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Lexicon :: Strong's H3478 - yiśrā'ēl

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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration
yiśrā'ēl
Pronunciation
yis-raw-ale'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'; from H8280 and H410; he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity:—Israel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,505x

The KJV translates Strong's H3478 in the following manner: Israel (2,489x), Israelites (16x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,505x
The KJV translates Strong's H3478 in the following manner: Israel (2,489x), Israelites (16x).

  1. Israel = "God prevails"

    1. the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel

    2. the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob

      1. the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split

      2. the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah

      3. the name of the nation after the return from exile

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'; from H8280 and H410; he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity:—Israel.
STRONGS H3478: Abbreviations
יִשְׂרָאֵל 2507 proper name, masculine and of a people Israel (Ēl persisteth, persevereth (or jussive Let Ēl persist) [usually contendeth (NesEg.60 ff.) or Let Ēl contend (GrayProp. N. 218), but see DrHast. DB JACOB 530]; on vocalization see LagBN 131 f. Kit 1 Chronicles 4:16 (Hpt); MI5, + 5 times ישראל; in Egyptian Y-si-r-'l SteindZAW xvi (1896), 331, compare BreastedBib. World ix (1897), 62 ff. PatonSyr. and Pal. 134; Assyrian Sir-'-lai (= יִשְׂרְאֵלִי) SchrKG 356 ff., 364; COT Genesis 36:31; 1 Kings 16:29. — On a possibly relation of יִשׂ׳ to proper name שָׂרַי, שָׂרָה see RSK 257, 2nd ed. 34; — compare שְׂרָיָה(וּ); — Ισραηλ:
1. proper name, masculine. second name of Jacob Genesis 32:29 + 28 times Genesis (JE), Exodus 32:13 (JE), Hosea 12:13; Judges 18:29; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 1:20; Numbers 26:5 (all P), 2 Kings 17:34; 1 Chronicles 1:34 + 8 times Chronicles, Psalm 105:23; בֵּית יִשׂ׳ Ruth 4:11; בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ (literal) Genesis 42:5 + 3 times E, + 2 times P + Exodus 1:7 (P; transition to wider use), 1 Kings 18:31; 1 Chronicles 2:1 +; = 12 tribes Exodus 28:9 + 7 times P; אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיִשׂ׳ 1 Kings 18:36; 1 Chronicles 29:18; 2 Chronicles 30:6.
2. proper name, of a people (usually masculineJudges 11:17 f but feminine 1 Samuel 17:21; 2 Samuel 24:9 [not || 1 Chronicles 21:5], compare Dron the passage AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 57 f.): name of Hebrew nation; usually derived from 1, but יִשׂ׳ more common in early usage than בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ (see בֵּן):
a.
(1) undivided kingdom; יִשׂ׳ Genesis 47:27 (J), Genesis 49:7 (poem in J) + 108 times J E, Deuteronomy 1:1; Deuteronomy 18:6; Deuteronomy 33:10 (poem) + 76 times D, Genesis 34:7; Exodus 12:15 + 42 times P; Judges 5:2, 7 (twice in verse) + 104 times Judges; often 1 and 2 Samuel; 1 Kings 1-12; כָּליִֿשׂ׳ of whole people 2 Samuel 8:15 +, of whole army 2 Samuel 11:1 +, opposed to Judah 2 Samuel 2:9 + (so also later).
