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Lexicon :: Strong's H631 - 'āsar

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אָסַר
Transliteration
'āsar
Pronunciation
aw-sar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 141

Strong’s Definitions

אָסַר ʼâçar, aw-sar'; a primitive root; to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle:—bind, fast, gird, harness, hold, keep, make ready, order, prepare, prison(-er), put in bonds, set in array, tie.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 72x

The KJV translates Strong's H631 in the following manner: bind (47x), prison (4x), tie (4x), prisoner (2x), miscellaneous (15x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 72x
The KJV translates Strong's H631 in the following manner: bind (47x), prison (4x), tie (4x), prisoner (2x), miscellaneous (15x).

  1. to tie, bind, imprison

    1. (Qal)

      1. to tie, bind

      2. to tie, harness

      3. to bind (with cords)

      4. to gird (rare and late)

      5. to begin the battle, make the attack

      6. of obligation of oath (figurative)

    2. (Niphal) to be imprisoned, bound

    3. (Pual) to be taken prisoner

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָסַר ʼâçar, aw-sar'; a primitive root; to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle:—bind, fast, gird, harness, hold, keep, make ready, order, prepare, prison(-er), put in bonds, set in array, tie.
STRONGS H631: Abbreviations
† [אָסַר] verb tie, bind, imprison (Arabic أَسَرَ, Assyrian asâru, compare COTGloss, Aramaic אֲסַר, rfsAe  , Ethiopic አለረ፡ አሠረ፡) —
Qal Perfect suffix אֲסָרָם Job 36:13; 3rd person feminine singular אָֽסְרָה Numbers 30:5 +, etc.; Imperfect יֶאְסֹר 1 Kings 20:14; וַיֶּאֱסֹר Genesis 42:24; וַיֶּאְסֹר Genesis 46:29 +; plural suffix יַאַסְרֻנִי Judges 16:7 etc.; Imperative אֱסֹר 1 Kings 18:44; 2 Kings 9:21; אִסְרוּ Jeremiah 46:4; Psalm 118:27; Infinitive absolute אָסֹר Judges 15:13; אָסוֺר Judges 16:11; construct לָאְסֹר Numbers 30:3 +; לָאֱסוֺר Judges 15:10; לֶאֱסָרְךָ Judges 15:12; אָסְרָם Hosea 10:10; Participle active construct אֹסְרִי Genesis 49:11; passive אָסור Genesis 40:3 +; plural אֲסוּרִים Genesis 39:20 +; also Judges 16:21, 25 Qr (Kt אסירים); הָסוּרִים Ecclesiastes 4:14 (compare Now); אֲסֻרוֺת 2 Samuel 3:34; construct אסורי Genesis 39:20 Kt (Qr אֲסִירֵי); —
1. tie, bind, for security, foal to vine (followed by ל) Genesis 49:11 (blessing of Jacob); horses and asses 2 Kings 7:10 (twice in verse); Psalm 118:27 is dubious De bind the festal victim with cords; Che bind the procession with branches, etc.
2. tie, harness, kine to (ב) cart 1 Samuel 6:7, 10; so (metaphor) Hosea 10:10 harness them to (ל) their two iniquities (but Jerome Ew Now make א׳ here = יסר chastise, compare אֶסֳּרֵם va); also followed by accusative chariot Genesis 46:29 (J) Exodus 14:6 (E) 2 Kings 9:21; absolute 1 Kings 18:44; 2 Kings 9:21; even of making ready chargers הַסּוּסִים א׳ Jeremiah 46:4 (|| הַפָּרָשִׁים עֲלו).
3. bind, with cords, fetters, etc., as prisoner, Simeon Genesis 42:24 (E), Samson Judges 15:10, 12, 13 (3 times in verse); Judges 16:5, 7, 8, 11 (twice in verse); Judges 16:12; בַּנְחֻשְׁתַּיִם א׳ 2 Kings 25:7 2 Chronicles 36:6 = Jeremiah 39:7; Jeremiah 52:11; also 2 Chronicles 33:11; compare (without בַּנ׳) 2 Kings 17:4 (בֵּית בֶּלָא א׳ || עָצַת), 2 Kings 23:33; compare of divine chastisement Job 36:13 & see also Ezekiel 3:25; Psalm 149:8; figurative of absolute authority Psalm 105:22; especially Passive participle 2 Samuel 3:34 thy hands were not bound (|| and thy feet not put in fetters); בָּ־אזִקִּים א׳ Jeremiah 40:1 compare בַּזִּקִּים א׳ Job 36:8 (probably figurative || חַבְלֵי־עֹ֑נִי); metaphor of king held captive by a woman's tresses Songs 7:6; perhaps = imprisoned (whether bound or not) Genesis 39:20; Genesis 40:3, 5 (all J E); as substantive plural prisoners Genesis 39:20 (Kt, see above); so (late) as distressed, & object of divine compassion Isaiah 49:9; Isaiah 61:1; Psalm 146:7; בֵּית האסי֯רים prison Judges 16:21, 25; compare Ecclesiastes 4:14.
4. gird (rare & late) אֵזוֺר בְּמָתְנֵיהֶם א׳ Job 12:18 (אֵזוֺר = slaves' waistcloth, RS p. 25 above; Hoffm reads וַיָּסַר for וַיֶּאְסֹר); חַרְבּוֺ אֲסוּרִים עַל־מָתְנָיו Nehemiah 4:12.
5. followed by מִלְחָמָה begin the battle, make the attack (compare German mit jemandem anbinden) 1 Kings 20:14; 2 Chronicles 13:3.
6. figurative of obligation of oath or vow (only Numbers 30, P) עַל־נֶפֶשׁ א׳, usually followed by accusative of congnate meaning with verb אֱסָר, אִסָּר Numbers 30:3; Numbers 30:5 (twice in verse); Numbers 30:6; Numbers 30:8; Numbers 30:9; Numbers 30:11; Numbers 30:12; without אֱסָר etc., Numbers 30:7; Numbers 30:10; compare Numbers 30:4 אִסָּר א׳ (עַל־נֶפֶשׁ omitted)
Niph. passive of Qal 3, be, bound, imprisoned, Imperfect (jussive) יֵאָסֵר Genesis 42:19 (E); 2nd person masculine singular תֵּאָסֵר Judges 16:6, 10, 13 (of Samson); Imperative הֵאָֽסְרוּ Genesis 42:16 (E).
Pu. Perfect be taken prisoner אֻסְּרוּ Isaiah 22:3; אֻסָּ֑רוּ ib.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

