The first mention of covenant in the Bible is in Genesis 6:18. God says to Noah, "But I will establish My covenant with you..." When God uses the word "covenant" he frequently says, "My covenant". The Hebrew for "My covenant" is b'riti.

As with my other hubs in this group, I want to look at the ancient Hebrew pictographs that make up the word to see how it would have originally looked. The Hebrew letters used in the spelling of b'riti are BET (the Hebrew equivalent of the letter "B"), RESH (R), YOD (Y), TAV (T) and YOD (Y).

The Hebrew alphabet is derived from an ancient Hebrew or Semitic pictograph alphabet. Each pictograph represented a letter and a meaning that correlated to the pictograph.

Looking at the Hebrew word "My covenant" (b'riti), the letter BET is derived from a pictograph of a house or a tent. The meaning was a house or lineage, as in "the house of David". RESH was represented by the head of a man, and the meaning was the first or highest person. Together, the letters BET and RESH form the Hebrew/Aramaic word for "son" (bar). The YOD was pictured as the arm and fist from the elbow to the hand, and symbolized the hand or works. The TAV was pictured as a cross, more specifically two (2) crossed sticks, and symbolized a mark or covenant.

As I have expressed before, I have only recently come to believe that the Bible is the divinely inspired, inerrant Word of God. Moreover, that each word and each individual letter is divinely placed and constructed to tell a story and reveal the richness of God's word.

The story of "My Covenant" is but one example of this, but a monumental one. The story of "My Covenant" is that of the entire (Christian) Bible. In short, God's covenant is the SON with his HANDS on a CROSS.

I have tried to offer a visual representation of "My Covenant" below. I have shown the modern Hebrew, the letter names and meanings, and the ancient Hebrew pictographs. God is good, is He not?