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Lexicon :: Strong's H2534 - ḥēmâ

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חֵמָה
Transliteration
ḥēmâ
Pronunciation
khay-maw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 860a

Strong’s Definitions

חֵמָה chêmâh, khay-maw'; or (Daniel 11:44) חֵמָא chêmâʼ; from H3179; heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever):—anger, bottles, hot displeasure, furious(-ly, -ry), heat, indignation, poison, rage, wrath(-ful). See H2529.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 124x

The KJV translates Strong's H2534 in the following manner: fury (67x), wrath (34x), poison (6x), furious (4x), displeasure (3x), rage (2x), anger (1x), bottles (1x), furious (with H1167) (1x), furiously (1x), heat (1x), indignation (1x), wrathful (1x), wroth (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 124x
The KJV translates Strong's H2534 in the following manner: fury (67x), wrath (34x), poison (6x), furious (4x), displeasure (3x), rage (2x), anger (1x), bottles (1x), furious (with H1167) (1x), furiously (1x), heat (1x), indignation (1x), wrathful (1x), wroth (1x).

  1. heat, rage, hot displeasure, indignation, anger, wrath, poison, bottles

    1. heat

      1. fever

      2. venom, poison (fig.)

    2. burning anger, rage

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֵמָה chêmâh, khay-maw'; or (Daniel 11:44) חֵמָא chêmâʼ; from H3179; heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever):—anger, bottles, hot displeasure, furious(-ly, -ry), heat, indignation, poison, rage, wrath(-ful). See H2529.
STRONGS H2534: Abbreviations
חֵמָה (once חֵמָא): 121 noun feminine heat, rage (for יְחֵמָה ֗֗֗; Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic יַחְמָא poison, aXtmeo heat, wrath, poison, BrockLex. 116, also Nö§ 103; Arabic حُمَةً poison, Lane651; Assyrian imtu, spittle, breath, poison, DlHWB 78 Muss-ArnCD 62) — absolute חֵמָה Nahum 1:2 + 39 times; חֵמָא Daniel 11:44; construct חֲמַת Genesis 27:44 + 25 times; suffix חֲמָתִי Jeremiah 4:4 + 36 times; חֲמָֽתְךָ Jeremiah 10:25 + 8 times; חֲמָתֶ֑ךָ Psalm 88:8; Psalm 89:47; חֲמָתוֺ Isaiah 51:17 + 8 times; חֲמָתָם Job 6:4; plural חֵמוֺת Proverbs 22:24, חֵמֹת Psalm 76:11; —
1. heat;
a. fever, חֲמַת מִיַּיִן Hosea 7:5 fever from wine, wine-fever (on stative construct see Ges§ 130, 1).
b. venom, poison (figurative): חֲמַת זֹחֲלֵי עָפָר Deuteronomy 32:24; תַּנִּינִים ח׳ Deuteronomy 32:33; נָחָשׁ ח׳ Psalm 58:5 compare Psalm 58:5; עַכְשׁוּב ח׳ Psalm 140:4; poison of arrows (of י׳) Job 6:4.
2. burning anger, rage:
a. of man: Genesis 27:44 (J), 2 Samuel 11:20; 2 Kings 5:12; Esther 1:12; Esther 2:1; Esther 3:5; Esther 5:9 (against, עַל), Esther 7:7, 10; Psalm 37:8 (|| אַף), Psalm 76:11 (yet on text see Che), Proverbs 6:34; Proverbs 15:1, 18 (אִישׁ חֵמָה man of rage = raging or wrathful man), Proverbs 16:4; Proverbs 19:19 (גְּדָלאח׳ Qr＝one great in rage, see De Now), Proverbs 27:4 (|| אַף), Isaiah 51:13 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 23:25; אִישׁ חֵמוֺת Proverbs 22:24 (|| בַּעַל אָ֑ף); בַּעַל חֵמָה Proverbs 29:22 (|| אִישׁ אַף); חֵמָה עַזָּה strong rage Proverbs 21:14 (|| אַף); חֲמַת רוּחִי Ezekiel 3:14 the rage of my spirit.
