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Lexicon :: Strong's H517 - 'ēm

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אֵם
Transliteration
'ēm
Pronunciation
ame
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive word
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TWOT Reference: 115a

Strong’s Definitions

אֵם ʼêm, ame; a primitive word; a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father]):—dam, mother, × parting.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 220x

The KJV translates Strong's H517 in the following manner: mother (214x), dam (5x), parting (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 220x
The KJV translates Strong's H517 in the following manner: mother (214x), dam (5x), parting (1x).

  1. mother

    1. of humans

    2. of Deborah's relationship to the people (fig.)

    3. of animals

  2. point of departure or division

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֵם ʼêm, ame; a primitive word; a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father]):—dam, mother, × parting.
STRONGS H517: Abbreviations
אֵם 221 noun feminine mother (Phoenician אם, Arabic أُمًّ, إِمًّ Ethiopic እዎ, Sabean אם (only in proper names compare e. g. BaeRel 118) Assyrian ummu COTGloss; Aramaic אֵם, אִימָּא, axmAe  ) — א׳ absolute Genesis 32:12 +; construct Genesis 3:20 +; suffix אִמִּי Genesis 20:12 + etc.; plural only suffix אִמֹּתֵנוּ Lamentations 5:3; אִמֹּתָם Jeremiah 16:3; Lamentations 2:12 (twice in verse); —
1. literal (human) mother, as parent Genesis 20:12; Genesis 32:12; Genesis 44:20; Exodus 2:8; Psalm 51:7; Psalm 113:9 (opposed to עֲקֶרֶת) Jeremiah 15:8 10; Jeremiah 20:14; Jeremiah 22:26; Jeremiah 50:12; 1 Chronicles 4:9; Songs 6:9; Songs 8:5 +; hence of Eve אֵם כָּל־חָ֑י Genesis 3:20; in poetry of birth, יָצָא מִבֶּטֶן אֵם Job 1:21; Ecclesiastes 5:14; יָצָא מֵרֶחֶם אֵם Numbers 12:12 compare Psalm 139:13 (Jeremiah 20:18 &) מִמְּעֵי אִמִּי גּוֺזִי Psalm 71:6 (subject י׳, compare גחה Psalm 22:10; > גּוֺזִי = my benefactor from birth Thes Ew Hup Pe); also וַתְּהִי אִמִּי קִבְרִי Jeremiah 20:17; מִבֶּטֶן אֵם = from earliest existence Judges 16:17; Job 31:18; Psalm 22:11; so מִמְּעֵי אֵם Isaiah 49:1; as giving suck Songs 8:1 (שְׁדֵי אֵם) Psalm 22:10; compare Psalm 131:2 (see Exodus 2:9 compare Exodus 2:8); as exercising authority Genesis 21:21; Genesis 24:28; Genesis 27:11), 13) 14; Judges 17:2f; Ruth 1:8; Songs 3:4; Songs 8:2 etc.; especially of queen-mother as possessing dignity & influence 1 Kings 1:11; 1 Kings 2:13) 19) 20; 2 Chronicles 22:2), 3; Songs 3:11; Proverbs 31:1; compare names of mothers of kings of Judah 1 Kings 14:21), 31; 1 Kings 15:2), 10), 13 +; as