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Lexicon :: Strong's H2296 - ḥāḡar

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חָגַר
Transliteration
ḥāḡar
Pronunciation
khaw-gar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 604

Strong’s Definitions

חָגַר châgar, khaw-gar'; a primitive root; to gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.):—be able to put on, be afraid, appointed, gird, restrain, × on every side.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x

The KJV translates Strong's H2296 in the following manner: gird (31x), appointed (3x), gird on (3x), gird up (2x), be afraid (1x), put (1x), restrain (1x), on every side (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x
The KJV translates Strong's H2296 in the following manner: gird (31x), appointed (3x), gird on (3x), gird up (2x), be afraid (1x), put (1x), restrain (1x), on every side (1x).

  1. to gird, gird on, gird oneself, put on a belt

    1. (Qal)

      1. to gird

      2. to gird on, bind on

      3. to gird oneself

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָגַר châgar, khaw-gar'; a primitive root; to gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.):—be able to put on, be afraid, appointed, gird, restrain, × on every side.
STRONGS H2296: Abbreviations
† [חָגַר] verb gird, gird on, gird oneself (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic חֲגַר; Arabic حَجَرَ hinder, restrain, so Syriac rfgo; Assyrian agâru, surround, in derivatives, DlW 105 ff.; Sabean מחגרת (compare Arabic مَحْجِرً, مَحَاجِر enclosed space, district, etc.), DHM in MV; also proper name, of deity and location חגר, SabDenkm3. 81. 93 CISiv. 1, No. 49 etc.) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular חָֽגְרָה Proverbs 31:17; 2nd person masculine singular וְהָגַרְתָּ֫ Exodus 29:9; 3rd person plural חָֽגְרוּ Isaiah 15:3; Lamentations 2:10; וְח׳ consecutive Ezekiel 7:18; Ezekiel 27:31; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָחְגֹּר Leviticus 16:4, וַיַּחְגֹּר Leviticus 8:7 (twice in verse) + 4 times; suffix יַחְגְּרֶ֑הָ Psalm 109:19; 2nd person masculine singular תַּחְגֹּר Psalm 76:11 (but on text see below); 3rd person masculine plural יַחְגְּרוּ Ezekiel 44:18; 2 Samuel 22:46 (but on text of both see below), וַיַּחְגְּרוּ 1 Samuel 25:13; 1 Kings 20:32; 3rd person feminine plural תַּחְגֹּרְנָה Psalm 65:13; 2nd person masculine plural וַתַּחְגְּרוּ Deuteronomy 1:41; Imperative masculine singular חֲגֹּר 2 Kings 4:29; 2 Kings 9:1, חֲגוֺר Psalm 45:4; feminine singular חִגְרִיֿ Jeremiah 6:26; masculine plural חִגְרוּ 1 Samuel 25:13 + 3 times; feminine plural חֲגֹּרְנָה Jeremiah 49:3, compare חֲג֖וֺרָה Isaiah 32:11 (see below); Infinitive cstr. לַחֲגֹר Isaiah 22:12; Participle active. חֹגֵר 1 Kings 20:11; 2 Kings 3:21; passive masculine חָגוּר Judges 18:11 + 5 times; feminine construct חֲגֻרַתֿ Joel 1:8; plural חֲגוּרִים Exodus 12:11; Judges 18:16; חֲגֻרִים Daniel 10:5; —
1. transitive, gird some one, with girdle; with 2 accusative Exodus 29:9; Leviticus 8:13 (both P); passive, girded with ephod (accusative) 1 Samuel 2:18; 2 Samuel 6:14; followed by בְּ Daniel 10:5, with accusative and בְּ, figurative Proverbs 31:17, חגרה בְּעוז מתניה Leviticus 8:7 (twice in verse) (P), with accusative מתנים gird up thy loins, i.e. make ready to go 2 Kings 4:29; 2 Kings 9:1, passive Exodus 12:11 (P); compare probably also חֲג֖וֺרָה עַלחֲֿלָצָ֑יִם Isaiah 32:11 gird upon the loins (2nd accusative omitted); on verb. form as Imperative feminine plural see AE Ki Ew§ 226 a Di Du; > as masculine singular Ol§ 234 a Ges§ 48. 5 Sta§ 591 d Kö§ 20. 12.
2. gird on, bind on (= gird oneself with), a girdle Psalm 109:19 (in simile); so especially with accusative שׂק, שׂקים of mourning Isaiah 15:3; Isaiah 22:12; Lamentations 2:10; Ezekiel 7:18; Ezekiel 27:31; 2 Samuel 3:31; Jeremiah 4:8; Jeremiah 6:26; Jeremiah 49:3; also 1 Kings 20:32 (with accusative שׂק + ב before מתנים); passive, followed by על before object of mourning Joel 1:8 (simile); absolute (שׂק omitted) Joel 1:13 (|| ספדו); followed by חֶרֶד 1 Samuel 25:13 (3 times in verse); Deuteronomy 1:41; Psalm 45:4 חרד על יָרֵךְ ח׳, so Judges 3:16; 1 Samuel 17:39 (followed by accusative + מֵעַל); with accusative of congnate meaning with verb חגורה ח׳ 2 Kings 3:21; absolute 1 Kings 20:11; passive Judges 18:11, 16, 17; 2 Samuel 20:8b (where read חֶרֶב Klo Dr — not We), 2 Samuel 21:16; read perhaps also חָגוּר for חֲגוֺר 2 Samuel 20:8 c, so Klo Dr.
3. intransitive gird oneself, followed by בְּ of thing Leviticus 16:4 (P), so בַיָּ֑זַע לֹא יַח׳ they shall not gird themselves with sweat (?), but strike out Syriac Version Co Sgfr; with accusative of thing (figurative) גִּיל גְּבָעוֺת תַּח׳ Psalm 65:13 with rejoicing the hills gird themselves; compare שְׁאֵרִית חֵמֹת תַּחְ׳ Psalm 76:11 with a remnant (residue) of wraths thou girdest thyself, so Hi Hup De VB; but very doubtful; Greek Version of the LXX Bö Ew read תְּחָגָּ֑ךָ for תַּחגר; Bae Ka omit line as corrupt; compare further Che and critical note — וְיַחְגְּרוּ 2 Samuel 22:46 is text error for וְיַחְרְגוּ, compare || Psalm 18:46; so Now Hup Kit and others.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

