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Lexicon :: Strong's H7495 - rāp̄ā'

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רָפָא
Transliteration
rāp̄ā'
Pronunciation
raw-faw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2196

Strong’s Definitions

רָפָא râphâʼ, raw-faw'; or רָפָה râphâh; a primitive root; properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure:—cure, (cause to) heal, physician, repair, × thoroughly, make whole. See H7503.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 67x

The KJV translates Strong's H7495 in the following manner: heal (57x), physician (5x), cure (1x), repaired (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 67x
The KJV translates Strong's H7495 in the following manner: heal (57x), physician (5x), cure (1x), repaired (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

  1. to heal, make healthful

    1. (Qal) to heal

      1. of God

      2. healer, physician (of men)

      3. of hurts of nations involving restored favour (fig)

      4. of individual distresses (fig)

    2. (Niphal) to be healed

      1. literal (of persons)

      2. of water, pottery

      3. of national hurts (fig)

      4. of personal distress (fig)

    3. (Piel) to heal

      1. literal

      2. of national defects or hurts (fig)

    4. (Hithpael) in order to get healed (infinitive)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָפָא râphâʼ, raw-faw'; or רָפָה râphâh; a primitive root; properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure:—cure, (cause to) heal, physician, repair, × thoroughly, make whole. See H7503.
STRONGS H7495: Abbreviations
† רָפָא verb heal (Late Hebrew in derivatives; Phoenician רפא, Syriac bdb095006 heal; on Aramaic proper name compounded with רפא see NöZMG xi (1886), 723 Lzb369; Sabean proper name אלרפא Langer1, 1 DHMZMG xxxvii (1883), 326; Arabic bdb095007 (and bdb095008) darn, mend, repair, pacify; Ethiopic bdb095009 stitch together, mend; compare KüchenmeisterZWiss. Th. xxx (1887), 257 ff.); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular consecutive וְר׳ Isaiah 6:10, suffix וּרְפָאָם Isaiah 19:22, 1st person singular suffix consecutive וּרְפָאתִיו Isaiah 57:19, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִרְפָּא 2 Kings 20:8 +, suffix יִרְפָּאֵנוּ Hosea 6:1, 1st person singular אֶרְפָּא Hosea 14:5 +, אֶרְפָּה (Ges§ 75 pp) Jeremiah 3:22; 3rd person feminine plural תִּרְפֶּינָה (Idib. qq) Job 5:18, etc.; Imperative masculine singular רְפָא Numbers 12:13, רְפָה (Idib. pp) Psalm 60:4, רְפָאָ֫ה Psalm 41:5, etc.; Infinitive absolute רָפוֺא Isaiah 19:22; construct לִרְפֹּא Hosea 5:13, etc.; Participle רֹפֵא 2 Kings 20:5 +, etc.; — heal:
1. literally,
a. of God, with accusative of person Genesis 20:17 (E), Psalm 107:20 (suffix), with ל person Numbers 12:13 (JE) 2 Kings 20:5, 8.
b. of men, absolute Ecclesiastes 3:3 (opposed to הרג); participle as substantive healer, physician, Genesis 50:2 (twice in verse) (J) 2 Chronicles 16:12.
2. figurative, heal hurts of nation, involving י׳'s (restored) favour (and, often, forgiveness):
a. subject י׳, with suffix person, Hosea 6:1; Hosea 11:3 (yet compare We Now), Exodus 15:26 (J), Isaiah 19:22b Isaiah 57:18, 19; Jeremiah 33:6; Psalm 30:3, compare Psalm 6:3; with accusative עַם 2 Chronicles 30:20, with accusative אֶרֶץ 2 Chronicles 7:14; with ל of nation Hosea 7:1, and (indefinite subject) Isaiah 6:10 (lest) one heal them (= passive, they be healed); with accusative of hurt, מִחַץ מַכָּתוֺ Isaiah 30:26, שְׁבָרִים (of land) Psalm 60:4, so מְשׁוּבָה Hosea 14:5; Jeremiah 3:22 (including the consequences of backsliding); with ל of hurt Psalm 103:3; accusative nation (personified) + מִן of hurt Jeremiah 30:17 I will heal thee of thy wounds (|| אֶרְמָּאֵךְ); absolute Isaiah 19:22a (opposed to נגף), Deuteronomy 32:39 (opposed to מחץ); participle as substantive healer, physician Jeremiah 8:22.
b. human subject, with ל of nation, Hosea 5:13, compare Lamentations 2:13.
3.
a. figurative, heal individual distresses, with suffix person Jeremiah 17:14, with accusative נַפְשִׁי = me Jeremiah 41:5, with ל person, לִשְׁבוּרֵי לֵב Psalm 147:3 (i.e. longing exiles, compare Isaiah 61:3); absolute Job 5:18 (opposed to מחץ); participle as substantive Job 13:4.
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נּרְפָּא Leviticus 13:37 +, 3rd person feminine singular נִרְפָּ֑תָה (Ges§ 75 qq) Jeremiah 51:9; 3rd person plural וְנִרְפּאוּ consecutive Ezekiel 47:8; Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תֵּרָפֵא Jeremiah 51:8; 3rd person masculine plural יֵרָֽפְאוּ Ezekiel 47:9, 11, וַיֵּרָפו (Gesl. c.) 2 Kings 2:22, etc.; Infinitive construct הֵרָפֵא Jeremiah 15:18 +, הֵרָפֵה (Idib.) Jeremiah 19:11; — be healed:
1. literally, of person 1 Samuel 6:3; + accusative of disease Deuteronomy 28:27, 35; subject disease Leviticus 13:18, 37; Leviticus 14:3, 48; of (bad) water 2 Kings 2:22, salt waters (prediction), i.e. be made fresh, Ezekiel 47:8, 9, 11; of (broken) pottery, i.e. be made whole, Jeremiah 19:11 (in simile).
2. figurative, be healed:
a. of national hurts, subject city Jeremiah 51:8, 9; involving forgiveness and י׳'s blessing, impersonal with ל of people, נִרְפָּא־לָנוּ Isaiah 53:5 i.e. healing has come to us.
b. of personal distress, subject person Jeremiah 17:14, subject the distress Jeremiah 15:18.
Pi. Perfect 1st person singular רִפִּאתִי 2 Kings 2:21; 2nd person masculine plural רִפֵּאתֶם Ezekiel 34:4; 1st person plural רִפִּאנוּ Jeremiah 51:9; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְרַפֵּא Exodus 21:19; Zechariah 11:16, וַיְרַפֵּא 1 Kings 18:30; 3rd person masculine plural וַיְרַפְּאוּ Jeremiah 6:14, וַיְרַפּוּ (Ges§ 75 qq) Jeremiah 8:11; Infinitive absolute רַפֹּא Exodus 21:19; — have healed, heal, usually human subject:
1. literal, יְרַפֵּא רַפֹּא Exodus 21:19 he shall have (him) well healed; with accusative of altar, = repair, 1 Kings 18:30; with ל of water (subject י׳) 2 Kings 2:21.
2. figurative of healing national defects and hurts, accusative of person, Ezekiel 34:14; Zechariah 11:16; work at healing, treat (accusative of hurt) Jeremiah 6:14; Jeremiah 8:11 (both עַלנְֿקַלָּה, see [קָלַל] Niph. 2), Jeremiah 51:9.
Hithp. Infinitive construct of purpose, לְהִתְרַפֵּא, literally, in order to get healed, + מִן of wounds 2 Kings 8:29 = 2 Kings 9:15, so || 2 Chronicles 22:6 (read with Greek Version of the LXX מִן for כִּי, compare Be Kau Benz).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