shewing love & care 1 Samuel 2:19; 1 Kings 3:27; 1 Kings 17:23; 2 Kings 4:30; Isaiah 66:13 (simile of י׳'s comforting his people; compare also Genesis 27:45); as beloved & lamented 1 Kings 19:20 (|| אָב) Genesis 24:67; Psalm 35:14; בֶּן־אִמּוֺ = own (uterine) brother Genesis 43:29; & || אָח Genesis 27:29; Deuteronomy 13:7; Judges 8:19; Psalm 50:20; Psalm 69:9; Songs 1:6; compare Songs 8:1; so בַּת־אִמּוֺ Leviticus 18:9; Leviticus 20:17; Deuteronomy 27:22 (|| בַּת־אָבִיו) Genesis 20:12; often with אָב, as parentes Jeremiah 16:3; Zechariah 13:3 (twice in verse); Isaiah 8:4; as rightfully claiming honour, authority, etc., compare above, Genesis 28:7 (P) compare Genesis 37:10 (E) Judges 14:2f, so in precept Proverbs 1:8; Proverbs 6:20; Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 15:20 etc. compare Ezekiel 22:7; laws enjoining these Exodus 20:12 = Deuteronomy 5:16; Leviticus 19:3 compare Deuteronomy 22:15; laws prohib. contrary Exodus 21:15), 17 (E) Leviticus 20:9 (twice in verse) (H) Deuteronomy 21:18), 19; Deuteronomy 27:16; laws as to mourning for Leviticus 21:2), 11 (H) Numbers 6:7 (P) compare Jeremiah 16:7; Ezekiel 44:25; left for wife Genesis 2:24; for mother-in-law Ruth 2:24; [Ruth 2:11] for husband Deuteronomy 21:13 (law for captive women); compare Deuteronomy 33:9 (of devoted service of Levites); loving, caring for children Proverbs 4:3 (on the opposite compare Psalm 27:10); loved, cared for Joshua 2:13 compare Joshua 2:18; Joshua 6:23. 1 Samuel 22:3; 1 Kings 19:20 compare 2 Samuel 19:38.
†2. figurative of Deborah as caring for her people אֵם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל Judges 5:7 (compare אָב Isaiah 22:21; Job 29:16); so of a city 2 Samuel 20:19 ('stock, race, community' RSK 28 compare Proph. iv. n 8); of Israel Hosea 2:4; Hosea 2:7; Hosea 4:5; compare Hosea 10:14; of Judah Isaiah 50:1 (twice in verse); of Hittite as mother of Jerusalem אָבִיךְ הָאֱמֹרִי וְאִמֵּךְ חִתִּית Ezekiel 16:3), 45 compare Ezekiel 16:44; Ezekiel 16:45; also Ezekiel 19:2), 10 & see Ezekiel 23:2.
† 3. of animals, dam Exodus 22:29 (of ox & sheep) Leviticus 22:27 (of bullock, sheep, or goat); Exodus 23:19 = Exodus 34:26 = Deuteronomy 14:21 (of kid); mother-bird Deuteronomy 22:6 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 22:7; figurative Job 17:14 לַשַּׁחַת קָרָאתִי אָבִי אָ֑תָּה אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָרִמָּֽה ׃.
†4. = point of departure or division אֵם הַדֶּרֶךְ Ezekiel 21:26. (|| ראֹשׁ שְׁנֵי הַדְּרָכִים).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:24; 3:20; 3:20; 20:12; 20:12; 20:12; 21:21; 24:28; 24:67; 27:11; 27:14; 27:29; 27:45; 28:7; 32:12; 32:12; 37:10; 43:29; 44:20

