What is the Hebrew phrase for covenant?
“make a covenant” = idiom “Karath Beriyth” which is more literally “cut a covenant”. Beriyth – contract made by passing between pieces of cut flesh. Karath – Divide or cut in two, make a covenant What is the definition of covenant? Covenant is the most solemn, binding, intimate contract known in the Bibl. Covenant was considered a binding agreement among the ancients, and so was not entered into lightly. After pieces of the sacrificial animal were laid opposite one another, the individuals who were cutting covenant would walk between the flesh. This walk represented the so-called “walk into death” indicating their commitment to die to independent living and to ever after live for their covenant partner and to fulfill the stipulations of their covenant. Furthermore, this “walk into death” was a testimony by each covenant partner that if either broke the covenant God would take their life, even as had been done to the sacrificial animal. In short, we see the gravity of entering into and
