How is כֹּרֵת בְּרִית interpreted as “make” instead of “cut”?

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וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי כֹּרֵת בְּרִית נֶגֶד (Exodus 34:10)




And Targum translates similarly:




"וַאֲמַר הָא אֲנָא גְזַר קְיַם"




Why כֹּרֵת relatively to the covenant end up being interpreted as "making" when it has always been used in the Tanakh in a sense of cutting off?










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  • For example in English, you "cut" a check ...

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וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי כֹּרֵת בְּרִית נֶגֶד (Exodus 34:10)




And Targum translates similarly:




"וַאֲמַר הָא אֲנָא גְזַר קְיַם"




Why כֹּרֵת relatively to the covenant end up being interpreted as "making" when it has always been used in the Tanakh in a sense of cutting off?










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  • 2





    Welcome to MiYodeya Israel and thanks for this first question. Can I recommend you take the tour to get a sense of how the site works? Great to have you learn with us!

    – mbloch
    Mar 10 at 10:09












  • For example in English, you "cut" a check ...

    – Shalom
    Mar 10 at 10:22











  • I don’t understand the close votes. Surely this is Hebrew language as pertains to Judaism.

    – DonielF
    Mar 10 at 17:53













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וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי כֹּרֵת בְּרִית נֶגֶד (Exodus 34:10)




And Targum translates similarly:




"וַאֲמַר הָא אֲנָא גְזַר קְיַם"




Why כֹּרֵת relatively to the covenant end up being interpreted as "making" when it has always been used in the Tanakh in a sense of cutting off?










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וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי כֹּרֵת בְּרִית נֶגֶד (Exodus 34:10)




And Targum translates similarly:




"וַאֲמַר הָא אֲנָא גְזַר קְיַם"




Why כֹּרֵת relatively to the covenant end up being interpreted as "making" when it has always been used in the Tanakh in a sense of cutting off?







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    Welcome to MiYodeya Israel and thanks for this first question. Can I recommend you take the tour to get a sense of how the site works? Great to have you learn with us!

    – mbloch
    Mar 10 at 10:09












  • For example in English, you "cut" a check ...

    – Shalom
    Mar 10 at 10:22











  • I don’t understand the close votes. Surely this is Hebrew language as pertains to Judaism.

    – DonielF
    Mar 10 at 17:53












  • 2





    Welcome to MiYodeya Israel and thanks for this first question. Can I recommend you take the tour to get a sense of how the site works? Great to have you learn with us!

    – mbloch
    Mar 10 at 10:09












  • For example in English, you "cut" a check ...

    – Shalom
    Mar 10 at 10:22











  • I don’t understand the close votes. Surely this is Hebrew language as pertains to Judaism.

    – DonielF
    Mar 10 at 17:53







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Welcome to MiYodeya Israel and thanks for this first question. Can I recommend you take the tour to get a sense of how the site works? Great to have you learn with us!

– mbloch
Mar 10 at 10:09






Welcome to MiYodeya Israel and thanks for this first question. Can I recommend you take the tour to get a sense of how the site works? Great to have you learn with us!

– mbloch
Mar 10 at 10:09














For example in English, you "cut" a check ...

– Shalom
Mar 10 at 10:22





For example in English, you "cut" a check ...

– Shalom
Mar 10 at 10:22













I don’t understand the close votes. Surely this is Hebrew language as pertains to Judaism.

– DonielF
Mar 10 at 17:53





I don’t understand the close votes. Surely this is Hebrew language as pertains to Judaism.

– DonielF
Mar 10 at 17:53










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Rashi to Genesis 15:10 explains that it was the custom of those making a covenant to split an animal into pieces, and to then pass between the pieces.



Rashi also refers us to Jeremiah 34:18-19 where this practice is explicitly mentioned:




וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁים הָעֹבְרִים אֶת־בְּרִתִי אֲשֶׁר לֹא־הֵקִימוּ אֶת־דִּבְרֵי הַבְּרִית אֲשֶׁר כָּרְתוּ לְפָנָי הָעֵגֶל אֲשֶׁר כָּרְתוּ לִשְׁנַיִם וַיַּעַבְרוּ בֵּין בְּתָרָיו׃



I will make the men who violated My covenant, who did not fulfill the terms of the covenant which they made before Me, [like] the calf which they cut in two so as to pass between the halves.




Thus, idiomatically one talks of “cutting” a covenant, referencing the old practice of cutting up an animal as a way of binding the parties to the covenant.






