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# berith

noun

«berith» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

Baal-berith ("lord of the covenant") and El-berith were names of a god worshiped at Shechem. Israel went astray after him.

**Interpretation.** The word berith usually names the covenant between God and Israel. Here the same word is used for a false god, which the tradition treats as a sad twisting of Israel's loyalty.

### Meaning

A Hebrew word meaning "covenant," a solemn agreement. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/berith/#m1)

### Examples

- And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard thereof, they entered into the hold of the house of El-berith. (Prophets JDG.9.46, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/berith/#x1)
- And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light fellows, who followed him. (Prophets JDG.9.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/berith/#x2)
- And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel again went astray after the Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god. (Prophets JDG.8.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/berith/#x3)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «berith» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/berith/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«berith» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/berith.html) on Mova free.