(2) יִשׂ׳ = Northern tribes, distinguished from Judah, even before disruption, 2 Samuel 2:9, compare 2 Samuel 2:10; 2 Samuel 3:10; 2 Samuel 4:1; 2 Samuel 5:5; 2 Samuel 12:7; 2 Samuel 20:1; 1 Kings 1:35; 1 Kings 4:20; 1 Kings 5:5 +; so at disruption 1 Kings 12:16 (3 times in verse); 1 Kings 12:18, 19; then usually of Northern kingdom, till its fall, 1 Kings 12:28; 1Ki 24:7; 1Ki 24:10 + very often Kings, Amos 1:1; Amos 2:6; Amos 3:14 +, Hosea 1:5; Hosea 4:15 (twice in verse); Hosea 5:3 (twice in verse); Hosea 5:5 +, Micah 1:13, etc.
(3) יִשׂ׳ of Southern kingdom, Judah, rarely before fall of Samaria Isaiah 1:3; Isaiah 8:18; Micah 1:14, 15, so בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ 1 Kings 12:17; after fall of Samaria, יִשׂ׳ (less often בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳) occurs of entire people, in reference to past or future 2 Kings 21:8; 2 Kings 23:22; Isaiah 17:9; Psalm 103:7; Jeremiah 2:3; Jeremiah 50:17, 19 +; יִשׂ׳ also = Judah Jeremiah 2:14, 31; Jeremiah 4:1 +, Ezekiel 13:2, 4, 16; Ezekiel 14:1, 7, 9 +, Isaiah 40:27; Isaiah 41:8; Isaiah 42:24 +, Ezra 2:59 = Nehemiah 7:61; Ezra 2:70; Ezra 3:11 +, Nehemiah 10:34; Nehemiah 10:3 +, Psalm 14:7 (twice in verse) = Psalm 53:7 [Psalm 53:6] (twice in verse), Psalm 147:2; Psalm 149:2 +, etc.
(4) usage in Chronicles: יִשׂ׳ of whole people 1 Chronicles 2:7 + 110 times, of Northern kingdom 2 Chronicles 11:1 + 16 times, of Judah 2 Chronicles 12:6; 19:8 + 9 times
(5) יִשׂ׳ personified as עֶבֶד י׳, Isaiah 44:1, 21; Isaiah 49:3.
b. בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳,
(1) of undivided people Exodus 1:12 (J), Exodus 3:9 (E) + 72 times J E, Deuteronomy 3:18; Deuteronomy 10:6 + 25 times D, Genesis 32:33 [Genesis 32:32] + 327 times P; Judges 1:1 + 60 times Judges; seldom 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1-12; in 1 Kings 13—2 Kings 25 passive in reference to older history (rarely otherwise).
(2) seldom of Northern kingdom Amos 2:11 + 9 times Amos, Hosea; 2 Chronicles 13:12 + 7 times Chronicles.
(3) of Judah (late) Ezekiel 2:3; Nehemiah 1:6 (twice in verse); Ezra 3:1; Joel 4:16 +, 2 Chronicles 31:5.
c. בֵּית יִשׂ׳ Exodus 16:31; Exodus 40:38 + 142 times (see בַּיִת 5d (δ); + 81 times Ezekiel, where = Judah; see especially Exodus 37:16); שְׁנֵי בָֽתֵּי יִשׂ׳ Isaiah 8:14.
d. other phrases, see sub אִישׁ, אֶרֶץ, בַּת, בְּתוּלָה, גְּבוּל, הַר, כִּסֵּא, מֶלֶךְ, (נטה) מַטֶּה, (יעד) עֵדָה, עַם, שֵׁבֶט; also (in epithet of י׳) below אָבִיר, אוֺר, אֱלֹחִים, I. גָּוֺאל, מֶלֶךְ, מִקְוֶה (I. קוה), I. צוּר (V. צור), קָדוֺשׁ, I. רָעָה 1d (3).
†e. יִשׂ׳ = the laity, opposed to priests, etc. (late): Ezra 10:25; Nehemiah 11:3; 1 Chronicles 9:2; כָּליִֿשׂ׳ Ezra 2:70; Ezra 10:5; הָעָם יִשׂ׳ Ezra 9:1; בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ Nehemiah 10:40, compare שְׁאָר יִשׂ׳ Nehemiah 11:20.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3479.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

