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Throughout Chumash, there are a few different terms that are used to describe, broadly, the "establishing" of a Bris. Those words are כורת, והקמותי, and והיה. What are the different connotations of these words and why are they used in different places?
I feel as if this is something that Malbim would comment on, but alas, I can't seem to find him discussing it.
כורת is used to mean the original making of the bris. והקמותי refers to the fulfillment of the bris. והיה refers to the existence of the bris.
