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ne-to-fe · W165

netofe · covenant, formally bounded agreement · ✅

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Domain theology / law / social
Class relation / legal
Type compound
Register theological / legal / formal
First use S434 — ko-mu-ze ne ti-be-ne-to-fe ro-zo-ki'ma-mi (this cup is the new covenant through my blood)

Composition

ne (relation/bond) + to-fe (epistemic boundary, W028) = relation-at-the-epistemic-boundary = a relationship with formally defined stated conditions. Right-branch parse: ne modifies [to-fe] = relation-of-the- epistemic-limit = a relationship whose terms are explicitly bounded/stated. Extension of ne-to (W084); fe seals it.

Definition

covenant; a formally bounded agreement. A relationship with explicitly stated, permanently sealed terms — more than mutual acknowledgment (ne-to, W084: transient agreement) and more than a bond (ne: static relation). The fe (boundary/limit) seals the terms, making the agreement binding and formally delimited. Covers covenant, treaty, contract, any formally instituted bound-agreement.

Notes

The new covenant formula: ti-be-ne-to-fe = fresh/renewed formally bounded agreement. GAP-LSP-002: ti-be captures temporal freshness (the covenant entering force) but not qualitative surpassing (kainē vs neos distinction in Greek New Testament). The qualitative "better covenant" reading (Hebrews) may need a separate elaboration.

ne (primitive: relation/bond), to-fe (W028: epistemic boundary), ne-to (W084: mutual acknowledgment/agreement — base form), ti-be (W040: upcoming/fresh — qualifier for "new"), zo-ki'ma (W164: blood — the material sealing the covenant)

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