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Lexicon :: Strong's H539 - 'āman

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אָמַן
Transliteration
'āman
Pronunciation
aw-man'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 116

Strong’s Definitions

אָמַן ʼâman, aw-man'; a primitive root; (Isaiah 30:21; interchangeable with H541, to go to the right hand) properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain;:—hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 108x

The KJV translates Strong's H539 in the following manner: believe (44x), assurance (1x), faithful (20x), sure (11x), established (7x), trust (5x), verified (3x), stedfast (2x), continuance (2x), father (2x), bring up (4x), nurse (2x), be nursed (1x), surely be (1x), stand fast (1x), fail (1x), trusty (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 108x
The KJV translates Strong's H539 in the following manner: believe (44x), assurance (1x), faithful (20x), sure (11x), established (7x), trust (5x), verified (3x), stedfast (2x), continuance (2x), father (2x), bring up (4x), nurse (2x), be nursed (1x), surely be (1x), stand fast (1x), fail (1x), trusty (1x).

  1. to support, confirm, be faithful

    1. (Qal)

      1. to support, confirm, be faithful, uphold, nourish

        1. foster-father (subst.)

        2. foster-mother, nurse

        3. pillars, supporters of the door

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be established, be faithful, be carried, make firm

        1. to be carried by a nurse

        2. made firm, sure, lasting

        3. confirmed, established, sure

        4. verified, confirmed

        5. reliable, faithful, trusty

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to stand firm, to trust, to be certain, to believe in

        1. stand firm

        2. trust, believe

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָמַן ʼâman, aw-man'; a primitive root; (Isaiah 30:21; interchangeable with H541, to go to the right hand) properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain;:—hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.
STRONGS H539: Abbreviations
† I. [אָמַן] verb confirm, support (compare Arabic أَمِنَ, etc., see below; Sabean אמן in derivatives & proper names compare CISiv. 1, 10 DHMZMG 1885, 598; Aramaic אֲמַן, NmA in Haph., Ethiopic አምነ፡, Assyrian in derivatives) — only
Qal Participle אֹמֵן —
1. as verb support, nourish 2 Kings 10:1, 5; Esther 2:7,
2. as substantive foster-father Numbers 11:12 (J) Isaiah 49:23.
3. אֹמֶנֶת foster-mother, nurse Ruth 4:16; 2 Samuel 4:4.
4. אֹמְנוֺת pillars, supporters of the door [H547 2 Kings 18:16]. Participle passive
a. הָאֱמֻנִים those brought up (in scarlet) Lamentations 4:5.
b. אֱמוּנִים intransitive faithful (as firm, stable) as substantive masculine faithful ones Psalm 12:2 (> Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version and others faithfulness) 2 Samuel 20:19 (compare Arabic أَمُنَ be faithful, أَمَنَ trust in, أَمِنَ be secure); Psalm 31:24 faithful ones י׳ Keepeth, אֱמוּנִים נֹצֵר י׳; but א׳ is here taken by Greek Version of the LXX Ri De Che as abstract noun see אֵמֻן.
Niph. נֶאֱמַן Proverbs 11:13 + (6 times); Imperfect יֵאָמֵן, יֵאָ֫מֶן 1 Kings 8:26 + (9 times); Participle נֶאֱמָן Proverbs 25:13 + (16 times) נֶאֱמָנָה Isaiah 1:21 + (+ 4 times); נֶאֱמֶנֶת Psalm 89:29; נֶאֱמָנִים Proverbs 27:6 + (9 times); נֶאֱמָנוֺת Deuteronomy 28:59.
1. carried by a nurse Isaiah 60:4.
2. made firm, sure, lasting: place Isaiah 22:23, 25; name 1 Chronicles 17:24; waters Isaiah 33:16; Jeremiah 15:18; an event Hosea 5:9; sickness Deuteronomy 28:59; mercy Isaiah 55:3.
3. confirmed, established, sure: kingdom 2 Samuel 7:16; house, dynasty 1 Samuel 2:35; 1 Samuel 25:28; 1 Kings 11:38; 1 Chronicles 17:23; prophet Samuel 1 Samuel 3:20; compare word-play אִם לֹא תַאֲמִינוּ לֹא תֵאָמֵנוּ = if ye believe not (have not firm confidence) ye will not be confirmed Isaiah 7:9; וְתֵאָמֵנוּ הַאֲמִינוּ בי׳ = believe in Yahweh and ye will be confirmed 2 Chronicles 20:20.
4. verified, confirmed: words of God 1 Kings 8:26; 2 Chronicles 1:9; 6:17; his precepts Psalm 111:7; testimonies Psalm 19:8; Psalm 93:5; covenant Psalm 89:29; words of men Genesis 42:20 (E).
5. reliable, faithful, trusty: persons 1 Samuel 2:35; 1 Samuel 22:14; Job 12:20; Psalm 89:38; Psalm 101:6; Proverbs 25:13; Isaiah 8:2; Nehemiah 13:13; a city Isaiah 1:21; האל הנאמן the faithful God Deuteronomy 7:9 compare Isaiah 49:7; נֶאֱמַן רוּחַ faithful in spirit (disposition) Proverbs 11:13; לְבָבוֺ נֶאֱמָן his heart faith-ful Nehemiah 9:8; עֵד אֱמֶת וְנֶאֱמָן true and faithful witness Jeremiah 42:5; נאמנים פצעי אוהב faithful the wounds of a loving one Proverbs 27:6; with נֵת Psalm 78:8; עִם Hosea 12:1; בְּ of thing Psalm 78:37; בְּכָל־בֵּיתִי in all my house (of Moses) Numbers 12:7 (E).
Hiph. הֶאֱמִין Genesis 45:26 + (18 times); Imperfect יַאֲמִין, יַאֲמֵן Job 15:31 + (30 times); Imperative הַאֲמִינוּ 2 Chronicles 20:20 + (2 times); Participle מַאֲמִין Deuteronomy 1:32; Isaiah 28:16.
1. stand firm Job 39:24 (with negative of the horse when the trumpet sounds Di De MV RVm; but neither believeth RV, hardly trusts Da).
2. trust, believe:
(a) absolute Exodus 4:31 (J) Isaiah 7:9; Isaiah 28:16; Habakkuk 1:5; Psalm 116:10; Job 29:24;
(b) with ל of person, trust to, believe Genesis 45:26 (E) Exodus 4:1, 8 (J) Jeremiah 40:14; 2 Chronicles 32:15; with God Deuteronomy 9:23; Isaiah 43:10; ל of thing Exodus 4:8, 9 (J) Psalm 106:24; 1 Kings 10:7; 2 Chronicles 9:6; Isaiah 53:1; Proverbs 14:15;
(c) with ב of person, trust in, believe in Exodus 19:9 (J) 1 Samuel 27:12; 2 Chronicles 20:20; Job 4:18; Job 15:15; Proverbs 26:25; Jeremiah 12:6; Micah 7:5; the usual construction with God Genesis 15:6 (E) Exodus 14:31; Numbers 14:11 (J) Numbers 20:12 (P) Deuteronomy 1:32; 2 Kings 17:14; 2 Chronicles 20:20; Psalm 78:22; Jonah 3:5; with ב of thing Deuteronomy 28:66; Job 15:31; Job 24:22; Job 39:12; Psalm 78:32; Psalm 106:12; Psalm 119:66;
(d) with כִּי trust or believe that Exodus 4:5 (J) Job 9:16; Lamentations 4:12;
(e) so with infin. Job 15:22; Psalm 27:13; also trust to do a thing, almost = allow, Judges 11:20.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H540.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:6; 42:20; 45:26; 45:26