32:29; 32:32; 34:7; 36:31; 42:5; 47:27; 49:7

Exodus

1:7; 1:12; 3:9; 6:14; 12:15; 16:31; 28:9; 32:13; 37:16; 40:38

Numbers

1:20; 26:5

Deuteronomy

1:1; 3:18; 10:6; 18:6; 33:10

Judges

1:1; 5:2; 5:7; 11:17; 18:29

Ruth

4:11

1 Samuel

17:21

2 Samuel

2:9; 2:9; 2:10; 3:10; 4:1; 5:5; 8:15; 11:1; 12:7; 20:1; 24:9

1 Kings

1:35; 4:20; 5:5; 12:16; 12:17; 12:18; 12:19; 12:28; 16:29; 18:31; 18:36

2 Kings

17:34; 21:8; 23:22

1 Chronicles

1:34; 2:1; 2:7; 4:16; 9:2; 21:5; 29:18

2 Chronicles

11:1; 12:6; 13:12; 19:8; 30:6; 31:5

Ezra

2:59; 2:70; 2:70; 3:1; 3:11; 9:1; 10:5; 10:25

Nehemiah

1:6; 7:61; 10:3; 10:34; 11:3; 11:20

Psalms

14:7; 53:6; 103:7; 105:23; 147:2; 149:2

Isaiah

1:3; 8:14; 8:18; 17:9; 40:27; 41:8; 42:24; 44:1; 44:21; 49:3

Jeremiah

2:3; 2:14; 2:31; 4:1; 50:17; 50:19

Ezekiel

2:3; 13:2; 13:4; 13:16; 14:1; 14:7; 14:9

Hosea

1:5; 4:15; 5:3; 5:5; 12:13

Amos

1:1; 2:6; 2:11; 3:14

Micah

1:13; 1:14; 1:15

H3478

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Strong's Number H3478 matches the Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yiśrā'ēl),
which occurs 62 times in 60 verses in 'Psa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Psa 14:7–Psa 131:3)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:7 - Oh that the salvation of Israel H3478 were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel H3478 shall be glad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:3 - But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:23 - Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:22 - Redeem Israel, H3478 O God, out of all his troubles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:13 - Blessed be the LORD God of Israel H3478 from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:7 - Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, H3478 and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:6 - Oh that the salvation of Israel H3478 were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel H3478 shall be glad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5 - Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, H3478 awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:8 - The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:26 - Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:34 - Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, H3478 and his strength is in the clouds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:35 - O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel H3478 is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:6 - Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:22 - I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:18 - Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, H3478 who only doeth wondrous things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:1 - [[A Psalm of Asaph.]] Truly God is good to Israel, H3478 even to such as are of a clean heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:1 - [[To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song of Asaph.]] In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:5 - For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, H3478 which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:21 - Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel; H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:31 - The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:41

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:41 - Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:55

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:55 - He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel H3478 to dwell in their tents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:59

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:59 - When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel: H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:71

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:71 - From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel H3478 his inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:1 - [[To the chief Musician upon Shoshannimeduth, A Psalm of Asaph.]] Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, H3478 thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:4 - For this was a statute for Israel, H3478 and a law of the God of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:8 - Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, H3478 if thou wilt hearken unto me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:11 - But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel H3478 would none of me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:13 - Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel H3478 had walked in my ways!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:4 - They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel H3478 may be no more in remembrance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:18 - For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel H3478 is our king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:3 - He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: H3478 all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:7 - He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:10 - And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel H3478 for an everlasting covenant:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:23 - Israel H3478 also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:48

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:48 - Blessed be the LORD God of Israel H3478 from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:1 - When Israel H3478 went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:2 - Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel H3478 his dominion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:9 - O Israel, H3478 trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:12 - The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; H3478 he will bless the house of Aaron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:2 - Let Israel H3478 now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:4 - Behold, he that keepeth Israel H3478 shall neither slumber nor sleep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:4 - Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, H3478 to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:1 - [[A Song of degrees of David.]] If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel H3478 say;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:5 - As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 128:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 128:6 - Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:1 - [[A Song of degrees.]] Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel H3478 now say:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:7 - Let Israel H3478 hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:8 - And he shall redeem Israel H3478 from all his iniquities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 131:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 131:3 - Let Israel H3478 hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever.

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