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Lexicon :: Strong's H2256 - ḥēḇel

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חֵבֶל
Transliteration
ḥēḇel
Pronunciation
kheh'-bel
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 592b,595a

Strong’s Definitions

חֶבֶל chebel, kheh'-bel; or חֵבֶל chêbel; from H2254; a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin:—band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 60x

The KJV translates Strong's H2256 in the following manner: sorrows (10x), cord (16x), line (7x), coast (4x), portion (4x), region (3x), lot (3x), ropes (3x), company (2x), pangs (2x), bands (1x), country (1x), destruction (1x), pain (1x), snare (1x), tacklings (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 60x
The KJV translates Strong's H2256 in the following manner: sorrows (10x), cord (16x), line (7x), coast (4x), portion (4x), region (3x), lot (3x), ropes (3x), company (2x), pangs (2x), bands (1x), country (1x), destruction (1x), pain (1x), snare (1x), tacklings (1x).

  1. a cord, rope, territory, band, company

    1. a rope, cord

    2. a measuring-cord or line

    3. a measured portion, lot, part, region

    4. a band or company

  2. pain, sorrow, travail, pang

    1. pains of travail

    2. pains, pangs, sorrows

  3. union

  4. destruction

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֶבֶל chebel, kheh'-bel; or חֵבֶל chêbel; from H2254; a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin:—band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.
STRONGS H2256: Abbreviations
† I. חֶ֫בֶל noun masculineJoshua 2:14 feminine Zephaniah 2:6 (but see below) cord, territory, band; ח׳ absolute Joshua 2:15 +; construct Deuteronomy 3:4 +, חֵ֫בֶל Joshua 19:29; suffix חַבְלוֺ Job 18:10; plural חֲבָלִים 2 Samuel 8:2 + 10 times + Ezekiel 47:13; Job 21:7 see below; construct חַבְלֵי Joshua 17:5 + 5 times; חֶבְלֵי Psalm 116:3 + 2 times + Psalm 18:5 (read משׁברי see below); suffix הֲבָלָ֑יִךְ Isaiah 33:23; חֲבָלָיו Isaiah 33:20; —
1. cord, rope, by which men were lowered Joshua 2:15 (JE), Jeremiah 38:6, 11, 12, 13, or stones dragged 2 Samuel 17:13; of tents Isaiah 33:20; tackling of ship Isaiah 33:23; for binding Ezekiel 27:24; Job 40:25; Esther 1:6; symbol of captivity or subjection 1 Kings 20:31, 32; figurative of snare for wicked Job 18:10 (|| מַלְכֻּדְתּוֺ), set by wicked Psalm 140:6 (|| מַּה); Psalm 119:61 cords of wicked men have surrounded me; of wicked held בחבלי חַטָּאתוֺ Proverbs 5:22; ח׳ הָשָּׁ֑וְא Isaiah 5:18 cords (ropes) of wickedness (|| כַּעֲבוֺת הָעֲגָלָה); of cords of distress (עֹ֑נִי) Job 36:8 (|| וִקִּים); so חֶבְלֵי מָוֶת (probably) Psalm 116:3, חֶבְלֵי שׁאוֺל Psalm 18:6 = 2 Samuel 22:6 (|| מוֺקְשֵׁי מָוֶת); — for חֶבְלֵי מות Psalm 18:5 read מִשְׁבְּרֵי, see 2 Samuel 22:5 and || נַחֲלֵי בְלִיַּעַל, De Che Bae; to draw בְּחַבְלֵי אָדָם Hosea 11:4 (i.e. humanely, kindly); of cord of life חֶבֶל הַכֶּסֶף Ecclesiastes 12:6.
2. measuring-cord, line מִדָּה ח׳ Zechariah 2:5; so ח׳ alone 2 Samuel 8:2 (3 times in verse); Amos 7:17; Micah 2:5; Psalm 78:55; figurative (of favoured life) Psalm 16:5; in general of one's portion, fortune Job 21:17 according to Targum Thes Add. Ew Di and others, but < see חֵבֶל. Thence
3. measured portion, lot, part, region, נַחֲלָה ח׳ inherited portion Deuteronomy 32:9; 1 Chronicles 16:18 = Psalm 105:11; also ח׳ alone Joshua 17:5, 14; Joshua 19:9; Ezekiel 47:13 (חבלים; Vulgate Targum read as dual, see Ew Sm Da and others; Co strike out on internal grounds); of particular regions אַרְגֹּב ח׳ Deuteronomy 3:4, 13, 14; 1 Kings 4:13; אַכְזִיב ח׳ Joshua 19:29 (si vera lectio, see WMMAsien 194); הַיָּם ח׳ Zephaniah 2:5; also Zephaniah 2:6, but היתה ח׳ here dubious; Sta proposes 2nd person feminine singular הָיִת, and strike out הים ח׳; without הים, Zephaniah 2:7.
4. band, company of prophets 1 Samuel 10:5, 10. — II.חֶבֶל see below II. חָבַל.