Exodus

4:1; 4:5; 4:8; 4:8; 4:9; 4:31; 14:31; 19:9

Numbers

11:12; 12:7; 14:11; 20:12

Deuteronomy

1:32; 1:32; 7:9; 9:23; 28:59; 28:59; 28:66

Judges

11:20

Ruth

4:16

1 Samuel

2:35; 2:35; 3:20; 22:14; 25:28; 27:12

2 Samuel

4:4; 7:16; 20:19

1 Kings

8:26; 8:26; 10:7; 11:38

2 Kings

10:1; 10:5; 17:14

1 Chronicles

17:23; 17:24

2 Chronicles

1:9; 6:17; 9:6; 20:20; 20:20; 20:20; 20:20; 32:15

Nehemiah

9:8; 13:13

Esther

2:7

Job

4:18; 9:16; 12:20; 15:15; 15:22; 15:31; 15:31; 24:22; 29:24; 39:12; 39:24

Psalms

12:2; 19:8; 27:13; 31:24; 78:8; 78:22; 78:32; 78:37; 89:29; 89:29; 89:38; 93:5; 101:6; 106:12; 106:24; 111:7; 116:10; 119:66

Proverbs

11:13; 11:13; 14:15; 25:13; 25:13; 26:25; 27:6; 27:6

Isaiah

1:21; 1:21; 7:9; 7:9; 8:2; 22:23; 22:25; 28:16; 28:16; 33:16; 43:10; 49:7; 49:23; 53:1; 55:3; 60:4