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  • And Brit bein habesarim

    – Lo ani
    Mar 10 at 12:27











  • You nailed it with the exact quote!

    – Al Berko
    Mar 10 at 16:09











  • But Interestingly, what's the rationale for this the ancient tradition? Why G-d did it to Avraham - it seems pagan to me.

    – Al Berko
    Mar 10 at 16:11











  • @AlBerko they say in the name of the gra on sefer yetzirah that it is to show that in order to properly enter into a bond with another person, you must cut off something from yourself

    – Moshe Steinberg
    Mar 10 at 17:23











  • @MosheSteinberg A noble idea, and you cut what... fingernails? hair? oh, animals! Does it mean like בל תשחית and you're sorry to waste the meat?

    – Al Berko
    Mar 10 at 17:31


















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1 Answer
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Rashi to Genesis 15:10 explains that it was the custom of those making a covenant to split an animal into pieces, and to then pass between the pieces.



Rashi also refers us to Jeremiah 34:18-19 where this practice is explicitly mentioned:




וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁים הָעֹבְרִים אֶת־בְּרִתִי אֲשֶׁר לֹא־הֵקִימוּ אֶת־דִּבְרֵי הַבְּרִית אֲשֶׁר כָּרְתוּ לְפָנָי הָעֵגֶל אֲשֶׁר כָּרְתוּ לִשְׁנַיִם וַיַּעַבְרוּ בֵּין בְּתָרָיו׃



I will make the men who violated My covenant, who did not fulfill the terms of the covenant which they made before Me, [like] the calf which they cut in two so as to pass between the halves.




Thus, idiomatically one talks of “cutting” a covenant, referencing the old practice of cutting up an animal as a way of binding the parties to the covenant.






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  • And Brit bein habesarim

    – Lo ani
    Mar 10 at 12:27











  • You nailed it with the exact quote!

    – Al Berko
    Mar 10 at 16:09











  • But Interestingly, what's the rationale for this the ancient tradition? Why G-d did it to Avraham - it seems pagan to me.

    – Al Berko
    Mar 10 at 16:11











  • @AlBerko they say in the name of the gra on sefer yetzirah that it is to show that in order to properly enter into a bond with another person, you must cut off something from yourself

    – Moshe Steinberg
    Mar 10 at 17:23











  • @MosheSteinberg A noble idea, and you cut what... fingernails? hair? oh, animals! Does it mean like בל תשחית and you're sorry to waste the meat?

    – Al Berko
    Mar 10 at 17:31















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Rashi to Genesis 15:10 explains that it was the custom of those making a covenant to split an animal into pieces, and to then pass between the pieces.



Rashi also refers us to Jeremiah 34:18-19 where this practice is explicitly mentioned:




וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁים הָעֹבְרִים אֶת־בְּרִתִי אֲשֶׁר לֹא־הֵקִימוּ אֶת־דִּבְרֵי הַבְּרִית אֲשֶׁר כָּרְתוּ לְפָנָי הָעֵגֶל אֲשֶׁר כָּרְתוּ לִשְׁנַיִם וַיַּעַבְרוּ בֵּין בְּתָרָיו׃



I will make the men who violated My covenant, who did not fulfill the terms of the covenant which they made before Me, [like] the calf which they cut in two so as to pass between the halves.




Thus, idiomatically one talks of “cutting” a covenant, referencing the old practice of cutting up an animal as a way of binding the parties to the covenant.






share|improve this answer

























  • And Brit bein habesarim

    – Lo ani
    Mar 10 at 12:27











  • You nailed it with the exact quote!

    – Al Berko
    Mar 10 at 16:09











  • But Interestingly, what's the rationale for this the ancient tradition? Why G-d did it to Avraham - it seems pagan to me.

    – Al Berko
    Mar 10 at 16:11











  • @AlBerko they say in the name of the gra on sefer yetzirah that it is to show that in order to properly enter into a bond with another person, you must cut off something from yourself

    – Moshe Steinberg
    Mar 10 at 17:23











  • @MosheSteinberg A noble idea, and you cut what... fingernails? hair? oh, animals! Does it mean like בל תשחית and you're sorry to waste the meat?

    – Al Berko
    Mar 10 at 17:31













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Rashi to Genesis 15:10 explains that it was the custom of those making a covenant to split an animal into pieces, and to then pass between the pieces.



