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Lexicon :: Strong's H3478 - yiśrā'ēl

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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration
yiśrā'ēl
Pronunciation
yis-raw-ale'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'; from H8280 and H410; he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity:—Israel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,505x

The KJV translates Strong's H3478 in the following manner: Israel (2,489x), Israelites (16x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,505x
The KJV translates Strong's H3478 in the following manner: Israel (2,489x), Israelites (16x).

  1. Israel = "God prevails"

    1. the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel

    2. the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob

      1. the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split

      2. the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah

      3. the name of the nation after the return from exile

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'; from H8280 and H410; he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity:—Israel.
STRONGS H3478: Abbreviations
יִשְׂרָאֵל 2507 proper name, masculine and of a people Israel (Ēl persisteth, persevereth (or jussive Let Ēl persist) [usually contendeth (NesEg.60 ff.) or Let Ēl contend (GrayProp. N. 218), but see DrHast. DB JACOB 530]; on vocalization see LagBN 131 f. Kit 1 Chronicles 4:16 (Hpt); MI5, + 5 times ישראל; in Egyptian Y-si-r-'l SteindZAW xvi (1896), 331, compare BreastedBib. World ix (1897), 62 ff. PatonSyr. and Pal. 134; Assyrian Sir-'-lai (= יִשְׂרְאֵלִי) SchrKG 356 ff., 364; COT Genesis 36:31; 1 Kings 16:29. — On a possibly relation of יִשׂ׳ to proper name שָׂרַי, שָׂרָה see RSK 257, 2nd ed. 34; — compare שְׂרָיָה(וּ); — Ισραηλ:
1. proper name, masculine. second name of Jacob Genesis 32:29 + 28 times Genesis (JE), Exodus 32:13 (JE), Hosea 12:13; Judges 18:29; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 1:20; Numbers 26:5 (all P), 2 Kings 17:34; 1 Chronicles 1:34 + 8 times Chronicles, Psalm 105:23; בֵּית יִשׂ׳ Ruth 4:11; בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ (literal) Genesis 42:5 + 3 times E, + 2 times P + Exodus 1:7 (P; transition to wider use), 1 Kings 18:31; 1 Chronicles 2:1 +; = 12 tribes Exodus 28:9 + 7 times P; אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיִשׂ׳ 1 Kings 18:36; 1 Chronicles 29:18; 2 Chronicles 30:6.
2. proper name, of a people (usually masculineJudges 11:17 f but feminine 1 Samuel 17:21; 2 Samuel 24:9 [not || 1 Chronicles 21:5], compare Dron the passage AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 57 f.): name of Hebrew nation; usually derived from 1, but יִשׂ׳ more common in early usage than בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ (see בֵּן):
a.
(1) undivided kingdom; יִשׂ׳ Genesis 47:27 (J), Genesis 49:7 (poem in J) + 108 times J E, Deuteronomy 1:1; Deuteronomy 18:6; Deuteronomy 33:10 (poem) + 76 times D, Genesis 34:7; Exodus 12:15 + 42 times P; Judges 5:2, 7 (twice in verse) + 104 times Judges; often 1 and 2 Samuel; 1 Kings 1-12; כָּליִֿשׂ׳ of whole people 2 Samuel 8:15 +, of whole army 2 Samuel 11:1 +, opposed to Judah 2 Samuel 2:9 + (so also later).