Exodus

2:8; 2:8; 2:9; 20:12; 21:15; 21:17; 22:29; 23:19; 34:26

Leviticus

18:9; 19:3; 20:9; 20:17; 21:2; 21:11; 22:27

Numbers

6:7; 12:12

Deuteronomy

5:16; 13:7; 14:21; 21:13; 21:18; 21:19; 22:6; 22:7; 22:15; 27:16; 27:22; 33:9

Joshua

2:13; 2:18; 6:23

Judges

5:7; 8:19; 14:2; 16:17; 17:2

Ruth

1:8

1 Samuel

2:19; 22:3

2 Samuel

19:38; 20:19

1 Kings

1:11; 2:13; 2:19; 2:20; 3:27; 14:21; 14:31; 15:2; 15:10; 15:13; 17:23; 19:20; 19:20

2 Kings

4:30

1 Chronicles

4:9

2 Chronicles

22:2; 22:3

Job

1:21; 17:14; 29:16; 31:18

Psalms

22:10; 22:10; 22:11; 27:10; 35:14; 50:20; 51:7; 69:9; 71:6; 113:9; 131:2; 139:13

Proverbs

1:8; 4:3; 6:20; 10:1; 15:20; 31:1

Ecclesiastes

5:14

Song of Songs

1:6; 3:4; 3:11; 6:9; 8:1; 8:1; 8:2; 8:5

Isaiah

8:4; 22:21; 49:1; 50:1; 66:13

Jeremiah

15:8; 15:10; 16:3; 16:3; 16:7; 20:14; 20:17; 20:18; 22:26; 50:12

Lamentations

2:12; 5:3

Ezekiel

16:3; 16:44; 16:45; 16:45; 19:2; 19:10; 21:26; 22:7; 23:2; 44:25

Hosea

2:4; 2:7; 4:5; 10:14

Zechariah

13:3

H517

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Strong's Number H517 matches the Hebrew אֵם ('ēm),
which occurs 220 times in 202 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 5 (Gen 2:24–Deu 22:7)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:24 - quam ob rem relinquet homo patrem suum et matrem et adherebit uxori suae et erunt duo in carne una

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:20 - et vocavit Adam nomen uxoris suae Hava eo quod mater esset cunctorum viventium

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:12 - alias autem et vere soror mea est filia patris mei et non filia matris meae et duxi eam uxorem

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:21 - habitavitque in deserto Pharan et accepit illi mater sua uxorem de terra Aegypti

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:28 - cucurrit itaque puella et nuntiavit in domum matris suae omnia quae audierat

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:53

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:53 - prolatisque vasis argenteis et aureis ac vestibus dedit ea Rebeccae pro munere fratribus quoque eius et matri dona obtulit

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:55

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:55 - responderunt fratres eius et mater maneat puella saltem decem dies apud nos et postea proficiscetur

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:67

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:67 - qui introduxit eam in tabernaculum Sarrae matris suae et accepit uxorem et in tantum dilexit ut dolorem qui ex morte matris acciderat temperaret

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:11 - cui ille respondit nosti quod Esau frater meus homo pilosus sit et ego lenis

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:13 - ad quem mater in me sit ait ista maledictio fili mi tantum audi vocem meam et perge adferque quae dixi

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:14 - abiit et adtulit deditque matri paravit illa cibos sicut noverat velle patrem illius

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 - et serviant tibi populi et adorent te tribus esto dominus fratrum tuorum et incurventur ante te filii matris tuae qui maledixerit tibi sit maledictus et qui benedixerit benedictionibus repleatur

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:2 - sed vade et proficiscere in Mesopotamiam Syriae ad domum Bathuel patrem matris tuae et accipe tibi inde uxorem de filiabus Laban avunculi tui

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:5 - cumque dimisisset eum Isaac profectus venit in Mesopotamiam Syriae ad Laban filium Bathuel Syri fratrem Rebeccae matris suae

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:7 - quodque oboediens Iacob parentibus isset in Syriam

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:10 - quam cum vidisset Iacob et sciret consobrinam suam ovesque Laban avunculi sui amovit lapidem quo puteus claudebatur

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:14 - egressus autem Ruben tempore messis triticeae in agro repperit mandragoras quos matri Liae detulit dixitque Rahel da mihi partem de mandragoris filii tui

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:11 - erue me de manu fratris mei de manu Esau quia valde eum timeo ne forte veniens percutiat matrem cum filiis

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:10 - quod cum patri suo et fratribus rettulisset increpavit eum pater et dixit quid sibi vult hoc somnium quod vidisti num ego et mater tua et fratres adorabimus te super terram

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:29 - adtollens autem oculos Ioseph vidit Beniamin fratrem suum uterinum et ait iste est frater vester parvulus de quo dixeratis mihi et rursum Deus inquit misereatur tui fili mi

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:20 - et nos respondimus tibi domino meo est nobis pater senex et puer parvulus qui in senecta illius natus est cuius uterinus frater est mortuus et ipsum solum habet mater sua pater vero tenere diligit eum

