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Lexicon :: Strong's H4592 - mᵊʿaṭ

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מְעַט
Transliteration
mᵊʿaṭ
Pronunciation
meh-at'
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Part of Speech
substantive
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1228a

Strong’s Definitions

מְעַט mᵉʻaṭ, meh-at'; or מְעָט mᵉʻâṭ; from H4591; a little or few (often adverbial or comparative):—almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, × very.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 102x

The KJV translates Strong's H4592 in the following manner: little (49x), few (23x), while (6x), almost (5x), small thing (4x), small (3x), some (2x), matter (2x), soon (2x), fewer (1x), fewest (1x), lightly (1x), very (1x), little way (1x), worth (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 102x
The KJV translates Strong's H4592 in the following manner: little (49x), few (23x), while (6x), almost (5x), small thing (4x), small (3x), some (2x), matter (2x), soon (2x), fewer (1x), fewest (1x), lightly (1x), very (1x), little way (1x), worth (1x).

  1. littleness, few, a little, fewness

    1. little, small, littleness, fewness, too little, yet a little

    2. like a little, within a little, almost, just, hardly, shortly, little worth

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מְעַט mᵉʻaṭ, meh-at'; or מְעָט mᵉʻâṭ; from H4591; a little or few (often adverbial or comparative):—almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, × very.
STRONGS H4592: Abbreviations
מְעַט 101 substantive a little, fewness, a few; — מ׳ absolute and construct, מְעָ֑ט Isaiah 10:7 +, plural מְעַטִּים Psalm 109:8; Ecclesiastes 5:1; —
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a. Genesis 30:30 מעט אשׁר היה לך לְפָנַי the little that thou hadst, Genesis 47:9 מעט ורעים היו ימי שׁני חיי few and evil, Leviticus 25:52; Numbers 26:54 (compare Numbers 33:54) וְלַמְעַט תמעיט נחלתו and to the small (few) thou shalt make small his inheritance, Numbers 33:56; Numbers 35:8 תמעיטו הַֽמְעַט וּמֵאֵת, Deuteronomy 7:7 מכל־ הַֽמְעַט אתםֿ וכיֿ העמים ye are the fewest out of all peoples, 1 Samuel 14:6 לְהוֺשִׁיעַ בְּרַב אוֺ בִמְעָ֑ט, Jeremiah 42:2 כִּי נִשְׁאַרְנוּ מְעַט מֵהַרְבֵּה we are left as few out of many, Ezekiel 5:3 מִשָּׁם וְלָקַחְתָּ בְּמִסְפָּר מְעַט, Haggai 1:6 זְרַעְתֶּם הַרְבֵּה וְהָבֵא מְעָ֑ט (compare Haggai 1:9), Psalm 8:6 ותחסּרהו מעט מאלהים, Psalm 37:16 טוֺב מְעַט לַצַּדִּיק (compare Proverbs 15:16; Proverbs 16:8), 2 Chronicles 29:34 רַק הַכֹּהֲנִים הָיוּ לִמְעָ֑ט; as predicate Numbers 13:18 הַמְעַט הוּא אִםרָֿ֑ב, Joshua 7:3 כִּי מְעַט הֵמָּה, Job 10:20; Ruth 2:7; Nehemiah 7:4; Isaiah 16:14 וּשְׁאָר מְעַט מִזְעָר. — Hosea 8:10 וַיָּחֵלּוּ מְעַט and they begin as littleness (= to be minished) because of, &c.; but read probably (Greek Version of the LXX) וְיֶחְדְּלוּ מְעַט מִמְּשֹׁחַ and they shall cease for a little (d) from anointing, etc.
