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Lexicon :: Strong's H168 - 'ōhel

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אֹהֶל
Transliteration
'ōhel
Pronunciation
o'-hel
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 32a

Strong’s Definitions

אֹהֶל ʼôhel, o'-hel; from H166; a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance):—covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 345x

The KJV translates Strong's H168 in the following manner: tabernacle(s) (198x), tent(s) (141x), dwelling (2x), place(s) (2x), covering (1x), home (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 345x
The KJV translates Strong's H168 in the following manner: tabernacle(s) (198x), tent(s) (141x), dwelling (2x), place(s) (2x), covering (1x), home (1x).

  1. tent

    1. nomad's tent, and thus symbolic of wilderness life, transience

    2. dwelling, home, habitation

    3. the sacred tent of Jehovah (the tabernacle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֹהֶל ʼôhel, o'-hel; from H166; a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance):—covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.
STRONGS H168: Abbreviations
אֹ֫הֶל 343 noun masculineGenesis 13:3 tent (compare Assyrian âlu, above, Arabic اٌَهْل, fellow-dwellers, family, Sabean אהל DHMZMG 1883, 341 and others, also in proper names Sabean & Phoenician see H171 אהליאב) — absolute א׳ Genesis 4:20 +; construct id. Exodus 28:43 +; אֹ֫הֱלָה (ה locative) Genesis 18:6 +; suffix אָהֳלִי Job 29:4 +; אָֽהָלִךָ Psalm 61:5; אָֽהֳלֹה Genesis 9:21 + 3 times (see DrSm xxxv); plural אֹהָלִים Genesis 13:5 + (Ges§ 23. 3); בָֽאֳהָלִים Judges 8:11 +; construct אָהֳלֵי Numbers 16:26 +; suffix אֹהָלַי Jeremiah 4:20; אֹהָלֶיךָ Numbers 24:5 +; אָהֳלֵיכֶם Joshua 22:8 +, etc. —
1. tent of nomad Songs 1:5; Jeremiah 6:3; Jeremiah 49:29; ישֵׁב א׳ dweller in tents Genesis 4:20; Genesis 25:27 (J); אָהֳלֵי מִקְנֶה tents of cattle 2 Chronicles 14:14; of soldier 1 Samuel 17:54 compare Dr, Jeremiah 37:10; 1 Kings 8:66 לְאֹהָלֶיךָ, ישׂראל, exclamation, to thy tents, Israel ! 1 Kings 12:16 (twice in verse) compare 2 Chronicles 10:16; 2 Samuel 20:1 (but compare Dr, 1 Samuel 17:54); of pleasure-tent on house-top 2 Samuel 16:22 (= bridal-tent, bridal pavilion, compare חֻפָּה Psalm 19:5; Joel 2:16 see RSKinship 168).
2. dwelling, habitation; Psalm 91:10 לְאֹהָלֶ֑ךָ home (literally to thy tents, plural) Judges 19:9 (after הלך); א׳ בֵּיתִי habitation of my house Psalm 132:3 compare Daniel 11:45; דוד א׳ habitation or palace of David where throne erected Isaiah 16:5; בַת צִיּוֺן א׳ house of daughter of Zion (= Jerusalem) Lamentations 2:4; אָהֲלֵי יַעֲקֹב Jeremiah 30:18; Malachi 2:12 (|| מִשְׁכָּן); יְהוּדָה א׳ Zechariah 12:7 (|| בית דוד); רְשָׁעִים א׳ h. of wicked Job 8:22, compare רֶשַׁע א׳ Psalm 84:11, יְשָׁרִים א׳ Proverbs 14:11; שֹׁחַד א׳ Job 15:34; צַדִּיקִים א׳ Psalm 118:15; אֱדוֺם א׳ = Edom itself, Psalm 83:7 compare קְדָר א׳ Psalm 120:5 כוּשָׁן א׳ Habakkuk 3:7.
3. the sacred tent used in worship of God; הָאֹהֶל the tent; מוֺעֵד א׳ tent of meeting of God with his people (tent of congregation or assembly Ges MV and others) According to E Moses so called the tent which he used to pitch without the camp, afar off, into which he used to enter, & where God spake with him face to face, Exodus 33:7-11 Numbers 12:5, 10; Deuteronomy 31:14, 15; J seems to have same conception of an מ׳ א׳ outside the camp, Numbers 11:24, 26; D has no allusion to such a tent; P mentions it + 131 times as מ׳ א׳; + 19 times as הָאֹהֶל (compare Ezekiel 41:1) & הָעֵדוּת א׳, tent of the testimony Numbers 9:15; Numbers 17:22; Numbers 17:23; Numbers 18:2 (as containing ark & tables of the testimony) compare 2 Chronicles 24:6; this tent sometimes confounded with the מִשְׁכָּן but distinguished in מ׳ מִשְׁכַּן א׳ Exodus 39:32; Exodus 40:2, 6, 29, compare 1 Chronicles 6:17; הַמִּשְׁכָּן וְהָאֹהֶל Numbers 3:25; אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּן וְאֶת־אָהֳלוֺ Exodus 35:11; tent was of three layers of skins, goatskins, ramskins, & tachash skins, each layer of eleven pieces stretched in form of a tent, covering & protecting the מִשְׁכָּן, which was in form of parallelopip. (Exodus 26). An אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד was at Shilo 1 Samuel 2:22 (omitted Greek Version of the LXX; see Dr) compare Psalm 78:60, called יוֺסֵף א׳ Psalm 78:67. The Mosaic מ׳ א׳ was later at Gibeon 2 Chronicles 1:3, 6, 13; courses of ministry arranged for service at מ׳ א׳ 1 Chronicles 6:17; 1 Chronicles 23:32 compare 1 Chronicles 9:19 (הָא׳), 1 Chronicles 9:21; 1 Chronicles 9:23 (בֵּית הָא׳); David erected an אֹהֶל for ark on Mt. Zion 2 Samuel 6:17; 1 Chronicles 15:1; 1 Chronicles 16:1; 2 Chronicles 1:4; Joab fled for refuge to יהוה א׳ 1 Kings 2:28-30; sacred oil brought from הָא׳ 1 Kings 1:39; the מוֺעֵד א׳ was taken up into temple 1 Kings 8:4 2 Chronicles 5:5; י׳ had not previously dwelt in a בַּיִת, but had gone מֵאֹהֶל אֶל־אֹהֶל from tent to tent, from one to another, 1 Chronicles 17:5, compare 2 Samuel 7:6; יהוה א׳ (|| בַּיִת & הַר קֹדֶשׁ) is refuge & dwelling-place of righteous, Psalm 15:1; Psalm 27:5; Psalm 27:6; Psalm 61:5 (compare Psalm 90:1).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:20; 4:20; 9:21; 13:3; 13:5; 18:6; 25:27

