Exodus 23:32:4Exod.23.32.W4TAB
בְּרִֽית׃
bereet
“a covenant”
- Transliteration
- be-REET
- Extended
- beh-REET
- IPA
- /bəˈriːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a 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-REET
- sentence
lo-tikh-ROT la-HEM ve-le-lo-hei-HEM be-REET
Exegesis
The prohibition is introduced by the negative particle lo tikrot {לֹא תִכְרֹת | lō tiqrōt} ‘you shall not make’, in which lo {לֹא | lō} ‘not’ precedes the Qal imperfect of karat {כָּרַת | kərāṯ} ‘to cut’, invoking the idiom karat berit {כָּרַת בְּרִית | kərāṯ bərit} ‘cut a covenant’ typical of ancient Near Eastern treaty making.
The noun berit {בְּרִית | bərit} ‘covenant’ functions as the object, underscoring the legal nature of the command and emphasizing Israel’s exclusive covenantal identity.
Root and etymology
RootBet-Resh-Tav
“to bind, to cut”
In context — Exodus 23:32
You shall not make a covenant with them and with their gods .
About this coordinate
Exodus 23:32:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 23:32, so the Hebrew word בְּרִֽית׃ (bereet) 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 Exod.23.32.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.32.W4.S1) and character.