39:20; 39:20; 39:20; 39:20; 40:3; 40:3; 40:5; 42:16; 42:19; 42:24; 42:24; 46:29; 46:29; 49:11; 49:11

Exodus

14:6

Numbers

30; 30:3; 30:3; 30:4; 30:5; 30:5; 30:6; 30:7; 30:8; 30:9; 30:10; 30:11; 30:12

Judges

15:10; 15:10; 15:12; 15:12; 15:13; 15:13; 16:5; 16:6; 16:7; 16:7; 16:8; 16:10; 16:11; 16:11; 16:12; 16:13; 16:21; 16:21; 16:25; 16:25

1 Samuel

6:7; 6:10

2 Samuel

3:34; 3:34

1 Kings

18:44; 18:44; 20:14; 20:14

2 Kings

7:10; 9:21; 9:21; 9:21; 17:4; 23:33; 25:7

2 Chronicles

13:3; 33:11; 36:6

Nehemiah

4:12

Job

12:18; 36:8; 36:13; 36:13

Psalms

105:22; 118:27; 118:27; 146:7; 149:8

Ecclesiastes

4:14; 4:14

Song of Songs

7:6

Isaiah

22:3; 49:9; 61:1

Jeremiah

39:7; 40:1; 46:4; 46:4; 52:11

Ezekiel

3:25

Hosea

10:10; 10:10

H631

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Strong's Number H631 matches the Hebrew אָסַר ('āsar),
which occurs 73 times in 64 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 39:20–Psa 105:22)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:20 - And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:3 - And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:5 - And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were bound in the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:16 - Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be bound, that your words may be proved, whether there be truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:19 - if ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prison-house; but go ye, carry grain for the famine of your houses:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:24 - And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and he returned to them, and spake to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:29 - And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen; and he presented himself unto him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:11 -
Binding his foal unto the vine,
And his ass’s colt unto the choice vine;
He hath washed his garments in wine,
And his vesture in the blood of grapes:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:6 - And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:2 - When a man voweth a vow unto Jehovah, or sweareth an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:3 - Also when a woman voweth a vow unto Jehovah, and bindeth herself by a bond, being in her father’s house, in her youth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:4 - and her father heareth her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father holdeth his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:5 - But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth, none of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and Jehovah will forgive her, because her father disallowed her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:6 - And if she be married to a husband, while her vows are upon her, or the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:7 - and her husband hear it, and hold his peace at her in the day that he heareth it; then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:8 - But if her husband disallow her in the day that he heareth it, then he shall make void her vow which is upon her, and the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul: and Jehovah will forgive her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:9 - But the vow of a widow, or of her that is divorced, even everything wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand against her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:10 - And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:11 - and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:10 - And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they said, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:12 - And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:13 - And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new ropes, and brought him up from the rock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:5 - And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:6 - And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:7 - And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withes that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:8 - Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withes which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:10 - And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:11 - And he said unto her, If they only bind me with new ropes wherewith no work hath been done, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:12 - So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And the liers-in-wait were abiding in the inner chamber. And he brake them off his arms like a thread.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:13 - And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:21 - And the Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison-house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:25 - And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison-house; and he made sport before them. And they set him between the pillars:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:7 - Now therefore take and prepare you a new cart, and two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke; and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:10 - And the men did so, and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:34 -
Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters:
As a man falleth before the children of iniquity, so didst thou fall.
And all the people wept again over him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44 - And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a cloud out of the sea, as small as a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Make ready thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:14 - And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith Jehovah, By the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall begin the battle? And he answered, Thou.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:10 - So they came and called unto the porter of the city; and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but the horses tied, and the asses tied, and the tents as they were.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:21 - And Joram said, Make ready. And they made ready his chariot. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu, and found him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:4 - And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:33 - And Pharaoh-necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:7 - And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:3 - And Abijah joined battle with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: and Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, who were mighty men of valor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:11 - Wherefore Jehovah brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:6 - Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:18 - and the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:18 -
He looseth the bond of kings,
And he bindeth their loins with a girdle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:8 -
And if they be bound in fetters,
And be taken in the cords of affliction;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:13 -
But they that are godless in heart lay up anger:
They cry not for help when he bindeth them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:22 -
To bind his princes at his pleasure,
And teach his elders wisdom.

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