חֵ֫בֶל noun masculineIsaiah 66:7 (but see Jeremiah 49:24) pain, pang; — ח׳ absolute Isaiah 66:7; elsewhere plural חֲבָלִים Isaiah 13:8 + 3 times + Job 21:17 see below; construct חֶבְלֵי Hosea 13:13; suffix חֲבָלֶיהָ Isaiah 26:17; חֶבְלֵיהֶם Job 39:3 (on suffix see Ges§ 135, 5, R 1); — pain, pang:
1. pains of travail:
a. object of תְּשַׁלַּחְנָה Job 39:3 meton. for off spring (|| יַלְדֵיהֶן; see Di; of goats and hinds).
b. simile of distress of exiles Isaiah 26:17; figurative of anguish of nations צִירִים וַחֲבָלִים יאֹחֵזוּן Isaiah 13:8 (|| כַּיּוֺלֵדָה יְחִילוּן), also Jeremiah 13:21; Jeremiah 22:23; Jeremiah 49:24; of crisis of redemption Hosea 13:13 (|| חֶבְלֵי יוֺלֵדָה), of birth of new Israel Isaiah 66:7.
2. of other than birth-pangs only חבלים Job 21:17; pains, pangs, sorrows (so Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Thes, — otherwise Add. — Rob-Ges Hi Da and others; || נֵר יִדְעָ֑ךְ, יָבאֹ אֵידָם); > others, portion, fortune, see חֶבֶל.

חֹבְלִים noun [masculine] plural union (literally binders) name of Zechariah's second symbolic staff Zechariah 11:7 and with article Zechariah 11:14. see חָבַל 1.

II. חֶ֫בֶל noun masculine destruction — חֶבֶל נִמְרָץ Micah 2:10; compare H2254 II.חָבַל Pi.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

3:4; 3:4; 3:13; 3:14; 32:9

Joshua

2:14; 2:15; 2:15; 17:5; 17:5; 17:14; 19:9; 19:29; 19:29

1 Samuel

10:5; 10:10

2 Samuel

8:2; 8:2; 17:13; 22:5; 22:6

1 Kings

4:13; 20:31; 20:32

1 Chronicles

16:18

Esther

1:6

Job

18:10; 18:10; 21:7; 21:17; 21:17; 21:17; 36:8; 39:3; 39:3

Psalms

16:5; 18:5; 18:5; 18:6; 78:55; 105:11; 116:3; 116:3; 119:61; 140:6

Proverbs

5:22

Ecclesiastes

12:6

Isaiah

5:18; 13:8; 13:8; 26:17; 26:17; 33:20; 33:20; 33:23; 33:23; 66:7; 66:7; 66:7

Jeremiah

13:21; 22:23; 38:6; 38:11; 38:12; 38:13; 49:24; 49:24

Ezekiel

27:24; 47:13; 47:13

Hosea

11:4; 13:13; 13:13

Amos

7:17

Micah

2:5; 2:10

Zephaniah

2:5; 2:6; 2:6; 2:7

Zechariah

2:5; 11:7; 11:14

H2256

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Strong's Number H2256 matches the Hebrew חֵבֶל (ḥēḇel),
which occurs 62 times in 60 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Deu 3:4–Hos 11:4)