20:17; 50:2

Exodus

15:26; 21:19; 21:19; 21:19

Leviticus

13:18; 13:37; 13:37; 14:3; 14:48

Numbers

12:13; 12:13

Deuteronomy

28:27; 28:35; 32:39

1 Samuel

6:3

1 Kings

18:30; 18:30

2 Kings

2:21; 2:21; 2:22; 2:22; 8:29; 9:15; 20:5; 20:5; 20:8; 20:8

2 Chronicles

7:14; 16:12; 22:6; 30:20

Job

5:18; 5:18; 13:4

Psalms

6:3; 30:3; 41:5; 60:4; 60:4; 103:3; 107:20; 147:3

Ecclesiastes

3:3

Isaiah

6:10; 6:10; 19:22; 19:22; 19:22; 19:22; 30:26; 53:5; 57:18; 57:19; 57:19; 61:3

Jeremiah

3:22; 3:22; 6:14; 6:14; 8:11; 8:11; 8:22; 15:18; 15:18; 17:14; 17:14; 19:11; 19:11; 30:17; 33:6; 41:5; 51:8; 51:8; 51:9; 51:9; 51:9; 51:9

Lamentations

2:13

Ezekiel

34:4; 34:14; 47:8; 47:8; 47:9; 47:9; 47:11; 47:11

Hosea

5:13; 5:13; 6:1; 6:1; 7:1; 11:3; 14:5; 14:5

Zechariah

11:16; 11:16

H7495

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Strong's Number H7495 matches the Hebrew רָפָא (rāp̄ā'),
which occurs 69 times in 62 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 20:17–Jer 51:8)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:17 - Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, as well as his wife and female slaves so that they were able to have children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:2 - Joseph instructed the physicians in his service to embalm his father, so the physicians embalmed Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:26 - He said, "If you will diligently obey the LORD your God, and do what is right in his sight, and pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, then all the diseases that I brought on the Egyptians I will not bring on you, for I, the LORD, am your healer."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:19 - and then if he gets up and walks about outside on his staff, then the one who struck him is innocent, except he must pay for the injured person's loss of time and see to it that he is fully healed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:18 - "When someone's body has a boil on its skin and it heals,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:37 - If, as far as the priest can see, the scall has stayed the same and black hair has sprouted in it, the scall has been healed; the person is clean. So the priest is to pronounce him clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:3 - The priest is to go outside the camp and examine the infection. If the infection of the diseased person has been healed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:48 - "If, however, the priest enters and examines it, and the infection has not spread in the house after the house has been replastered, then the priest is to pronounce the house clean because the infection has been healed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:13 - Then Moses cried to the LORD, "Heal her now, O God."

