{"def":{"short":"a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)","long":["covenant, alliance, pledge",["between men",["treaty, alliance, league (man to man)","constitution, ordinance (monarch to subjects)","agreement, pledge (man to man)","alliance (of friendship)","alliance (of marriage)"],"between God and man",["alliance (of friendship)","covenant (divine ordinance with signs or pledges)"]],"(phrases)",["covenant making","covenant keeping","covenant violation"]]},"deriv":"from H1262 (in the sense of cutting [like H1254])","pronun":{"ipa":"bɛ̆ˈrɪi̯t̪","ipa_mod":"bɛ̆ˈʁiːt","sbl":"bĕrît","dic":"beh-REET","dic_mod":"beh-REET"}}