(2) יִשׂ׳ = Northern tribes, distinguished from Judah, even before disruption, 2 Samuel 2:9, compare 2 Samuel 2:10; 2 Samuel 3:10; 2 Samuel 4:1; 2 Samuel 5:5; 2 Samuel 12:7; 2 Samuel 20:1; 1 Kings 1:35; 1 Kings 4:20; 1 Kings 5:5 +; so at disruption 1 Kings 12:16 (3 times in verse); 1 Kings 12:18, 19; then usually of Northern kingdom, till its fall, 1 Kings 12:28; 1Ki 24:7; 1Ki 24:10 + very often Kings, Amos 1:1; Amos 2:6; Amos 3:14 +, Hosea 1:5; Hosea 4:15 (twice in verse); Hosea 5:3 (twice in verse); Hosea 5:5 +, Micah 1:13, etc.
(3) יִשׂ׳ of Southern kingdom, Judah, rarely before fall of Samaria Isaiah 1:3; Isaiah 8:18; Micah 1:14, 15, so בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ 1 Kings 12:17; after fall of Samaria, יִשׂ׳ (less often בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳) occurs of entire people, in reference to past or future 2 Kings 21:8; 2 Kings 23:22; Isaiah 17:9; Psalm 103:7; Jeremiah 2:3; Jeremiah 50:17, 19 +; יִשׂ׳ also = Judah Jeremiah 2:14, 31; Jeremiah 4:1 +, Ezekiel 13:2, 4, 16; Ezekiel 14:1, 7, 9 +, Isaiah 40:27; Isaiah 41:8; Isaiah 42:24 +, Ezra 2:59 = Nehemiah 7:61; Ezra 2:70; Ezra 3:11 +, Nehemiah 10:34; Nehemiah 10:3 +, Psalm 14:7 (twice in verse) = Psalm 53:7 [Psalm 53:6] (twice in verse), Psalm 147:2; Psalm 149:2 +, etc.
(4) usage in Chronicles: יִשׂ׳ of whole people 1 Chronicles 2:7 + 110 times, of Northern kingdom 2 Chronicles 11:1 + 16 times, of Judah 2 Chronicles 12:6; 19:8 + 9 times
(5) יִשׂ׳ personified as עֶבֶד י׳, Isaiah 44:1, 21; Isaiah 49:3.
b. בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳,
(1) of undivided people Exodus 1:12 (J), Exodus 3:9 (E) + 72 times J E, Deuteronomy 3:18; Deuteronomy 10:6 + 25 times D, Genesis 32:33 [Genesis 32:32] + 327 times P; Judges 1:1 + 60 times Judges; seldom 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1-12; in 1 Kings 13—2 Kings 25 passive in reference to older history (rarely otherwise).
(2) seldom of Northern kingdom Amos 2:11 + 9 times Amos, Hosea; 2 Chronicles 13:12 + 7 times Chronicles.
(3) of Judah (late) Ezekiel 2:3; Nehemiah 1:6 (twice in verse); Ezra 3:1; Joel 4:16 +, 2 Chronicles 31:5.
c. בֵּית יִשׂ׳ Exodus 16:31; Exodus 40:38 + 142 times (see בַּיִת 5d (δ); + 81 times Ezekiel, where = Judah; see especially Exodus 37:16); שְׁנֵי בָֽתֵּי יִשׂ׳ Isaiah 8:14.
d. other phrases, see sub אִישׁ, אֶרֶץ, בַּת, בְּתוּלָה, גְּבוּל, הַר, כִּסֵּא, מֶלֶךְ, (נטה) מַטֶּה, (יעד) עֵדָה, עַם, שֵׁבֶט; also (in epithet of י׳) below אָבִיר, אוֺר, אֱלֹחִים, I. גָּוֺאל, מֶלֶךְ, מִקְוֶה (I. קוה), I. צוּר (V. צור), קָדוֺשׁ, I. רָעָה 1d (3).
†e. יִשׂ׳ = the laity, opposed to priests, etc. (late): Ezra 10:25; Nehemiah 11:3; 1 Chronicles 9:2; כָּליִֿשׂ׳ Ezra 2:70; Ezra 10:5; הָעָם יִשׂ׳ Ezra 9:1; בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ Nehemiah 10:40, compare שְׁאָר יִשׂ׳ Nehemiah 11:20.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3479.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

