ברית

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Hebrew

Noun

בְּרִית (britf (plural indefinite בְּרִיתוֹת, singular construct בְּרִית־, plural construct בְּרִיתוֹת־)

  1. covenant, alliance
    • Tanach, Genesis 17:7:
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      וַהֲקִמֹתִי אֶת־בְּרִיתִי בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶךָ וּבֵין זַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ לְדֹרֹתָם לִבְרִית עוֹלָם לִהְיוֹת לְךָ לֵאלֹהִים וּלְזַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ׃
      Va-haqimotí et brití beiní u-veinékha u-vein zar'akhá aḥarékha l-dorotám li-vrít 'olám lihyót l'khá l-Elohím ul-zar'akhá aḥarekha.
      And I will establish My covenant between Me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.
    • Tanach, 2 Kings 5:26:
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      וַיְהִי שָׁלֹם בֵּין חִירָם וּבֵין שְׁלֹמֹה וַיִּכְרְתוּ בְרִית שְׁנֵיהֶם׃
      Va-yhí shalóm bein Ḥirám u-vein Shlomó va-yikhrtu vrit shneihem.
      And there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together.
  2. (Judaism) bris, brit milah, circumcision ritual
    • רַבִּי אוֹמֵר: עַל כׇּל עֲבֵירוֹת שֶׁבַּתּוֹרָה, בֵּין עָשָׂה תְּשׁוּבָה בֵּין לֹא עָשָׂה תְּשׁוּבָה — יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים מְכַפֵּר, חוּץ מִפּוֹרֵק עוֹל, וּמְגַלֶּה פָּנִים בַּתּוֹרָה, וּמֵיפֵר בְּרִית בָּשָׂר
      Rabbi omér: 'al kol averót she-ba-toráh, bein 'asá tshuvá, bein lo 'asá tshuvá — yom ha-kippurím m'khapér, ḥutz mi-poréq 'ol, u-m'galléh paním ba-toráh, u-meyfér brit basar.
      Rabbi Judah the Prince says: any Biblical transgressions, whether repented for or not repented for, the Day of Atonement atones for them, except for rejecting the yoke of the commandments, improperly interpreting the Torah, and undoing the circumcision of the flesh.

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Etymology

From Hebrew בְּרִית.

Noun

ברית m (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling brit)

  1. (Judaism) brit milah, bris

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Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew בְּרִית.

Noun

ברית (brism, plural בריתן (brisn)

  1. (Judaism) bris