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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 118 times in 101 verses in '2Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (2Sa 1:3–2Sa 13:12)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:3 - Then David said to him, “From where do you come?” And he said to him, “I have escaped from the camp of Israel H3478.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:12 - And they lamented and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan and for the people of [fn]Yahweh and the house of Israel H3478, because they had fallen by the sword.

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“[fn]Your beauty, O Israel H3478, is slain on your high places!

How have the mighty fallen!

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“O daughters of Israel H3478, weep over Saul,

Who clothed you luxuriously in scarlet,

Who put ornaments of gold on your clothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:9 - And he made him king over Gilead, over the Ashurites, over Jezreel, over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, even over all Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:10 - Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, was forty years old when he became king over Israel H3478, and he was king for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:17 - And that day the battle was very severe, and Abner and the men of Israel H3478 were [fn]defeated before the servants of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:28 - So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the people stood still and pursued Israel H3478 no longer, nor did they continue to fight anymore.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:10 - to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel H3478 and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.”

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Then Abner sent messengers to David in his place, saying, “Whose is the land? Cut your covenant with me, and behold, my hand shall be with you to turn all Israel H3478 over to you.”

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Now Abner had [fn]consultation with the elders of Israel H3478, saying, “In times past you were seeking for David to be king over you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:18 - “So now, do it! For Yahweh has spoken of David, saying, ‘By the hand of My servant David [fn]I will save My people Israel H3478 from the hand of the Philistines and from the hand of all their enemies.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:19 - Abner also spoke in the hearing of Benjamin; and in addition Abner went to speak in the hearing of David in Hebron all that was good in the sight of Israel H3478 and in the sight of the whole house of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:21 - And Abner said to David, “Let me arise and go and gather all Israel H3478 to my lord the king, that they may cut a covenant with you, and that you may be king over all that your soul desires.” So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:37 - So all the people and all Israel H3478 knew that day that it had not been the will of the king to put Abner the son of Ner to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:38 - Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel H3478?

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Then [fn]Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son heard that Abner had died in Hebron. And [fn]he lost courage, and all Israel H3478 was dismayed.

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Then all the tribes of Israel H3478 came to David at Hebron and [fn]said, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:2 - “Previously, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led out and brought in Israel H3478; and Yahweh said to you, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel H3478, and you will be a ruler over Israel H3478.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:3 - So all the elders of Israel H3478 came to the king at Hebron, and King David cut a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahweh; then they anointed David king over Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:5 - At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel H3478 and Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:12 - Thus David knew that Yahweh had established him as king over Israel H3478, and that He had lifted up his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel H3478.

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Then the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel H3478, so all the Philistines went up to seek out David. And David heard of it and went down to the fortress.

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Then David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel H3478, thirty thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:5 - Now David and all the house of Israel H3478 were celebrating before Yahweh with all kinds of instruments made of [fn]fir wood, and with lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets, and cymbals.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:15 - So David and all the house of Israel H3478 were bringing up the ark of Yahweh with shouting and the sound of the trumpet.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:19 - And he apportioned to all the people, to all the multitude of Israel H3478, both to men and women, a cake of bread and one of dates and one of raisins to each one. Then all the people went each to his house.

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But David returned to bless his household, and Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said, “How the king of Israel H3478 has glorified himself today! He uncovered himself today in the eyes of his servants’ maids as one of the worthless ones shamelessly uncovers himself!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:21 - So David said to Michal, “It was before Yahweh, who chose me above your father and above all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of Yahweh, over Israel H3478; therefore I will celebrate before Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:6 - “For I have not inhabited a house since the day I brought up the sons of Israel H3478 from Egypt, even to this day; but I have been going about in a tent, even in a [fn]tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:7 - “Wherever I have gone about with all the sons of Israel H3478, did I speak a word with one of the tribes of Israel H3478, which I commanded to shepherd My people Israel H3478, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’”’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:8 - “So now, thus you shall say to My servant David, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, “I Myself took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:10 - “And I will appoint a place for My people Israel H3478 and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place and not be disturbed again; and the [fn]unrighteous will not afflict them any more as formerly,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:11 - even from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel H3478; and I will give you rest from all your enemies. Yahweh also declares to you that Yahweh will make a house for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:23 - “And what one nation on the earth is like Your people Israel H3478, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people and to make a name for Himself, and to do a great thing for You and awesome things for Your land, before Your people whom You have redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, from nations and their gods?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:24 - “Yet You have established for Yourself Your people Israel H3478 as Your own people forever, and You, O Yahweh, have become their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:26 - that Your name may be magnified forever, by saying, ‘Yahweh of hosts is God over Israel H3478’; and the house of Your [fn]servant David shall be established before You.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:27 - “For You, O Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel H3478, have revealed in the hearing of Your slave, saying, ‘I will build you a house’; therefore Your slave has found courage in his heart to pray this prayer to You.

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So David reigned over all Israel H3478; and David was doing justice and righteousness for all his people.

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Then Joab saw that [fn]the battle was set against him from the front and from the rear. So he chose from all the choice men of Israel H3478, and they arranged themselves to meet the Arameans.

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Then the Arameans saw that they had been [fn]defeated by Israel H3478. So they gathered themselves together.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:17 - And it was told to David, so he gathered all Israel H3478 together and crossed the Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Arameans arranged themselves to meet David and fought against him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:18 - But the Arameans fled before Israel H3478, and David killed of the Arameans 700 charioteers and 40,000 horsemen and struck down Shobach the commander of their army, and he died there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:19 - Then all the kings, the servants of Hadadezer, saw that they were [fn]defeated by Israel H3478. So they made peace with Israel H3478 and served them. And the Arameans were afraid to save the sons of Ammon anymore.

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Now it happened [fn]in the spring, at the time when [fn]kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him and all Israel H3478, and they destroyed the sons of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:11 - And Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel H3478 and Judah are staying in [fn]booths, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Shall I then go to my house to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? By your life and the life of your soul, I will not do this thing.”

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Nathan then said to David, “You are the man! Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel H3478, ‘It is I who anointed you king over Israel H3478 and it is I who delivered you from the hand of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:8 - ‘I also gave you your master’s house and your master’s wives into your [fn]care, and I gave you the house of Israel H3478 and Judah; and if that had been too little, I would have added to you many more things like these!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:12 - ‘Indeed you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel H3478, and before the sun.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:12 - But she said to him, “No, my brother, do not violate me, for such a thing is not done in Israel H3478; do not do this disgraceful thing!

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