32:29; 32:32; 34:7; 36:31; 42:5; 47:27; 49:7

Exodus

1:7; 1:12; 3:9; 6:14; 12:15; 16:31; 28:9; 32:13; 37:16; 40:38

Numbers

1:20; 26:5

Deuteronomy

1:1; 3:18; 10:6; 18:6; 33:10

Judges

1:1; 5:2; 5:7; 11:17; 18:29

Ruth

4:11

1 Samuel

17:21

2 Samuel

2:9; 2:9; 2:10; 3:10; 4:1; 5:5; 8:15; 11:1; 12:7; 20:1; 24:9

1 Kings

1:35; 4:20; 5:5; 12:16; 12:17; 12:18; 12:19; 12:28; 16:29; 18:31; 18:36

2 Kings

17:34; 21:8; 23:22

1 Chronicles

1:34; 2:1; 2:7; 4:16; 9:2; 21:5; 29:18

2 Chronicles

11:1; 12:6; 13:12; 19:8; 30:6; 31:5

Ezra

2:59; 2:70; 2:70; 3:1; 3:11; 9:1; 10:5; 10:25

Nehemiah

1:6; 7:61; 10:3; 10:34; 11:3; 11:20

Psalms

14:7; 53:6; 103:7; 105:23; 147:2; 149:2

Isaiah

1:3; 8:14; 8:18; 17:9; 40:27; 41:8; 42:24; 44:1; 44:21; 49:3

Jeremiah

2:3; 2:14; 2:31; 4:1; 50:17; 50:19

Ezekiel

2:3; 13:2; 13:4; 13:16; 14:1; 14:7; 14:9

Hosea

1:5; 4:15; 5:3; 5:5; 12:13

Amos

1:1; 2:6; 2:11; 3:14

Micah

1:13; 1:14; 1:15

H3478

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Strong's Number H3478 matches the Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yiśrā'ēl),
which occurs 117 times in 101 verses in '2Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (2Sa 1:3–2Sa 13:12)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:3 - Then David said to him, “From where do you come?” And he said to him, “I have escaped from the camp of Israel H3478.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:12 - And they mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel H3478, because they had fallen by the sword.

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“[fn]Your beauty, Israel H3478, is [fn]slaughtered on your high places!

How the mighty have fallen!

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“Daughters of Israel H3478, weep over Saul,

Who clothed you in scarlet, with jewelry,

Who put gold jewelry on your apparel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:9 - And he made him king over Gilead, over the Ashurites, over Jezreel, over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, even over all Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:10 - Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, was forty years old when he became king over Israel H3478, and he was king for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:17 - That day the battle was very severe, and Abner and the men of Israel H3478 were defeated [fn]by the servants of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:28 - So Joab blew the trumpet, and all the people halted and no longer pursued Israel H3478, nor did they continue to fight anymore.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:10 - to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to establish the throne of David over Israel H3478 and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba!”

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Then Abner sent messengers to David at his place, saying, “Whose is the land? Make your covenant with me, and behold, my hand shall be with you to bring all Israel H3478 over to you.”

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Now Abner had a [fn]consultation with the elders of Israel H3478, saying, “In times past you were seeking for David to be king over you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:18 - “Now then, do it! For the LORD has spoken regarding David, saying, ‘By the hand of My servant David [fn]I will save My people Israel H3478 from the hand of the Philistines, and from the hands of all their enemies.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:19 - Abner also spoke [fn]to Benjamin; and in addition Abner went to speak [fn]to David in Hebron everything that seemed good to Israel H3478 and to the entire house of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:21 - Abner said to David, “Let me set out and go and gather all Israel H3478 to my lord the king, so that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may be king over all that your soul desires.” So David let Abner go, and he went in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:37 - So all the people and all Israel H3478 understood on that day that it had not been the desire of the king to put Abner the son of Ner to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:38 - Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not know that a leader and a great man has fallen in Israel H3478 this day?

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Now when [fn]Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, heard that Abner had died in Hebron, [fn]his courage failed, and all Israel H3478 was horrified.

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Then all the tribes of Israel H3478 came to David at Hebron and [fn]said, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:2 - “Previously, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel H3478 [fn]out and in. And the LORD said to you, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel H3478, and you will be a leader over Israel H3478.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:3 - So all the elders of Israel H3478 came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them before the LORD in Hebron; then they anointed David king over Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:5 - At Hebron he reigned over Judah for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned for thirty-three years over all Israel H3478 and Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:12 - And David realized that the LORD had appointed him as king over Israel H3478, and that He had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel H3478.

