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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 Box Psa 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:7 - Oh, that the salvation of Israel H3478 [fn]would come out of Zion!
When the LORD [fn]restores His captive people,
Jacob will rejoice, Israel H3478 will be glad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:3 - Yet You are holy,
O You who [fn]are enthroned upon the praises of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:23 - You who fear the LORD, praise Him;
All you [fn]descendants of Jacob, glorify Him,
And stand in awe of Him, all you [fn]descendants of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:22

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 41:13

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:7 - “Hear, O My people, and I will speak;
O Israel, H3478 I will testify [fn]against you;
I am God, your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 53:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:6 - Oh, that the salvation of Israel H3478 [fn]would come out of Zion!
When God [fn]restores His captive people,
[fn]Let Jacob rejoice, let Israel H3478 be glad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5 - You, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, H3478
Awake to [fn]punish all the nations;
Do not be gracious to any who are treacherous in iniquity. [fn]Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:8 - The earth quaked;
The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God;
[fn]Sinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:26 - Bless God in the congregations,
Even the LORD, you who are of the fountain of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:34 - Ascribe strength to God;
His majesty is over Israel H3478
And His strength is in the [fn]skies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:35 - [fn]O God, You are awesome from Your [fn]sanctuary.
The God of Israel H3478 Himself gives strength and power to the people.
Blessed be God!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:6 - May those who wait for You not be ashamed through me, O Lord [fn]GOD of hosts;
May those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel, H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:22 - I will also praise You with [fn]a harp,
Even Your [fn]truth, O my God;
To You I will sing praises with the lyre,
O Holy One of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:18 - Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, H3478
Who alone works wonders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:1 - A Psalm of Asaph.
Surely God is good to Israel, H3478
To those who are pure in heart!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 76:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:1 - For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song.
God is known in Judah;
His name is great in Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 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 [fn]teach them to their children,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:21 - Therefore the LORD heard and [fn]was full of wrath;
And a fire was kindled against Jacob
And anger also mounted against Israel, H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:31 - The anger of God rose against them
And killed [fn]some of their stoutest ones,
And [fn]subdued the choice men of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:41

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:41 - Again and again they [fn]tempted God,
And pained the Holy One of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:55

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:55 - He also drove out the nations before them
And apportioned them for an inheritance by measurement,
And made the tribes of Israel H3478 dwell in their tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:59

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:59 - When God heard, He [fn]was filled with wrath
And greatly abhorred Israel; H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:71

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:71 - From [fn]the care of the [fn]ewes with suckling lambs He brought him
To shepherd Jacob His people,
And Israel H3478 His inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:1 - For the choir director; set to [fn]El Shoshannim; [fn]Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph.
Oh, give ear, Shepherd of Israel, H3478
You who lead Joseph like a flock;
You who are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:4 - For it is a statute for Israel, H3478
An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:8 - “Hear, O My people, and I will [fn]admonish you;
O Israel, H3478 if you would listen to Me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:11 - “But My people did not listen to My voice,
And Israel H3478 did not [fn]obey Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:13 - “Oh that My people would listen to Me,
That Israel H3478 would walk in My ways!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 83:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:4 - They have said, “Come, and let us wipe them out [fn]as a nation,
That the name of Israel H3478 be remembered no more.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:18 - For our shield belongs to the LORD,
[fn]And our king to the Holy One of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 98:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:3 - He has remembered His lovingkindness and His faithfulness to the house of Israel; H3478
All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:7 - He made known His ways to Moses,
His acts to the sons of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:10 - Then He confirmed it to Jacob for a statute,
To Israel H3478 as an everlasting covenant,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:23

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:48

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:48 - Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, H3478
From everlasting even to everlasting.
And let all the people say, “Amen.”
[fn]Praise [fn]the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 114:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 114:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:2 - Judah became His sanctuary,
Israel, H3478 His dominion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 115:9

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 115:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:12 - The LORD has 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 Box Psa 118:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:2 - Oh let Israel H3478 say,
“His lovingkindness is everlasting.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 121:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:4 - Behold, He who keeps Israel H3478
Will neither slumber nor sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 122:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:4 - To which the tribes go up, even the tribes of [fn]the LORD—
[fn]An ordinance for Israel H3478—
To give thanks to the name of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 124:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:1 - A Song of Ascents, of David.
“Had it not been the LORD who was on our side,”
Let Israel H3478 now say,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 125:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:5 - But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways,
The LORD will lead them away with the doers of iniquity.
Peace be upon Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 128:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 128:6 - Indeed, may you see your children’s children.
Peace be upon Israel! H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 129:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:1 - A Song of Ascents.
“[fn]Many times they have [fn]persecuted me from my youth up,”
Let Israel H3478 now say,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 130:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:7 - O Israel, H3478 hope in the LORD;
For with the LORD there is lovingkindness,
And with Him is abundant redemption.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 130:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:8 - And He will redeem Israel H3478
From all his iniquities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 131:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 131:3 - O Israel, H3478 hope in the LORD
From this time forth and forever.

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