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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 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 salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD restores his people, let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:3 - Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the one Israel praises.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:23 - You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:22 - Deliver Israel, O God, from all their troubles!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 41:13

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:7 - “Listen, my people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel: I am God, your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 53:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:6 - Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When God restores his people, let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5 - You, LORD God Almighty, you who are the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to wicked traitors.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:8 - the earth shook, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:26 - Praise God in the great congregation; praise the LORD in the assembly of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:34 - Proclaim the power of God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose power is in the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:35 - You, God, are awesome in your sanctuary; the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people. Praise be to God!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:6 - Lord, the LORD Almighty, may those who hope in you not be disgraced because of me; God of Israel, may those who seek you not be put to shame because of me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:22 - I will praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God; I will sing praise to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:18 - Praise be to the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.

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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, to those who are pure in heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 76:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:1 - [fn]For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph. A song. God is renowned in Judah; in Israel his name is great.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:5 - He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach their children,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:21 - When the LORD heard them, he was furious; his fire broke out against Jacob, and his wrath rose against Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:31 - God’s anger rose against them; he put to death the sturdiest among them, cutting down the young men of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:41

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:41 - Again and again they put God to the test; they vexed the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:55

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:55 - He drove out nations before them and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance; he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:59

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:59 - When God heard them, he was furious; he rejected Israel completely.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:71

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:71 - from tending the sheep he brought him to be the shepherd of his people Jacob, of Israel his inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:1 - [fn]For the director of music. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” Of Asaph. A psalm. Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:4 - this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:8 - Hear me, my people, and I will warn you— if you would only listen to me, Israel!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:11 - “But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not submit to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:13 - “If my people would only listen to me, if Israel would only follow my ways,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 83:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:4 - “Come,” they say, “let us destroy them as a nation, so that Israel’s name is remembered no more.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:18

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 98:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:3 - He has remembered his love and his faithfulness to Israel; 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 deeds to the people of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:10 - He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:23 - Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob resided as a foreigner in the land of Ham.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:48

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:48 - Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Praise the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 114:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:1 - When Israel came out of Egypt, Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 114:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:2 - Judah became God’s sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 115:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:9 - All you Israelites, trust in the LORD— he is their help and shield.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 115:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:12 - The LORD remembers us and will bless us: He will bless his people Israel, he will bless the house of Aaron,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 118:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:2 - Let Israel say: “His love endures forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 121:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:4 - indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 122:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:4 - That is where the tribes go up— the tribes of the LORD— to praise the name of the LORD according to the statute given to Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 124:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:1 - A song of ascents. Of David. If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel say—

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 125:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:5 - But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be on Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 128:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 128:6 - May you live to see your children’s children— peace be on Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 129:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:1 - A song of ascents. “They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,” let Israel say;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 130:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:7 - Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 130:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:8 - He himself will redeem Israel from all their sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 131:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 131:3 - Israel, put your hope in the LORD both now and forevermore.

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