Genesis 6:18
וַ הֲקִמֹתִי אֶת בְּרִיתִי אִתָּךְ וּ בָאתָ אֶל הַ תֵּבָה אַתָּה וּ בָנֶיךָ וְ אִשְׁתְּךָ וּ נְשֵׁי בָנֶיךָ אִתָּךְ
`And I have caused to stand up260 אֶת-my cut-out-one261 את-yourself, and you have come in toward the Chest, yourself, and your builders, and your woman, and the women of your builders, את-yourself.
| 261 | “Covenant”⇒Cut-out Strong’s #1285, berith. Something cut-out (created, shaped). The root is #1254, bara, to cut out (create). Cf. Gesenius, Feurst. “So called from the idea of cutting…since it was the custom in making solemn covenants to pass between the divided parts of victims…see Gen. 15:9…” Gen. 15:9 present a picture of God’s “covenant” with Abraham that halves certain animals in two and faces them toward each other inversely as a reflection and a torch crossed in between. |