12:11; 12:11; 29:9; 29:9

Leviticus

8:7; 8:7; 8:13; 16:4; 16:4

Deuteronomy

1:41; 1:41

Judges

3:16; 18:11; 18:11; 18:16; 18:16; 18:17

1 Samuel

2:18; 17:39; 25:13; 25:13; 25:13

2 Samuel

3:31; 6:14; 20:8; 20:8; 21:16; 22:46; 22:46

1 Kings

20:11; 20:11; 20:32; 20:32

2 Kings

3:21; 3:21; 4:29; 4:29; 9:1; 9:1

Psalms

18:46; 45:4; 45:4; 65:13; 65:13; 76:11; 76:11; 109:19; 109:19

Proverbs

31:17; 31:17

Isaiah

15:3; 15:3; 22:12; 22:12; 32:11; 32:11

Jeremiah

4:8; 6:26; 6:26; 49:3; 49:3

Lamentations

2:10; 2:10

Ezekiel

7:18; 7:18; 27:31; 27:31; 44:18

Daniel

10:5; 10:5

Joel

1:8; 1:8; 1:13

H2296

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Strong's Number H2296 matches the Hebrew חָגַר (ḥāḡar),
which occurs 44 times in 41 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:11 - ‘Now you shall eat H398 it in this H3602 manner: H3602 with your loins H4975 girded, H2296 your sandals H5275 on your feet, H7272 and your staff H4731 in your hand; H3027 and you shall eat H398 it in haste H2649—it is the LORD’S H3068 Passover. H6453

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:9 - “You shall gird H2296 them with sashes, H73 Aaron H175 and his sons, H1121 and bind H2280 [fn]caps H4021 on them, and they shall have H1961 the priesthood H3550 by a perpetual H5769 statute. H2708 So you shall [fn]ordain H4390 H3027 Aaron H175 and his sons. H1121

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:7 - He put H5414 the tunic H3801 on him and girded H2296 him with the sash, H73 and clothed H3847 him with the robe H4598 and put H5414 the ephod H646 on him; and he girded H2296 him with the artistic H2805 band H2805 of the ephod, H646 [fn]with which he tied H640 it to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:13 - Next Moses H4872 had Aaron’s H175 sons H1121 come H7126 near H7126 and clothed H3847 them with tunics, H3801 and girded H2296 them with sashes H73 and bound H2280 [fn]caps H4021 on them, just H834 as the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 Moses. H4872

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:4 - “He shall put H3847 on the holy H6944 linen H906 tunic, H3801 and the linen H906 undergarments H4370 shall be next H5921 to his [fn]body, H1320 and he shall be girded H2296 with the linen H906 sash H73 and attired H6801 with the linen H906 turban H4701 (these H1992 are holy H6944 garments). H899 Then he shall bathe H7364 his [fn]body H1320 in water H4325 and put H3847 them on.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:41 - “Then you said H559 to me, ‘We have sinned H2398 against the LORD; H3068 we will indeed go H5927 up and fight, H3898 just H3605 H834 as the LORD H3068 our God H430 commanded H6680 us.’ And every H376 man H376 of you girded H2296 on his weapons H3627 of war, H4421 and regarded H1951 it as easy H1951 to go H5927 up into the hill H2022 country. H2022

