

H1352 defiled

the

H3550 priesthood

and

the

H1285 covenant

the

H3550 priesthood

and

the

H3881 Levites

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