b. as substantive with following genitive, Genesis 18:4 מְעַט מַיִם a little of water, Genesis 24:17, 43, מְעַט אֹכֶל Genesis 43:2; Genesis 44:25; 1 Samuel 14:43; 1 Samuel 17:28 מְעַט הַצּאֹן הָהֵ֫נָּה literally the fewness of those sheep, Proverbs 6:10 +; as genitive to a previous substantive, מְתֵי מְעָ֑ט men of fewness Deuteronomy 26:5; Deuteronomy 28:62; in apposition, Isaiah 10:7 לְהַכְרִית גּוֺיִם לֹא מְעָ֑ט, Ezra 9:8 מִחְיָה מְעַט, Nehemiah 2:12 וַאֲנָשִׁים מְעַט עִמִּי, Ecclesiastes 9:4; either genitive or appositive, Ecclesiastes 10:1; Daniel 11:34 יֵעָֽזְרוּ עֵזֶר מְעָ֑ט with a help of smallness.
c. twice declined as an adjective, Psalm 109:8 יִהְיוּ יָמָיו מְעַטִּים, Ecclesiastes 5:1 עלכֿן יהיו דבריך מְעַטִּים.
d. as adverb. accusative, of place, 2 Samuel 16:1 וְדָוִד עֹבֵר מְעַט; of time, Job 10:20 b; of degree, 2 Kings 10:18 אַחְאָב עָבַד אֶתהַֿבַּעַל מְעָ֑ט, Ezekiel 11:16 and have been to them for a sanctuary but little, Zechariah 1:15; repeated מְעַט מְעַט by little, by little = gradually, Exodus 23:30; Deuteronomy 7:22.
e. phrases: —
a. with the interrogative הֲ, † Genesis 30:15 אֶתֿ קַחְתֵּך הַֽמְעַט וְלָקַחַת אִישִׁי was thy taking my husband (too) little? and (wilt thou be) for taking also my son's love-apples? Numbers 16:9-10 כִּי מִכֶּם הַֽמְעַט כְּהֻנָּה גַּם וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּם ֗֗֗ הִבְדִּיל is it too little for you that J. hath separated, etc.,... and do ye seek, etc.? Numbers 16:13 ַֽֽֽהמְעַט כִּי הֶעֱלִיתָנוּ ֗֗֗ כִּי תִשְׂתָּרֵר גַּם הִשְׂתָּרֵר, Joshua 22:17f. וגו׳ תָּשׁוּבו וְאַתֶּם ֗֗֗ לָנוּ הַֽמְעַט, Isaiah 7:13 וגו׳ תַלְאוּ כִּי אֲנָשִׁים הַלְאוֺת מִכֶּם הַֽמְעַט is wearying men too little for you, that you will weary also my God? Ezekiel 34:18 (as Ew Co AV RV), Job 15:11 אֵל תַּנְחוּמוֺת מִמְּךָ הַֽמְעַט. But Ezekiel 16:20 (si vera lectio) was it (too) little because of thy whoredom? (was that insufficient for thee? Kö iii. 406 m).
b. עוֺד מְעַט וְ׳, † Exodus 17:4 עוֺד מְעַט וּסְקָלֻנִי yet a little, and they will stone me, Jeremiah 51:33; Hosea 1:4; Psalm 37:10; עוֺד מְעַט מִזְעָר וְ׳ † Isaiah 10:25; Isaiah 29:17; compare Haggai 2:6; Job 24:24.
2. † כִּמְעַט like a little: hence
a. within a little, almost (compare ὀλίγου), Genesis 26:10 כִּמְעַט שָׁכַב ֗֗֗ almost had lain..., Psalm 73:2 Qr, Psalm 94:17; Psalm 119:87; Proverbs 5:14 (all followed by perfect); Ezekiel 16:47 כִּמְעַט קָט וַתַּשְׁחִתִי מֵהֶן like a little, and thou hadst done more corruptly than they; Songs 3:4 כִּמְעַט שֶׁעָבַרְתִּי מֵהֶם = hardly had I passed.
b. with imperfect, just, 2 Samuel 19:37 כמעט יעבר עבדך just would thy servant pass over; lightly, easily, quickly (compare δἰ ὀλίγου), Psalm 2:12 אַפּוֹ ֺכִּמְעַט יִבְעַר כִּי, Psalm 81:15; Job 32:22.
c. = shortly, 2 Chronicles 12:7.
d. = little worth, Proverbs 10:20 כמעט ולב רשׁעים.
e. pleonastic for מְעַט, Isaiah 1:9 (accents) כִּמְעָ֑ט שָׂרִיר a little remnant, Psalm 105:12 (= 1 Chronicles 16:19) כִּמְעַט וְגָרִים בָּהּ; כִּמְעַט רֶגַע like the littleness of a moment = for a little moment, Isaiah 26:20; Ezra 9:8.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:4; 24:17; 24:43; 26:10; 30:15; 30:30; 43:2; 44:25; 47:9