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:4 - and we capture all his cities at that time, there hath not been a city which we have not taken from them, sixty cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:13 - and the rest of Gilead and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I have given to the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, to all that Bashan, called the land of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:14 - 'Jair son of Manasseh hath taken all the region of Argob, unto the border of Geshuri, and Maachathi, and calleth them by his own name, Bashan-Havoth-Jair, unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:9 - For Jehovah's portion is His people, Jacob is the line of His inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:15 - And she causeth them to go down by a rope through the window, for her house is in the side of the wall, and in the wall she is dwelling;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:5 - And ten portions fall to Manasseh, apart from the land of Gilead and Bashan, which are beyond the Jordan;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:14 - And the sons of Joseph speak with Joshua, saying, 'Wherefore hast thou given to me an inheritance -- one lot and one portion, and I a numerous people? hitherto hath Jehovah blessed me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:9 - out of the portion of the sons of Judah is the inheritance of the sons of Simeon, for the portion of the sons of Judah hath been too much for them, and the sons of Simeon inherit in the midst of their inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:29 - and the border hath turned back to Ramah, and unto the fenced city Tyre; and the border hath turned back to Hosah, and its outgoings are at the sea, from the coast to Achzib,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:5 - 'Afterwards thou dost come unto the hill of God, where the garrison of the Philistines is, and it cometh to pass, at thy coming in thither to the city, that thou hast met a band of prophets coming down from the high place, and before them psaltery, and tabret, and pipe, and harp, and they are prophesying;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:10 - and they come in thither to the height, and lo, a band of prophets -- to meet him, and prosper over him doth the Spirit of God, and he prophesieth in their midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:2 - And he smiteth Moab, and measureth them with a line, causing them to lie down on the earth, and he measureth two lines to put to death, and the fulness of the line to keep alive, and the Moabites are to David for servants, bearers of a present.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:13 - And if unto a city he is gathered, then they have caused all Israel to bear unto that city ropes, and we have drawn it unto the brook till that there hath not been found there even a stone.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:6 - The cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been the snares of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:13 - Ben-Geber, in Ramoth-Gilead, hath the small towns of Jair son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; he hath a portion of Argob that is in Bashan, sixty great cities with wall and brazen bar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31 - And his servants say unto him, 'Lo, we pray thee, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel -- that they are kind kings; let us put, we pray thee, sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and we go out unto the king of Israel; it may be he doth keep thee alive.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:32 - And they gird sackcloth on their loins, and ropes are on their heads, and they come in unto the king of Israel, and say, 'Thy servant Ben-Hadad hath said, Let me live, I pray thee;' and he saith, 'Is he yet alive? he is my brother.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:18 - Saying: To thee I give the land of Canaan, The portion of your inheritance,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6 - white linen, white cotton, and blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple on rings of silver, and pillars of marble, couches of gold, and of silver, on a pavement of smaragdus, and white marble, and mother-of-pearl, and black marble --

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:10 - Hidden in the earth is his cord, And his trap on the path.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:17 - How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:8 - And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:3 - They bow down, Their young ones they bring forth safely, Their pangs they cast forth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:1 - Dost thou draw leviathan with an angle? And with a rope thou lettest down -- his tongue?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:6 - Lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, Yea, a beauteous inheritance is for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:4 - Compassed me have cords of death, And streams of the worthless make me afraid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5 - Cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been snares of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:55

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:55 - And casteth out nations from before them, And causeth them to fall in the line of inheritance, And causeth the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:11 - Saying, 'To thee I give the land of Canaan, The portion of your inheritance,'

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:3 - Compassed me have cords of death, And straits of Sheol have found me, Distress and sorrow I find.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:61

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:61 - Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, Thy law I have not forgotten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5 - The proud hid a snare for me -- and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:22 - His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:6 - While that the silver cord is not removed, And the golden bowl broken, And the pitcher broken by the fountain, And the wheel broken at the well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:18 - Wo to those drawing out iniquity with cords of vanity, And as with thick ropes of the cart -- sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:8 - And they have been troubled, Pains and pangs they take, As a travailing woman they are pained, A man at his friend they marvel, The appearance of flames -- their faces!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:17 - When a pregnant woman cometh near to the birth, She is pained -- she crieth in her pangs, So we have been from Thy face, O Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20 - See Zion, the city of our meetings, Thine eyes see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, A tent not taken down, Not removed are its pins for ever, And none of its cords are broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:23 - Left have been thy ropes, They strengthen not rightly their mast, They have not spread out a sail, Then apportioned hath been a prey of much spoil, The lame have taken spoil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:7 - Before she is pained she hath brought forth, Before a pang cometh to her, She hath delivered a male.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:21 - What dost thou say, when He looketh after thee? And thou -- thou hast taught them to be over thee -- leaders for head? Do not pangs seize thee as a travailing woman?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:23 - O dweller in Lebanon, making a nest among cedars, How gracious hast thou been when pangs come to thee, Pain -- as of a travailing woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:6 - And they take Jeremiah, and cast him into the pit of Malchiah son of the king, that is in the court of the prison, and they send down Jeremiah with cords; and in the pit there is no water, but mire, and Jeremiah sinketh in the mire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:11 - And Ebed-Melech taketh the men with him, and entereth the house of the king, unto the place of the treasury, and taketh thence worn-out clouts, and worn-out rags, and sendeth them unto Jeremiah unto the pit by cords.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:12 - And Ebed-Melech the Cushite saith unto Jeremiah, 'Put, I pray thee, the worn-out clouts and rags under thine arm-holes, at the place of the cords,' and Jeremiah doth so,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:13 - and they draw out Jeremiah with cords, and bring him up out of the pit, and Jeremiah dwelleth in the court of the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:24 - Feeble hath been Damascus, She turned to flee, and fear strengthened her, Distress and pangs have seized her, as a travailing woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:24 - They are thy merchants for perfect things, For wrappings of blue, and embroidery, And for treasuries of rich apparel, With cords bound and girded, for thy merchandise,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:13 - 'Thus said the Lord Jehovah: This is the border whereby ye inherit the land, according to the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph hath portions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:4 - With cords of man I do draw them, With thick cords of love, And I am to them as a raiser up of a yoke on their jaws, And I incline unto him -- I feed him.

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