Consider, though, what the Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament says: “The terms for ‘ covenant ’ in the ancient Near East as well as in the Greek and Roman world... are distributed according to two semantic fields: oath and commitment on the one hand, love and friendship on the other. ”
दो अर्थ विषयक क्षेत्रों के अनुसार बाँटे गए हैं: एक ओर शपथ और वचनबद्धता, और दूसरी ओर प्रेम और दोस्ती । ”