Exodus

17:4; 23:30

Leviticus

25:52

Numbers

13:18; 16:9; 16:10; 16:13; 26:54; 33:54; 33:56; 35:8

Deuteronomy

7:7; 7:22; 26:5; 28:62

Joshua

7:3; 22:17

Ruth

2:7

1 Samuel

14:6; 14:43; 17:28

2 Samuel

16:1; 19:37

2 Kings

10:18

1 Chronicles

16:19

2 Chronicles

12:7; 29:34

Ezra

9:8; 9:8

Nehemiah

2:12; 7:4

Job

10:20; 10:20; 15:11; 24:24; 32:22

Psalms

2:12; 8:6; 37:10; 37:16; 73:2; 81:15; 94:17; 105:12; 109:8; 109:8; 119:87

Proverbs

5:14; 6:10; 10:20; 15:16; 16:8

Ecclesiastes

5:1; 5:1; 9:4; 10:1

Song of Songs

3:4

Isaiah

1:9; 7:13; 10:7; 10:7; 10:25; 16:14; 26:20; 29:17

Jeremiah

42:2; 51:33

Ezekiel

5:3; 11:16; 16:20; 16:47; 34:18

Daniel

11:34

Hosea

1:4; 8:10

Haggai

1:6; 1:9; 2:6

Zechariah

1:15

H4592

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Strong's Number H4592 matches the Hebrew מְעַט (mᵊʿaṭ),
which occurs 101 times in 92 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 18:4–Psa 2:12)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:4 - Let water now be brought, and let them wash your feet, and do ye refresh yourselves under the tree.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:17 - And the servant ran up to meet her, and said, Give me a little water to drink out of thy pitcher;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:43 - behold, I stand by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city come forth to draw water, and it shall be that the damsel to whom I shall say, Give me a little water to drink out of thy pitcher,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:10 - And Abimelech said to him, Why hast thou done this to us? one of my kindred [fn]within a little had lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought a sin of ignorance upon us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:15 - And Lea said, Is it not enough for thee that thou hast taken my husband, wilt thou also take my son's mandrakes? And Rachel said, Not so: let him lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:30 - For it was little thou hadst before my time, and it is increased to a multitude, and the Lord God has blessed thee [fn]since my coming; now then, when shall I set up also my own house?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:2 - And it came to pass, when they had finished eating the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, that their father said to them, Go again; buy us a little food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:11 - And Israel, their father, said to them, If it be so, do this; take of the fruits of the earth in your vessels, and carry down to the man presents of gum and honey, and frankincense, and stacte, and turpentine, and walnuts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:25 - And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:9 - And Jacob said to Pharao, The days of the years of my life, wherein I sojourn, are a hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, they have not attained to the days of the life of my fathers, in which days they sojourned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:4 - And Moses cried to the Lord, saying, What shall I do to this people? yet a little while and they will stone me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:30 - By little and little I will cast them out from before thee, until thou shalt be increased and inherit the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:52 - And if but a little time be left of the years to the year of release, then shall he reckon to him according to his years, and shall pay his ransom

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:18 - and ye shall see the land, what it is, and the people that dwells on it, whether it is strong or weak, or whether they are few or many.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:9 - Is it a little thing for you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, and brought you near to himself to minister in the services of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the tabernacle to minister for them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:13 - Is it a little thing that thou hast brought us up [fn]to a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, and that thou altogether rulest over us?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:54 - To the greater number thou shalt give the greater inheritance, and to the less number thou shalt give the less inheritance: to each one, as they have been numbered, shall their inheritance be given.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:56 - Thou shalt divide their inheritance by lot between the many and the few.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:54