b. of the he-goat in Daniel's vision, בַּחֲמַת כֹחוֺ Daniel 8:6 in the fury of his power.
c. of God (י׳), often Jeremiah, Isaiah2, Ezekiel, Psalms: Jeremiah 4:4 + 16 times Jeremiah; 2 Kings 22:13, 17; Isaiah 27:4 (Hi Ew Di Du; on other interpretations, and on text see Di), Isaiah 63:5; Lamentations 2:4; Ezekiel 5:13 + 29 times Ezekiel; Numbers 25:11 (P), 2 Chronicles 12:7; 34:21, 25; 36:16; Psalm 59:14; Psalm 79:6; Psalm 88:8; Psalm 89:47; Psalm 106:23; Job 21:20; apparently also Job 19:29; Job 36:18 see Di; often || אַף Micah 5:14; Deuteronomy 9:19; Deuteronomy 29:22; Isaiah 42:25 (אַפּוֹ as appositive, + עֱזוּז מִלְחָמָה), Isaiah 63:3, 6; Daniel 9:16; Psalm 6:2; Psalm 78:38; Psalm 90:7; לְהָשִׁיב אַפּוֹ בְּחֵמָהֺ Psalm 66:15 (|| וְגַעֲרַתוֺ בְּלַהֲבֵיאֵֿשׁ), + Jeremiah 23:19; Jeremiah 30:23 of the whirlwind of י׳; || אַף + קֶצֶף גָּדוֺל Deuteronomy 29:27; Jeremiah 21:5; Jeremiah 32:37; || אַף + תֹּכְחוֺת חֵמָה Ezekiel 5:15, compare תּוֺכְחוֺת חֵמָה alone Ezekiel 25:17; || אַפּוֹ חֲרוֺן Nahum 1:6; Lamentations 4:11; || קֶצֶף Isaiah 34:2 (of fury against, על), Psalm 38:2; || גְּעָרָה Isaiah 51:20; || גְּמוּל Isaiah 59:18; || קִנְאָה Ezekiel 36:6, compare חֵמָה גְדוֺלָה קִנֵּאתִי Zechariah 8:2 (|| קִנְאָה גדולה); דַּם חֵמָה וְקִנְאָה Ezekiel 16:38 (on text see Co); חֲמַת קֶ֑רִי Leviticus 26:28 rage of meeting, i.e. encountering them in rage; כּוֺס חֲמָתוֺ(ת־ִיׅ Isaiah 51:17, 22 the cup of his (my) fury; כּוֺס הַיַּיִן הַחֵמָה הַזּאֹת Jeremiah 25:15; בַּעַל חֵמָה a possessor of fury＝furious Nahum 1:2 (|| נֹקֵם, אֵל קִנּוֺא).
[חֵמָה עַל＝rage against one: Isaiah 34:2; 2 Chronicles 28:9. — Verbs used with חֵמָה are:
2. a.: שׁוּב Genesis 27:44, הֵשִׁיב Proverbs 15:1, עָלָה 2 Samuel 11:20, בָּעַר Esther 1:12, שָׁכַךְ Esther 2:1; Esther 7:10;
2. c.: הֵשִׁיב turn away wrath of י׳ Numbers 25:11; Psalm 106:23; Jeremiah 18:20 (but הָשִׁיכ בְּחֵמָה אַפּוֹ Isaiah 66:15 to recompense his anger in fury, give it as requital); י׳ ח׳ is kindled against one יצת ב Niph. 2 Kings 22:13, 17; it burns בָּֽעֲרָה Jeremiah 4:4; Jeremiah 21:12; Jeremiah 44:6; Psalm 89:47; arises עלה 2 Chronicles 36:16, compare as object of עלה Hiph. Ezekiel 24:8; is poured out נִתְּכָה בְ 2 Chronicles 12:7; 34:21, 25; Jeremiah 7:20; נִתְּכָה עַל Jeremiah 42:18 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 44:6; נִתְּכָה כָאֵשׁ Nahum 1:6; י׳ pours it out שָׁפַךְ אֶל Psalm 79:6; שָׁפַךְ עַל Isaiah 42:25; Jeremiah 10:25; Ezekiel 7:8; Ezekiel 9:8; Ezekiel 14:19; Ezekiel 16:38 (according to Co's conjecture), Ezekiel 20:8, 13, 21; Ezekiel 22:22; Ezekiel 30:15; Ezekiel 36:18; שָׁפַךְ כָּאֵשׁ Lamentations 2:4; חֵמָה שְׁפוּכָה Ezekiel 20:33, 34; בְ הֵנִיחַ ח׳ bring to rest (i.e. satisfy) one's fury upon Ezekiel 5:13; Ezekiel 16:42; Ezekiel 24:13; כִּלָּה ח׳ Lamentations 4:11; + בְּ Ezekiel 5:13 I have accomplished my fury upon them (in their case), Ezekiel 6:12; Ezekiel 13:15.]

