בֶּתֶרbeter meaning in Biblical Hebrew
a cut half (of a covenant animal) · noun, masculine (plural בְּתָרִים)
Also spelled in English: bether
Two rows of split carcasses with a path running down the middle. Whoever walks that path is saying: if I break my word, do this to me.
וַיִּקַּח־לוֹ אֶת־כָּל־אֵלֶּה וַיְבַתֵּר אֹתָם בַּתָּוֶךְ וַיִּתֵּן אִישׁ־בִּתְרוֹ לִקְרַאת רֵעֵהוּ וְאֶת־הַצִּפֹּר לֹא בָתָר׃
“He took all these for Him, cut them through the middle, and laid each half opposite its partner, but the birds he did not cut. (Genesis 15:10)”
What promise have you made that was serious enough to deserve the betarim?