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:54 - And ye shall inherit their land according to your tribes; to the greater number ye shall give the larger possession, and to the smaller ye shall give the less possession; to whatsoever part [fn]a man's name shall go forth by lot, there shall be his property: ye shall inherit according to the tribes of your families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:8 - And as for the cities which ye shall give out of the possession of the children of Israel, from those that have much ye shall give much, and from those that have less ye shall give less: they shall give of their cities to the Levites each one according to his inheritance which they shall inherit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:7 - It was not because ye are more numerous than all other nations that the Lord preferred you, and the Lord made choice of you: for ye are fewer in number than all other nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:22 - And the Lord thy God shall consume these nations before thee by little and little: thou shalt not be able to consume them speedily, lest the land become desert, and the wild beasts of the field be multiplied against thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:5 - and he shall answer and say before the Lord thy God, My father abandoned Syria, and went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a small number, and became there a mighty nation and a great multitude.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:38 - Thou shalt carry forth much seed into the field, and thou shalt bring in little, because the locust shall devour it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:62

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:62 - And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of the sky in multitude; because thou didst not hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:3 - And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, Let not all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and take the city by siege: carry not up thither the whole people, for the enemy are few.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:17 - Is the sin of Phogor too little for you, whereas we have not been cleansed from it until this day, though there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:19 - And Sisara said to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink, for I am thirsty: and she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him to drink, and covered him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:7 - And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the reapers: and she came and stood from morning till evening, and rested not even a little in the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:6 - And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armour, Come, let us go over to [fn]Messab of these uncircumcised, if peradventure the Lord may do something for us; for the Lord is not straitened to save by many or by few.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:29 - and Jonathan knew it, and said, My father has [fn]destroyed the land: see how my eyes have received sight now that I have tasted a little of this honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:43 - And Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done: and Jonathan told him, and said, I did indeed taste a little honey, with the end of my staff that was in my hand, and, lo! I am to die.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:8 - and I gave thee the house of thy lord, and the wives of thy lord into thy bosom, and I gave to thee the house of Israel and Juda; and if that [fn]had been little, I would have given thee yet more.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:1 - And David passed on a little way from Ros; and, behold, Siba the servant of Memphibosthe came to meet him; and he had a couple of asses laden, and upon them two hundred loaves, and a hundred bunches of raisins, and a hundred cakes of dates, and a bottle of wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:36 - (LXX 19:37) Thy servant will go [fn]a little way over Jordan with the king: and why does the king return me this recompense?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:10 - And he arose and went to Sarepta, and came to the gate of the city: and, behold, a widow-woman was there gathering sticks; and Eliu cried after her, and said to her, [fn]Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, [fn]that I may drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:12 - And the woman said, As the Lord thy God lives, I have not a cake, but only a handful of meal in the pitcher, and a little oil in a cruse, and, behold, I am going to gather two sticks, and I shall go in and dress it for myself and my children, and we shall eat it and die.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:18 - And Ju gathered all the people, and said to them, Achaab served Baal a little; Ju shall serve him much.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:19 - when they were few in number, when they were but little, and dwelt as strangers in it;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:7 - And when the Lord saw that they repented, then came the word of the Lord to Samaias, saying, They have repented; I will not destroy them, but I will set them in safety for a little while, and my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:34 - But the priests were few, and could not flay the whole-burnt-offering, so their brethren the Levites helped them, until the work was finished, and until the priests had purified themselves: for the Levites more zealously purified themselves than the priests.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:8 - And now our God has dealt mercifully with us, so as to leave us to escape, and to give us an establishment in the place of his sanctuary, to enlighten our eyes, and to give a little quickening in our servitude.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:12 - And I rose up by night, I and a few men with me; and I told no man what God put into my heart to do with Israel; and there was no beast with me, except the beast which I rode upon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:4 - Now the city was wide and large; and the people were few in it, and the houses were not built.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:20 - Is not the time of my life short? suffer me to rest a little,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:11 - Thou hast been scourged for but few of thy sins: thou hast spoken haughtily and extravagantly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:24 - For his exaltation has hurt many; but he has withered as mallows in the heat, or as an ear of corn falling off of itself from the stalk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:22 - For I know not how to respect persons: and if otherwise, even the moths would eat me.

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