Biblical Aramaic

יחם (√ of following; see Biblical Hebrew יָחַם, whence חֵמָה).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

27:44; 27:44; 27:44

Leviticus

26:28

Numbers

25:11; 25:11

Deuteronomy

9:19; 29:22; 29:27; 32:24; 32:33

2 Samuel

11:20; 11:20

2 Kings

5:12; 22:13; 22:13; 22:17; 22:17

2 Chronicles

12:7; 12:7; 28:9; 34:21; 34:21; 34:25; 34:25; 36:16; 36:16

Esther

1:12; 1:12; 2:1; 2:1; 3:5; 5:9; 7:7; 7:10; 7:10

Job

6:4; 6:4; 19:29; 21:20; 36:18

Psalms

6:2; 37:8; 38:2; 58:5; 58:5; 59:14; 66:15; 76:11; 76:11; 78:38; 79:6; 79:6; 88:8; 88:8; 89:47; 89:47; 89:47; 90:7; 106:23; 106:23; 140:4

Proverbs

6:34; 15:1; 15:1; 15:18; 16:4; 19:19; 21:14; 22:24; 22:24; 27:4; 29:22

Isaiah

27:4; 34:2; 34:2; 42:25; 42:25; 51:13; 51:17; 51:17; 51:20; 51:22; 59:18; 63:3; 63:5; 63:6; 66:15

Jeremiah

4:4; 4:4; 4:4; 7:20; 10:25; 10:25; 18:20; 21:5; 21:12; 23:19; 25:15; 30:23; 32:37; 42:18; 44:6; 44:6

Lamentations

2:4; 2:4; 4:11; 4:11

Ezekiel

3:14; 5:13; 5:13; 5:13; 5:15; 6:12; 7:8; 9:8; 13:15; 14:19; 16:38; 16:38; 16:42; 20:8; 20:13; 20:21; 20:33; 20:34; 22:22; 23:25; 24:8; 24:13; 25:17; 30:15; 36:6; 36:18

Daniel

8:6; 9:16; 11:44

Hosea

7:5

Micah

5:14

Nahum

1:2; 1:2; 1:6; 1:6

Zechariah

8:2

H2534

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2534 matches the Hebrew חֵמָה (ḥēmâ),
which occurs 124 times in 117 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 27:44–Isa 27:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:44 - and tarry with him a few days, until thy brother’s fury turn away;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:28 - then I will walk contrary unto you in wrath; and I also will chastise you seven times for your sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:11 - Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:19 - For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith Jehovah was wroth against you to destroy you. But Jehovah hearkened unto me that time also.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:23 - and that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and a burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:28 - and Jehovah rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as at this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:24 -
They shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat
And bitter destruction;
And the teeth of beasts will I send upon them,
With the poison of crawling things of the dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:33 -
Their wine is the poison of serpents,
And the cruel venom of asps.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:20 - it shall be that, if the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore went ye so nigh unto the city to fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:12 - Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:13 - Go ye, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found; for great is the wrath of Jehovah that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:17 - Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:7 - And when Jehovah saw that they humbled themselves, the word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves: I will not destroy them; but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:9 - But a prophet of Jehovah was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out to meet the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because Jehovah, the God of your fathers, was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage which hath reached up unto heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:21 - Go ye, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found; for great is the wrath of Jehovah that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of Jehovah, to do according unto all that is written in this book.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:25 - Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore is my wrath poured out upon this place, and it shall not be quenched.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:16 - but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of Jehovah arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:12 - But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by the chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:1 - After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was pacified, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:5 - And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not down, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:9 - Then went Haman forth that day joyful and glad of heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he stood not up nor moved for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:7 - And the king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:10 - So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:4 -
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me,
The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up:
The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:29 -
Be ye afraid of the sword:
For wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword,
That ye may know there is a judgment.

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Let his own eyes see his destruction,
And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

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For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements;
Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:1 -
For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, set to the Sheminith. A Psalm of David.
O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger,
Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

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Cease from anger, and forsake wrath:
Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing.

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A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.
O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath;
Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

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Their poison is like the poison of a serpent:
They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,

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Consume them in wrath, consume them, so that they shall be no more:
And let them know that God ruleth in Jacob,
Unto the ends of the earth.
[Selah

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Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee:
The residue of wrath shalt thou gird upon thee.

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But he, being merciful, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not:
Yea, many a time turned he his anger away,
And did not stir up all his wrath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:6 -
Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not,
And upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:7 -
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me,
And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves.
[Selah

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:46 -
How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever?
How long shall thy wrath burn like fire?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:7 -
For we are consumed in thine anger,
And in thy wrath are we troubled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:23 -
Therefore he said that he would destroy them,
Had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach,
To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:3 -
They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent;
Adders’ poison is under their lips.
[Selah

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For jealousy is the rage of a man;
And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

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A soft answer turneth away wrath;
But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:18 -
A wrathful man stirreth up contention;
But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

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The wrath of a king is as messengers of death;
But a wise man will pacify it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:19 -
A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty;
For if thou deliver him, thou must do it yet again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:14 -
A gift in secret pacifieth anger;
And a present in the bosom, strong wrath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:24 -
Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger;
And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:

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Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming;
But who is able to stand before jealousy?

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An angry man stirreth up strife,
And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:4 - Wrath is not in me: would that the briers and thorns were against me in battle! I would march upon them, I would burn them together.

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