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title: כְּרִיתוּת — divorcement · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כְּרִיתוּת (3748), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: divorcement. BDB 1906: n.f. divorcement. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כְּרִיתוּת

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«כְּרִיתוּת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **divorcement** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 3748 · **BDB:** כְּרִיתוּת

### Glosses

of.divorce (2); her.divorce(s) (1); of.the.divorce (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

divorcement [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3748/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. divorcement [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3748/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. divorcement;—כ׳ Is 50:1; כְּרִיתֻת Dt 24:1, 3; pl. sf. כְּרִיתֻתֶיהָ Je 3:8; סֵפֶר כ׳ writing (i.e. deed) of divorcement, Dt 24:1, 3; Is 50:1; Je 3:8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כְּרִיתוּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3748/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 3:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.3.8/)

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וָאֵ֗רֶא כִּ֤י עַל־כָּל־אֹדוֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר נִֽאֲפָה֙ מְשֻׁבָ֣ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל שִׁלַּחְתִּ֕יהָ וָאֶתֵּ֛ן אֶת־סֵ֥פֶר כְּרִיתֻתֶ֖יהָ אֵלֶ֑יהָ וְלֹ֨א יָֽרְאָ֜ה בֹּֽגֵדָ֤ה יְהוּדָה֙ אֲחוֹתָ֔הּ וַתֵּ֖לֶךְ וַתִּ֥זֶן גַּם־הִֽיא׃

*Word for word:* and I.saw (dm).that on all causes that she.committed.adultery \[the\].apostate.one Israel I sent.her.away and I.gave (et) the.document her.divorce(s) her to her and not she.was.afraid treacherous Judah sister her and she.went and she.acted.as.a.prostitute also she

*JPS 1917:* And I saw, when, forasmuch as backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorcement, that yet treacherous Judah her sister feared not; but she also went and played the harlot;

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[Isaiah 50:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.50.1/)

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כֹּ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה אֵ֣י זֶ֠ה סֵ֣פֶר כְּרִית֤וּת אִמְּכֶם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר שִׁלַּחְתִּ֔יהָ א֚וֹ מִ֣י מִנּוֹשַׁ֔י אֲשֶׁר־מָכַ֥רְתִּי אֶתְכֶ֖ם ל֑וֹ הֵ֤ן בַּעֲוֺנֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ נִמְכַּרְתֶּ֔ם וּבְפִשְׁעֵיכֶ֖ם שֻׁלְּחָ֥ה אִמְּכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* thus he.says Yahweh where? this \[is\].the.document of.the.divorce your.mother your which I sent.her.away or who? \[is\].one of my.creditors whom I.sold you to him here! for iniquities your you.were.sold and for transgressions your she.was.sent.away mother your

*JPS 1917:* Thus saith the LORD: Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, wherewith I have put her away? Or which of My creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were ye sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.

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