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:27 - The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, eczema, and scabies, all of which cannot be healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:35 - The LORD will afflict you in your knees and on your legs with painful, incurable boils - from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:39 - "See now that I, indeed I, am he!" says the LORD, "and there is no other god besides me. I kill and give life, I smash and I heal, and none can resist my power.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:3 - They replied, "If you are going to send the ark of the God of Israel back, don't send it away empty. Be sure to return it with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why his hand is not removed from you."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:30 - Elijah then told all the people, "Approach me." So all the people approached him. He repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:21 - He went out to the spring and threw the salt in. Then he said, "This is what the LORD says, 'I have purified this water. It will no longer cause death or fail to produce crops."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:22 - The water has been pure to this very day, just as Elisha prophesied.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:29 - King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians in Ramah when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. King Ahaziah son of Jehoram of Judah went down to visit Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, for he was ill.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:15 - But King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. Jehu told his supporters, "If you really want me to be king, then don't let anyone escape from the city to go and warn Jezreel."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:5 - "Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people: 'This is what the LORD God of your ancestor David says: "I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I will heal you. The day after tomorrow you will go up to the LORD's temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:8 - Hezekiah had said to Isaiah, "What is the confirming sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the LORD's temple the day after tomorrow?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:14 - if my people, who belong to me, humble themselves, pray, seek to please me, and repudiate their sinful practices, then I will respond from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:12 - In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa developed a foot disease. Though his disease was severe, he did not seek the LORD, but only the doctors.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:6 - Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians in Ramah when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. Ahaziah son of King Jehoram of Judah went down to visit Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he had been wounded.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:20 - The LORD responded favorably to Hezekiah and forgave the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:18 - For he wounds, but he also bandages; he strikes, but his hands also heal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:4 - But you, however, are inventors of lies; all of you are worthless physicians!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:2 - Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am frail! Heal me, LORD, for my bones are shaking!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:2 - O LORD my God, I cried out to you and you healed me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 41:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:4 - As for me, I said: "O LORD, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 60:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:2 - You made the earth quake; you split it open. Repair its breaches, for it is ready to fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:3 - He is the one who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:20 - He sent them an assuring word and healed them; he rescued them from the pits where they were trapped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:3 - He heals the brokenhearted, and bandages their wounds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:3 - A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:10 - Make the hearts of these people calloused; make their ears deaf and their eyes blind! Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, their hearts might understand and they might repent and be healed."

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:22 - The LORD will strike Egypt, striking and then healing them. They will turn to the LORD and he will listen to their prayers and heal them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:26 - The light of the full moon will be like the sun's glare and the sun's glare will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, when the LORD binds up his people's fractured bones and heals their severe wound.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:5 - He was wounded because of our rebellious deeds, crushed because of our sins; he endured punishment that made us well; because of his wounds we have been healed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:18 - I have seen their behavior, but I will heal them and give them rest, and I will once again console those who mourn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:19 - I am the one who gives them reason to celebrate. Complete prosperity is available both to those who are far away and those who are nearby," says the LORD, "and I will heal them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:22 - Come back to me, you wayward people. I want to cure your waywardness. Say, 'Here we are. We come to you because you are the LORD our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:14 - They offer only superficial help for the harm my people have suffered. They say, 'Everything will be all right!' But everything is not all right!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:11 - They offer only superficial help for the hurt my dear people have suffered. They say, "Everything will be all right!" But everything is not all right!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:22 - There is still medicinal ointment available in Gilead! There is still a physician there! Why then have my dear people not been restored to health?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:18 - Why must I continually suffer such painful anguish? Why must I endure the sting of their insults like an incurable wound? Will you let me down when I need you like a brook one goes to for water, but that cannot be relied on?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:14 - LORD, grant me relief from my suffering so that I may have some relief. Rescue me from those who persecute me so that I may be rescued.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:11 - Tell them the LORD who rules over all says, 'I will do just as Jeremiah has done. I will smash this nation and this city as though it were a potter's vessel which is broken beyond repair. The dead will be buried here in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:17 - Yes, I will restore you to health. I will heal your wounds. I, the LORD, affirm it! For you have been called an outcast, Zion, whom no one cares for."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:6 - But I will most surely heal the wounds of this city and restore it and its people to health. I will show them abundant peace and security.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:8 - But suddenly Babylonia will fall and be destroyed. Cry out in mourning over it! Get medicine for her wounds! Perhaps she can be healed!

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