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Hosea 10:4

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Masoretic Text 1524

H1696 They have spoken דברו

H1697 words דברים

H422 swearing אלות

H7723 falsely שׁוא

H3772 making כרת

H1285 a covenant ברית

H6524 springeth up ופרח

H7219 as hemlock כראשׁ

H4941 thus judgment משׁפט

H5921 in על

H8525 the furrows תלמי

H7704 of the field שׂדי׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

They

have

H1696 spoken

H1697 words

H422 swearing

H7723 falsely

H5921 in

H3772 making

H1285 covenant

thus

H4941 judgment

springeth

H6524 up

H7219 hemlock

H5921 in

the

H8525 furrows

the

H7704 field

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