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Malachi 2:4

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3045 And ye shall know וידעתם

H3588 that כי

H7971 I have sent שׁלחתי

H413 unto אליכם

H853 את

H4687 commandment המצוה

H2063 this הזאת

H1961 might be להיות

H1285 my covenant בריתי

H854 with את

H3878 Levi לוי

H559 saith אמר

H3068 the LORD יהוה

H6635 of hosts צבאות׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

shall

H3045 know

H3588 that

have

H7971 sent

H2063 this

H4687 commandment

H413 unto

you

H3588 that

H1285 covenant

might

H1961 be

H854 with

H3878 Levi

H559 saith

the

H3068 LORD

H6635 hosts

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:

BDB Strongs

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

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.