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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3478 matches the Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yiśrā'ēl),
which occurs 44 times in 41 verses in 'Hos' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:1 - The word of the LORD which came to Hosea the son of Beeri, during the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:4 - And the LORD said to him, “Name him Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will [fn]punish the house of Jehu for the bloodshed of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:5 - “On that day I will break the bow of Israel H3478 in the valley of Jezreel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:6 - Then she conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And [fn]the LORD said to him, “Name her [fn]Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, H3478 that I would ever forgive them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:10 - [fn]Yet the number of the sons of Israel H3478
Will be like the sand of the sea,
Which cannot be measured or numbered;
And in the place
Where it is said to them,
“You are not My people,”
It will be said to them,
“You are the sons of the living God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:11 - And the sons of Judah and the sons of Israel H3478 will be gathered together,
And they will appoint for themselves one leader,
And they will go up from the land,
For great will be the day of Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:1 - Then the LORD said to me, “Go again, love a [fn]woman who is loved by her [fn]husband, yet an adulteress, even as the LORD loves the sons of Israel, H3478 though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:4 - For the sons of Israel H3478 will remain for many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar and without ephod or [fn]household idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:5 - Afterward the sons of Israel H3478 will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king; and they will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:1 - Listen to the word of the LORD, O sons of Israel, H3478
For the LORD has a case against the inhabitants of the land,
Because there is no [fn]faithfulness or [fn]kindness
Or knowledge of God in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:15 - Though you, Israel, H3478 play the harlot,
Do not let Judah become guilty;
Also do not go to Gilgal,
Or go up to Beth-aven
And take the oath:
“As the LORD lives!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:16 - Since Israel H3478 is stubborn
Like a stubborn heifer,
[fn]Can the LORD now pasture them
Like a lamb in a large field?

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:1 - Hear this, O priests!
Give heed, O house of Israel! H3478
Listen, O house of the king!
For the judgment applies to you,
For you have been a snare at Mizpah
And a net spread out on Tabor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:3 - I know Ephraim, and Israel H3478 is not hidden from Me;
For now, O Ephraim, you have played the harlot,
Israel H3478 has defiled itself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:5 - Moreover, the pride of Israel H3478 testifies against him,
And Israel H3478 and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity;
Judah also has stumbled with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:9 - Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke;
Among the tribes of Israel H3478 I declare what is sure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:10 - In the house of Israel H3478 I have seen a horrible thing;
Ephraim’s harlotry is there, Israel H3478 has defiled itself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:1 - When I would heal Israel, H3478
The iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered,
And the evil deeds of Samaria,
For they deal falsely;
The thief enters in,
Bandits raid outside,

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:10 - Though the pride of Israel H3478 testifies against him,
Yet they have not returned to the LORD their God,
Nor have they sought Him, for all this.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:2 - They cry out to Me,
“My God, we of Israel H3478 know You!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:3 - Israel H3478 has rejected the good;
The enemy will pursue him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:6 - For from Israel H3478 is even this!
A craftsman made it, so it is not God;
Surely the calf of Samaria will be broken to [fn]pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:8 - Israel H3478 is swallowed up;
They are now among the nations
Like a vessel in which no one delights.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:14 - For Israel H3478 has forgotten his Maker and built palaces;
And Judah has multiplied fortified cities,
But I will send a fire on its cities that it may consume its palatial dwellings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:1 - Do not rejoice, O Israel, H3478 [fn]with exultation like the [fn]nations!
For you have played the harlot, [fn]forsaking your God.
You have loved harlots’ earnings on [fn]every threshing floor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:7 - The days of punishment have come,
The days of retribution have come;
[fn]Let Israel H3478 know this!
The prophet is a fool,
The [fn]inspired man is demented,
Because of the grossness of your iniquity,
And because your hostility is so great.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:10 - I found Israel H3478 like grapes in the wilderness;
I saw your forefathers as the earliest fruit on the fig tree in its first season.
But they came to Baal-peor and devoted themselves to [fn]shame,
And they became as detestable as that which they loved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:1 - Israel H3478 is a [fn]luxuriant vine;
He produces fruit for himself.
The more his fruit,
The more altars he made;
The [fn]richer his land,
The better [fn]he made the sacred pillars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:6 - The thing itself will be carried to Assyria
As tribute to [fn]King Jareb;
Ephraim will [fn]be seized with shame
And Israel H3478 will be ashamed of its own counsel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:8 - Also the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, H3478 will be destroyed;
Thorn and thistle will grow on their altars;
Then they will say to the mountains,
“Cover us!” And to the hills, “Fall on us!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:9 - From the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel; H3478
There they stand!
Will not the battle against the sons of iniquity overtake them in Gibeah?

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:15 - Thus it will be done to you at Bethel because of your great wickedness.
At dawn the king of Israel H3478 will be completely cut off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:1 - When Israel H3478 was a youth I loved him,
And out of Egypt I called My son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:8 - How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
How can I surrender you, O Israel? H3478
How can I [fn]make you like Admah?
How can I treat you like Zeboiim?
My heart is turned over within Me,
[fn]All My compassions are kindled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:12 - [fn]Ephraim surrounds Me with lies
And the house of Israel H3478 with deceit;
Judah is also unruly against God,
Even against the Holy One who is faithful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:12 - Now Jacob fled to the [fn]land of Aram,
And Israel H3478 worked for a wife,
And for a wife he kept sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:13 - But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel H3478 from Egypt,
And by a prophet he was kept.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:1 - When Ephraim [fn]spoke, there was trembling.
He exalted himself in Israel, H3478
But through Baal he [fn]did wrong and died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:9 - It is your destruction, O Israel, H3478
[fn]That you are against Me, against your help.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:1 - [fn]Return, O Israel, H3478 to the LORD your God,
For you have stumbled [fn]because of your iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:5 - I will be like the dew to Israel; H3478
He will blossom like the lily,
And he will [fn]take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
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