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:8 - respondit vade perrexit puella et vocavit matrem eius

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:12 - honora patrem tuum et matrem tuam ut sis longevus super terram quam Dominus Deus tuus dabit tibi

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:15 - qui percusserit patrem suum et matrem morte moriatur

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:17 - qui maledixerit patri suo et matri morte moriatur

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:30 - de bubus quoque et ovibus similiter facies septem diebus sit cum matre sua die octavo reddes illum mihi

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:19 - primitias frugum terrae tuae deferes in domum Domini Dei tui nec coques hedum in lacte matris suae

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:26 - primitias frugum terrae tuae offeres in domum Domini Dei tui non coques hedum in lacte matris suae

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:7 - turpitudinem patris et turpitudinem matris tuae non discoperies mater tua est non revelabis turpitudinem eius

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:9 - turpitudinem sororis tuae ex patre sive ex matre quae domi vel foris genita est non revelabis

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:13 - turpitudinem sororis matris tuae non revelabis eo quod caro sit matris tuae

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:3 - unusquisque matrem et patrem suum timeat sabbata mea custodite ego Dominus Deus vester

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:9 - qui maledixerit patri suo et matri morte moriatur patri matrique maledixit sanguis eius sit super eum

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:14 - qui supra uxorem filiam duxerit matrem eius scelus operatus est vivus ardebit cum eis nec permanebit tantum nefas in medio vestri

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:17 - qui acceperit sororem suam filiam patris sui vel filiam matris suae et viderit turpitudinem eius illaque conspexerit fratris ignominiam nefariam rem operati sunt occidentur in conspectu populi sui eo quod turpitudinem suam mutuo revelarint et portabunt iniquitatem suam

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:19 - turpitudinem materterae tuae et amitae tuae non discoperies qui hoc fecerit ignominiam carnis suae nudavit portabunt ambo iniquitatem suam

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:2 - nisi tantum in consanguineis ac propinquis id est super matre et patre et filio ac filia fratre quoque

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:11 - et ad omnem mortuum non ingredietur omnino super patre quoque suo et matre non contaminabitur

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:27 - bos ovis et capra cum genita fuerint septem diebus erunt sub ubere matris suae die autem octavo et deinceps offerri poterunt Domino

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:11 - cumque blasphemasset nomen et maledixisset ei adductus est ad Mosen vocabatur autem mater eius Salumith filia Dabri de tribu Dan

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:7 - nec super patris quidem et matris et fratris sororisque funere contaminabitur quia consecratio Dei sui super caput eius est

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:12 - ne fiat haec quasi mortua et ut abortivum quod proicitur de vulva matris suae ecce iam medium carnis eius devoratum est lepra

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:16 - honora patrem tuum et matrem sicut praecepit tibi Dominus Deus tuus ut longo vivas tempore et bene sit tibi in terra quam Dominus Deus tuus daturus est tibi

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:6 - si tibi voluerit persuadere frater tuus filius matris tuae aut filius tuus vel filia sive uxor quae est in sinu tuo aut amicus quem diligis ut animam tuam clam dicens eamus et serviamus diis alienis quos ignoras tu et patres tui

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21 - quicquid morticinum est ne vescamini ex eo peregrino qui intra portas tuas est da ut comedat aut vende ei quia tu populus sanctus Domini Dei tui es non coques hedum in lacte matris suae

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:13 - et deponet vestem in qua capta est sedensque in domo tua flebit patrem et matrem suam uno mense et postea intrabis ad eam dormiesque cum illa et erit uxor tua

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:18 - si genuerit homo filium contumacem et protervum qui non audiat patris aut matris imperium et coercitus oboedire contempserit

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:19 - adprehendent eum et ducent ad seniores civitatis illius et ad portam iudicii

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:6 - si ambulans per viam in arbore vel in terra nidum avis inveneris et matrem pullis vel ovis desuper incubantem non tenebis eam cum filiis

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:7 - sed abire patieris captos tenens filios ut bene sit tibi et longo vivas tempore

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