1 Kings 15:19:11 Kgs.15.19.W1TAB
בְּרִית֙
berit
“covenant”
- Transliteration
- be-RIT
- Extended
- beh-REET
- IPA
- /bəˈriːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- covenant
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
be-RIT
- clause
be-RIT be-NI u-ve-NE-kha BEN a-VI u-VEN a-VI-kha
- sentence
be-RIT be-NI u-ve-NE-kha BEN a-VI u-VEN a-VI-kha hin-NE sha-lakh-TI le-KHA SHO-khad KE-sef ve-za-HAV LEKH ha-PE-ra et-be-RIT-kha et-ba-SHA ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL ve-ya-a-LE me-a-LAI
Exegesis
The verse begins with the noun berit {בְּרִית | bə-rît} ‘covenant,’ followed by a fourfold prepositional parallelism with bein {בֵּין | bēyn} in beini {בֵּינִי | bē-yīnî} ‘between me,’ conjunction + preposition uveineka {וּבֵינֶךָ | ū-bē-nê-kha} ‘and between you,’ preposition bein avi {בֵּין אָבִי | bēyn ʾā-ḇî} ‘between my father,’ and conjunction + preposition uvein aveikha {וּבֵין אָבִיךָ | ū-bēyn ʾă-ḇê-kha} ‘and between your father,’ intensifying the mutual obligation.
Root and etymology
ב־ר־תb–r–t
“to cut, make an agreement”
In context — 1 Kings 15:19
A covenant exists between me and you, between my father and your father. Look, I am sending you a gift of silver and gold. Go and break your covenant with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 15:19, so the Hebrew word בְּרִית֙ (berit) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.15.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.19.W1.S1) and character.