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:16 - Ehud H164 made H6213 himself a sword H2719 which had two H8147 edges, H6310 a cubit H1574 in length, H753 and he bound H2296 it on his right H3225 thigh H3409 under H8478 his cloak. H4055

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:11 - Then from the family H4940 of the Danites, H1839 from Zorah H6881 and from Eshtaol, H847 six H8337 hundred H3967 men H376 armed H2296 with weapons H3627 of war H4421 set H5265 out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:16 - The six H8337 hundred H3967 men H376 armed H2296 with their weapons H3627 of war, H4421 who H834 were of the sons H1121 of Dan, H1835 stood H5324 by the entrance H6607 of the gate. H8179

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:17 - Now the five H2568 men H376 who went H1980 to spy H7270 out the land H776 went H5927 up and entered H935 there, H8033 and took H3947 the graven H6459 image H6459 and the ephod H646 and [fn]household H8655 idols H8655 and the molten H4541 image, H4541 while the priest H3548 stood H5324 by the entrance H6607 of the gate H8179 with the six H8337 hundred H3967 men H376 armed H2296 with weapons H3627 of war. H4421

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:18 - Now Samuel H8050 was ministering H8334 before H6440 the LORD, H3068 as a boy H5288 [fn]wearing H2296 a linen H906 ephod. H646

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:39 - David H1732 girded H2296 his sword H2719 over H4480 H5921 his armor H4055 and tried H2974 to walk, H1980 for he had not tested H5254 them. So David H1732 said H559 to Saul, H7586 “I cannot H3201 H3808 go H1980 with these, H428 for I have not tested H5254 them.” And David H1732 took H5493 them [fn]off. H4480 H5921

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:13 - David H1732 said H559 to his men, H376 “Each H376 of you gird H2296 on his sword.” H2719 So each H376 man H376 girded H2296 on his sword. H2719 And David H1732 also H1571 girded H2296 on his sword, H2719 and about four H702 hundred H3967 men H376 went H5927 up behind H310 David H1732 while two hundred H3967 stayed H3427 with the baggage. H3627

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:31 - Then David H1732 said H559 to Joab H3097 and to all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were with him, “Tear H7167 your clothes H899 and gird H2296 on sackcloth H8242 and lament H5594 before H6440 Abner.” H74 And King H4428 David H1732 walked H1980 behind H310 the bier. H4296

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:14 - And David H1732 was dancing H3769 before H6440 the LORD H3068 with all H3605 his might, H5797 and David H1732 was [fn]wearing H2296 a linen H906 ephod. H646

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:8 - When they were at the large H1419 stone H68 which H834 is in Gibeon, H1391 Amasa H6021 came H935 [fn]to meet H6440 them. Now Joab H3097 was [fn]dressed H2296 H3830 in his military attire, H3830 H4055 and over H5921 it was a belt H2290 with a sword H2719 in its sheath H8593 fastened H6775 at his waist; H4975 and as he went H3318 forward, H3318 it fell H5307 out.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:16 - Then Ishbi-benob, H3430 who H834 was among the descendants H3211 of the [fn]giant, H7497 the weight H4948 of whose spear H7013 was three H7969 hundred H3967 shekels of bronze H5178 in weight, H4948 [fn]was girded H2296 with a new H2319 sword, and he [fn]intended H559 to kill H5221 David. H1732

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:46 - “Foreigners H1121 H5236 [fn]lose H5034 heart, H5034
And [fn]come H2296 trembling H2296 out of their [fn]fortresses. H4526

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:11 - Then the king H4428 of Israel H3478 replied, H6030 “Tell H1696 him, ‘Let not him who girds H2296 on his armor boast H1984 like him who takes H6605 it off.’” H6605

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:32 - So they girded H2296 sackcloth H8242 on their loins H4975 and put ropes H2256 on their heads, H7218 and came H935 to the king H4428 of Israel H3478 and said, H559 “Your servant H5650 Ben-hadad H1130 says, H559 ‘Please H4994 let me live.’” H2421 And he said, H559 “Is he still H5750 alive? H2416 He is my brother.” H251

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:21 - Now all H3605 the Moabites H4124 heard H8085 that the kings H4428 had come H5927 up to fight H3898 against them. And all H3605 who were able to [fn]put H2296 on armor H2290 and older H4605 were summoned H6817 and stood H5975 on the border. H1366