Jeremiah

12:6; 15:18; 40:14; 42:5

Lamentations

4:5; 4:12

Hosea

5:9; 12:1

Jonah

3:5

Micah

7:5

Habakkuk

1:5

H539

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Strong's Number H539 matches the Hebrew אָמַן ('āman),
which occurs 108 times in 102 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 15:6–Job 15:22)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:6 - Abram believed the LORD, and the LORD considered his response of faith as proof of genuine loyalty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:20 - But you must bring your youngest brother to me. Then your words will be verified and you will not die." They did as he said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:26 - They told him, "Joseph is still alive and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!" Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:1 - Moses answered again, "And if they do not believe me or pay attention to me, but say, 'The LORD has not appeared to you'?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:5 - "that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:8 - "If they do not believe you or pay attention to the former sign, then they may believe the latter sign.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:9 - And if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to you, then take some water from the Nile and pour it out on the dry ground. The water you take out of the Nile will become blood on the dry ground."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:31 - and the people believed. When they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed down close to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:31 - When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, they feared the LORD, and they believed in the LORD and in his servant Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:9 - The LORD said to Moses, "I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak with you and so that they will always believe in you." And Moses told the words of the people to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:12 - Did I conceive this entire people? Did I give birth to them, that you should say to me, 'Carry them in your arms, as a foster father bears a nursing child,' to the land which you swore to their fathers?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:7 - My servant Moses is not like this; he is faithful in all my house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:11 - The LORD said to Moses, "How long will this people despise me, and how long will they not believe in me, in spite of the signs that I have done among them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:12 - Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, "Because you did not trust me enough to show me as holy before the Israelites, therefore you will not bring this community into the land I have given them."

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:32 - However, through all this you did not have confidence in the LORD your God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:9 - So realize that the LORD your God is the true God, the faithful God who keeps covenant faithfully with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:23 - And when he sent you from Kadesh-Barnea and told you, "Go up and possess the land I have given you," you rebelled against the LORD your God and would neither believe nor obey him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:59

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:59 - then the LORD will increase your punishments and those of your descendants - great and long-lasting afflictions and severe, enduring illnesses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:66

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:66 - Your life will hang in doubt before you; you will be terrified by night and day and will have no certainty of surviving from one day to the next.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:20 - But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory. He assembled his whole army, camped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:16 - Naomi took the child and placed him on her lap; she became his caregiver.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:35 - Then I will raise up for myself a faithful priest. He will do what is in my heart and soul. I will build for him a secure dynasty and he will serve my chosen one for all time.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:20 - All Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba realized that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:14 - Ahimelech replied to the king, "Who among all your servants is faithful like David? He is the king's son-in-law, the leader of your bodyguard, and honored in your house!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:28 - Please forgive the sin of your servant, for the LORD will certainly establish the house of my lord, because my lord fights the battles of the LORD. May no evil be found in you all your days!

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:12 - So Achish trusted David, thinking to himself, "He is really hated among his own people in Israel! From now on he will be my servant."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:4 - Now Saul's son Jonathan had a son who was crippled in both feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan arrived from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but in her haste to get away, he fell and was injured. Mephibosheth was his name.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:16 - Your house and your kingdom will stand before me permanently; your dynasty will be permanent.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:19 - I represent the peaceful and the faithful in Israel. You are attempting to destroy an important city in Israel. Why should you swallow up the LORD's inheritance?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:26 - Now, O God of Israel, may the promise you made to your servant, my father David, be realized.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:7 - I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn't hear even half the story! Your wisdom and wealth surpass what was reported to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:38 - You must obey all I command you to do, follow my instructions, do what I approve, and keep my rules and commandments, like my servant David did. Then I will be with you and establish for you a lasting dynasty, as I did for David; I will give you Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:1 - Ahab had seventy sons living in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the leading officials of Jezreel and to the guardians of Ahab's dynasty. This is what the letters said,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:5 - So the palace supervisor, the city commissioner, the leaders, and the guardians sent this message to Jehu, "We are your subjects! Whatever you say, we will do. We will not make anyone king. Do what you consider proper."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:14 - But they did not pay attention and were as stubborn as their ancestors, who had not trusted the LORD their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:23 - So now, O LORD, may the promise you made about your servant and his family become a permanent reality! Do as you promised,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:24 - so it may become a reality and you may gain lasting fame, as people say, 'The LORD who commands armies is the God of Israel.' David's dynasty will be established before you,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:9 - Now, LORD God, may your promise to my father David be realized, for you have made me king over a great nation as numerous as the dust of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:17 - Now, O LORD God of Israel, may the promise you made to your servant David be realized.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:6 - I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn't hear even half the story! Your wisdom surpasses what was reported to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:20 - Early the next morning they marched out to the Desert of Tekoa. When they were ready to march, Jehoshaphat stood up and said: "Listen to me, you people of Judah and residents of Jerusalem! Trust in the LORD your God and you will be safe! Trust in the message of his prophets and you will win."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:15 - Now don't let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you like this. Don't believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to rescue his people from my power or the power of my predecessors. So how can your gods rescue you from my power?'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:8 - When you perceived that his heart was faithful toward you, you established a covenant with him to give his descendants the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, and the Girgashites. You have fulfilled your promise, for you are righteous.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:13 - I gave instructions that Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and a certain Levite named Pedaiah be put in charge of the storerooms, and that Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, be their assistant, for they were regarded as trustworthy. It was then their responsibility to oversee the distribution to their colleagues.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:7 - Now he was acting as the guardian of Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, for neither her father nor her mother was alive. This young woman was very attractive and had a beautiful figure. When her father and mother died, Mordecai had raised her as if she were his own daughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:18 - If God puts no trust in his servants and attributes folly to his angels,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:16 - If I summoned him, and he answered me, I would not believe that he would be listening to my voice -

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:20 - He deprives the trusted advisers of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:15 - If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:22 - He does not expect to escape from darkness; he is marked for the sword;

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