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1 Samuel 18:3

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3772 made ויכרת

H3083 Then Jonathan יהונתן

H1732 and David ודוד

H1285 a covenant ברית

H160 באהבתו

H853 אתו

H5315 him as his own soul כנפשׁו׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

Then

H3083 Jonathan

and

H1732 David

H3772 made

H1285 covenant

because

H157 loved

him

his

own

H5315 soul

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