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:29 - Then he said H559 to Gehazi, H1522 “Gird H2296 up your loins H4975 and take H3947 my staff H4938 in your hand, H3027 and go H1980 your way; if H3588 you meet H4672 any H376 man, H376 do not salute H1288 him, and if H3588 anyone H376 salutes H1288 you, do not answer H6030 him; and lay H7760 my staff H4938 on the lad’s H5288 face.” H6440

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:1 - Now Elisha H477 the prophet H5030 called H7121 one H259 of the sons H1121 of the prophets H5030 and said H559 to him, “Gird H2296 up your loins, H4975 and take H3947 this H2088 flask H6378 of oil H8081 in your hand H3027 and go H1980 to Ramoth-gilead. H7433

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:3 - Gird H2296 Your sword H2719 on Your thigh, H3409 O [fn]Mighty H1368 One, H1368
In Your splendor H1935 and Your majesty! H1926

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:12 - The pastures H4999 of the wilderness H4057 drip, H7491
And the hills H1389 gird H2296 themselves with rejoicing. H1524

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:10 - For the [fn]wrath H2534 of man H120 shall praise H3034 You;
With a remnant H7611 of wrath H2534 You will gird H2296 Yourself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:19 - Let it be to him as a garment H899 with which he covers H5844 himself,
And for a belt H4206 with which he constantly H8548 girds H2296 himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:17 - She girds H2296 [fn]herself H4975 with strength H5797
And makes H553 her arms H2220 strong. H553

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:3 - In their streets H2351 they have girded H2296 themselves with sackcloth; H8242
On their housetops H1406 and in their squares H7339
Everyone H3605 is wailing, H3213 [fn]dissolved H3381 in tears. H1065

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:12 - Therefore in that day H3117 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 of hosts H6635 called H7121 you to weeping, H1065 to wailing, H4553
To shaving H7144 the head H7144 and to wearing H2296 sackcloth. H8242

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:11 - Tremble, H2729 you women who H7600 are at ease; H7600
Be troubled, H7264 you complacent H982 daughters;
Strip, H6584 undress H6209 and put H2296 sackcloth on your waist, H2504

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:8 - “For this, H2088 put H2296 on sackcloth, H8242
Lament H5594 and wail; H3213
For the fierce H2740 anger H639 of the LORD H3068
Has not turned H7725 back H7725 from us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 - O daughter H1323 of my people, H5971 put H2296 on sackcloth H8242
And roll H6428 in ashes; H665
[fn]Mourn H60 as for an only H3173 son, H3173
A lamentation H4553 most H8563 bitter. H8563
For suddenly H6597 the destroyer H7703
Will come H935 upon us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:3 - “Wail, H3213 O Heshbon, H2809 for Ai H5857 has been destroyed! H7703
Cry H6817 out, O daughters H1323 of Rabbah, H7237
Gird H2296 yourselves H2296 with sackcloth H8242 and lament, H5594
And rush H7751 back H7751 and forth H7751 inside the walls; H1448
For [fn]Malcam H4445 will go H1980 into exile H1473
Together H3162 with his priests H3548 and his princes. H8269

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:10 - The elders H2205 of the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726
Sit H3427 on the ground, H776 they are silent. H1826
They have thrown H5927 dust H6083 on their heads; H7218
They have girded H2296 themselves with sackcloth. H8242
The virgins H1330 of Jerusalem H3389
Have bowed H3381 their heads H7218 to the ground. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:18 - ‘They will gird H2296 themselves with sackcloth H8242 and shuddering H6427 will overwhelm H3680 them; and shame H955 will be on all H3605 faces H6440 and baldness H7144 on all H3605 their heads. H7218

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:31 - “Also they will make H7139 themselves bald H7139 H7144 for you
And gird H2296 themselves with sackcloth; H8242
And they will weep H1058 for you in bitterness H4751 of soul H5315
With bitter H4751 mourning. H4553

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:18 - “Linen H6593 turbans H6287 shall be on their heads H7218 and linen H6593 undergarments H4370 shall be on their loins; H4975 they shall not gird H2296 themselves with anything which makes them sweat. H3154

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:5 - I lifted H5375 my eyes H5869 and looked, H7200 and behold, H2009 there was a certain H259 man H376 dressed H3847 in linen, H906 whose waist H4975 was girded H2296 with a belt of pure H3800 gold H3800 of Uphaz. H210

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:8 - Wail H421 like a virgin H1330 girded H2296 with sackcloth H8242
For the bridegroom H1167 of her youth. H5271

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:13 - Gird H2296 yourselves H2296 with sackcloth
And lament, H5594 O priests; H3548
Wail, H3213 O ministers H8334 of the altar! H4196
Come, H935 spend H3885 the night H3885 in sackcloth H8242
O ministers H8334 of my God, H430
For the grain offering H4503 and the drink H5262 offering H5262
Are withheld H4513 from the house H1004 of your God. H430
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