Rashi also refers us to Jeremiah 34:18-19 where this practice is explicitly mentioned:




וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁים הָעֹבְרִים אֶת־בְּרִתִי אֲשֶׁר לֹא־הֵקִימוּ אֶת־דִּבְרֵי הַבְּרִית אֲשֶׁר כָּרְתוּ לְפָנָי הָעֵגֶל אֲשֶׁר כָּרְתוּ לִשְׁנַיִם וַיַּעַבְרוּ בֵּין בְּתָרָיו׃



I will make the men who violated My covenant, who did not fulfill the terms of the covenant which they made before Me, [like] the calf which they cut in two so as to pass between the halves.




Thus, idiomatically one talks of “cutting” a covenant, referencing the old practice of cutting up an animal as a way of binding the parties to the covenant.






share|improve this answer















Rashi to Genesis 15:10 explains that it was the custom of those making a covenant to split an animal into pieces, and to then pass between the pieces.



Rashi also refers us to Jeremiah 34:18-19 where this practice is explicitly mentioned:




וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁים הָעֹבְרִים אֶת־בְּרִתִי אֲשֶׁר לֹא־הֵקִימוּ אֶת־דִּבְרֵי הַבְּרִית אֲשֶׁר כָּרְתוּ לְפָנָי הָעֵגֶל אֲשֶׁר כָּרְתוּ לִשְׁנַיִם וַיַּעַבְרוּ בֵּין בְּתָרָיו׃



I will make the men who violated My covenant, who did not fulfill the terms of the covenant which they made before Me, [like] the calf which they cut in two so as to pass between the halves.




Thus, idiomatically one talks of “cutting” a covenant, referencing the old practice of cutting up an animal as a way of binding the parties to the covenant.







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  • And Brit bein habesarim

    – Lo ani
    Mar 10 at 12:27











  • You nailed it with the exact quote!

    – Al Berko
    Mar 10 at 16:09











  • But Interestingly, what's the rationale for this the ancient tradition? Why G-d did it to Avraham - it seems pagan to me.

    – Al Berko
    Mar 10 at 16:11











  • @AlBerko they say in the name of the gra on sefer yetzirah that it is to show that in order to properly enter into a bond with another person, you must cut off something from yourself

    – Moshe Steinberg
    Mar 10 at 17:23











  • @MosheSteinberg A noble idea, and you cut what... fingernails? hair? oh, animals! Does it mean like בל תשחית and you're sorry to waste the meat?

    – Al Berko
    Mar 10 at 17:31

















  • And Brit bein habesarim

    – Lo ani
    Mar 10 at 12:27











  • You nailed it with the exact quote!

    – Al Berko
    Mar 10 at 16:09











  • But Interestingly, what's the rationale for this the ancient tradition? Why G-d did it to Avraham - it seems pagan to me.

    – Al Berko
    Mar 10 at 16:11











  • @AlBerko they say in the name of the gra on sefer yetzirah that it is to show that in order to properly enter into a bond with another person, you must cut off something from yourself

    – Moshe Steinberg
    Mar 10 at 17:23











  • @MosheSteinberg A noble idea, and you cut what... fingernails? hair? oh, animals! Does it mean like בל תשחית and you're sorry to waste the meat?

    – Al Berko
    Mar 10 at 17:31
















And Brit bein habesarim

– Lo ani
Mar 10 at 12:27





And Brit bein habesarim

– Lo ani
Mar 10 at 12:27













You nailed it with the exact quote!

– Al Berko
Mar 10 at 16:09





You nailed it with the exact quote!

– Al Berko
Mar 10 at 16:09













But Interestingly, what's the rationale for this the ancient tradition? Why G-d did it to Avraham - it seems pagan to me.

– Al Berko
Mar 10 at 16:11





But Interestingly, what's the rationale for this the ancient tradition? Why G-d did it to Avraham - it seems pagan to me.

– Al Berko
Mar 10 at 16:11













@AlBerko they say in the name of the gra on sefer yetzirah that it is to show that in order to properly enter into a bond with another person, you must cut off something from yourself

– Moshe Steinberg
Mar 10 at 17:23





@AlBerko they say in the name of the gra on sefer yetzirah that it is to show that in order to properly enter into a bond with another person, you must cut off something from yourself

– Moshe Steinberg
Mar 10 at 17:23













@MosheSteinberg A noble idea, and you cut what... fingernails? hair? oh, animals! Does it mean like בל תשחית and you're sorry to waste the meat?

– Al Berko
Mar 10 at 17:31





@MosheSteinberg A noble idea, and you cut what... fingernails? hair? oh, animals! Does it mean like בל תשחית and you're sorry to waste the meat?

– Al Berko
Mar 10 at 17:31


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