Exodus

26; 28:43; 33:7; 33:8; 33:9; 33:10; 33:11; 35:11; 39:32; 40:2; 40:6; 40:29

Numbers

3:25; 9:15; 11:24; 11:26; 12:5; 12:10; 16:26; 18:2; 24:5

Deuteronomy

31:14; 31:15

Joshua

22:8

Judges

8:11; 19:9

1 Samuel

2:22; 17:54; 17:54

2 Samuel

6:17; 7:6; 16:22; 20:1

1 Kings

1:39; 2:28; 2:29; 2:30; 8:4; 8:66; 12:16

1 Chronicles

6:17; 6:17; 9:19; 9:21; 9:23; 15:1; 16:1; 17:5; 23:32

2 Chronicles

1:3; 1:4; 1:6; 1:13; 5:5; 10:16; 14:14; 24:6

Job

8:22; 15:34; 29:4

Psalms

15:1; 19:5; 27:5; 27:6; 61:5; 61:5; 78:60; 78:67; 83:7; 84:11; 90:1; 91:10; 118:15; 120:5; 132:3

Proverbs

14:11

Song of Songs

1:5

Isaiah

16:5

Jeremiah

4:20; 6:3; 30:18; 37:10; 49:29

Lamentations

2:4

Ezekiel

41:1

Daniel

11:45

Joel

2:16

Habakkuk

3:7

Zechariah

12:7

Malachi

2:12

H168

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Strong's Number H168 matches the Hebrew אֹהֶל ('ōhel),
which occurs 348 times in 314 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 5 / 7 (Jos 22:6–2Ch 1:3)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:6 - So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents. H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:7 - Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, H168 then he blessed them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:8 - And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, H168 and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:11 - Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent H168 unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:17 - Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent H168 of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:18 - And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, H168 she covered him with a mantle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:20 - Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, H168 and it shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:21 - Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, H168 and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:24 - Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent. H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:5 - For they came up with their cattle and their tents, H168 and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:8 - So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, H168 and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:13 - And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, H168 and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent H168 lay along.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:11 - And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents H168 on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9 - And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home. H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:8 - And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, H168 neither will we any of us turn into his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:22 - Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle H168 of the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:10 - And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: H168 and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:2 - Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent. H168

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:54 - And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent. H168

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:17 - And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle H168 that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:6 - Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent H168 and in a tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:22 - So they spread Absalom a tent H168 upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:17 - And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent. H168

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:8 - Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent. H168

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:1 - And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, H168 O Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:22 - Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. H168 And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:39 - And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, H168 and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:28 - Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle H168 of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:29 - And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle H168 of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:30 - And Benaiah came to the tabernacle H168 of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:4 - And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle H168 of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, H168 even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:66 - On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents H168 joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:16 - So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, H168 O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents. H168

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:7 - Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, H168 and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:8 - And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, H168 and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, H168 and carried thence also, and went and hid it.

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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 horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents H168 as they were.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:21 - So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents. H168

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:5 - (And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, H168 as beforetime.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:12 - And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents. H168

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:41 - And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, H168 and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:10 - And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents H168 throughout all the east land of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:32 - And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle H168 of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:19 - And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: H168 and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:21 - And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle H168 of the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:23 - So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, H168 by wards.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:1 - And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. H168

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:1 - So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent H168 that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:5 - For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent H168 to tent, H168 and from one tabernacle to another.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:32 - And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle H168 of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:3 - So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle H168 of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.

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