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Now when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel H3478, all the Philistines went up to seek out David; and when David heard about it, he went down to the stronghold.

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Now David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel H3478, thirty thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:5 - Meanwhile, David and all the house of Israel H3478 were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of instruments made of juniper wood, and with [fn]lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets, and cymbals.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:15 - So David and all the house of Israel H3478 were bringing up the ark of the LORD with joyful shouting and the sound of the trumpet.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:19 - Further, he distributed to all the people, to all the multitude of Israel H3478, both to men and women, a cake of bread, one of dates, and one of raisins to each one. Then all the people left, each to his house.

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But when David returned to bless his own household, Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said, “How the king of Israel H3478 dignified himself today! For he exposed himself today in the sight of his servants’ female slaves, as one of the rabble shamelessly exposes himself!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:21 - But David said to Michal, “I was before the LORD, who preferred me to your father and to all his house, to appoint me as ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel H3478. So I will [fn]celebrate before the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:6 - “For I have not dwelt in a house since the day I brought up the sons of Israel H3478 from Egypt, even to this day; rather, I have been moving about in a tent, that is, in a dwelling place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:7 - “Wherever I have gone with all the sons of Israel H3478, did I speak a word with one of the tribes of Israel H3478, whom I commanded to shepherd My people Israel H3478, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’”’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:8 - “Now then, this is what you shall say to My servant David: ‘This is what the LORD of armies says: “I Myself took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be leader over My people Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:10 - “And I will establish a place for My people Israel H3478, and will plant them, so that they may live in their own place and not be disturbed again, nor will [fn]malicious people oppress them anymore as previously,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:11 - even from the day that I appointed judges over My people Israel H3478; and I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD also declares to you that the LORD will make a house for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:23 - “And what one nation on the earth is like Your people Israel H3478, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people, and to make a name for Himself, and to do a great thing for You and awesome things for Your land, [fn]because of Your people whom You have redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, from other nations and their gods?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:24 - “For You have established for Yourself Your people Israel H3478 as Your own people forever, and You, LORD, have become their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:26 - so that Your name may be great forever, by saying, ‘The LORD of armies is God over Israel H3478’; and may the house of Your servant David be established before You.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:27 - “For You, LORD of armies, God of Israel H3478, have [fn]given a revelation to Your servant, saying, ‘I will build you a house’; therefore Your servant has found [fn]courage to pray this prayer to You.

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So David reigned over all Israel H3478; and David [fn]administered justice and righteousness for all his people.

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Now when Joab saw that [fn]the battle was set against him at the front and at the rear, he selected warriors from all the choice men in Israel H3478, and lined them up against the Arameans.

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When the Arameans saw that they had been [fn]defeated by Israel H3478, they assembled together.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:17 - Now when it was reported to David, he gathered all Israel H3478 together and crossed the Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Arameans lined up against David and fought him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:18 - But the Arameans fled from Israel H3478, and David killed seven hundred charioteers of the Arameans and forty thousand horsemen, and struck Shobach the commander of their army, and he died there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:19 - When all the kings, servants of Hadadezer, saw that they had been [fn]defeated by Israel H3478, they made peace with Israel H3478 and served them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the sons of Ammon anymore.

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Then it happened [fn]in the spring, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him and all Israel H3478, and they brought destruction on the sons of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:11 - And Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel H3478 and Judah are staying in [fn]temporary shelters, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Should I then go to my house to eat and drink and to sleep with my wife? By your life and the life of your soul, I will not do this thing.”

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Nathan then said to David, “You yourself are the man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel H3478 says: ‘It is I who anointed you as king over Israel H3478, and it is I who rescued you from the hand of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:8 - ‘I also gave you your master’s house and put your master’s wives [fn]into your care, and I gave you the house of Israel H3478 and Judah; and if that had been too little, I would have added to you [fn]many more things like these!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:12 - ‘Indeed, you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel H3478, and [fn]in open daylight.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:12 - But she said to him, “No, my brother, do not violate me, for such a thing is not done in Israel H3478; do not do this disgraceful sin!

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