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Lexicon :: Strong's H2005 - hēn

Aa
הֵן
Transliteration
hēn
Pronunciation
hane
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Part of Speech
hypothetical participle, interjection
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive particle
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 510

Strong’s Definitions

הֵן hên, hane; a primitive particle; lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if:—behold, if, lo, though.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H2005 in the following manner: lo, behold, if, or if, though.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H2005 in the following manner: lo, behold, if, or if, though.
interjection

  1. behold, lo, though

    hypothetical participle

  2. if

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
הֵן hên, hane; a primitive particle; lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if:—behold, if, lo, though.
STRONGS H2005: Abbreviations
II. הֵן 100 (הֶןֿ † Numbers 23:9, 24; Job 8:19, 20; 13:1; 26:14; 33:6, 12, 29; 36:5, 22, 26; הֵןֿ Job 13:15; 36:30; 41:1 [Job 41:9] +) demonstrative adverb or interjection lo! behold (on etymology see הִנֵּה), less widely used than הִנֵּה, and in prose mostly confined to calling attention to some fact upon which action is to be taken, or a conclusion based;
a. Genesis 3:22 הֵן הָאָדָם הָיָה behold the man is become as one of us, & now lest, etc., Genesis 4:14 behold, thou hast driven me forth etc., Genesis 11:6; 15:3; 19:34; 27:11; 29:7; 30:34 (nearly = yea), Exodus 5:5; 6:12, 30; Leviticus 10:18, 19; Numbers 17:27; Deuteronomy 5:21 (in prose only in Pentateuch (23 times) and Ezekiel 18:4 in this usage); in poetry, used more freely, but chiefly in Isa2 & Job, — Numbers 23:9, 24 (Balaam) Isaiah 23:13; 32:1; 33:7; Psalm 51:7; 51:8; 68:34; 78:20; 139:4; Proverbs 11:31 (stating the premiss to a conclusion introduced by אַף כִּי, q. v.), Proverbs 24:12: elsewhere (except in senses b, c) only in Isaiah 2 (23 times) & Job (31 times), as Isaiah 40:15 (twice in verse); Isaiah 41:11, 24, 29; 50:1, 2, 9 (twice in verse); Isaiah 50:11; Job 4:18; 15:15; 25:5 (in these three passages before אַף or אַף כִּי), Job 9:1, 12 etc. (see above).
†b. as a hypothetical particle, propounding a possibility, if (so Late Hebrew, Biblical Aramaic, Mandean, Palmyrene (ZMG 1888, 404); on the contrary Syriac NAe , Palestinian Targum אִין, also Palmyrene (ib. p. 415), Arabic إِنْ with א), a special application or development of the use a: Exodus 4:1 והן לא יאמינו לי and behold)= and suppose) they will not believe me ? etc., Leviticus 25:20 and if (וְכִי) ye say, What shall we eat the 7th year ? הֵן לֹא נִזְרַע behold, we shall not sow etc. (i.e. supposing we do not sow), Isaiah 54:15; Job 40:23; 2 Chronicles 7:13 (twice in verse))2 Chronicles 7:13b וְאִם); stating the ground on which a question is based, Exodus 8:22 (וְלֹא = הֲלֹא), Jeremiah 3:1; Haggai 2:12 (see H2006 הֵן Aramaic b).
†c. if, whether, in an indirect question, Jeremiah 2:10 רְאוּ הֵן הָֽיְתָה כָּזֹאת (but Gr הֲנִהְיְתָה); compare H518 אִם 2b, and H2006 הֵן Aramaic 3.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:22; 4:14; 11:6; 15:3; 19:34; 27:11; 29:7; 30:34

Exodus

4:1; 5:5; 6:12; 6:30; 8:22

Leviticus

10:18; 10:19; 25:20

Numbers

23:9; 23:9; 23:24; 23:24

Deuteronomy

5:21

2 Chronicles

7:13; 7:13

Job

4:18; 8:19; 8:20; 9:1; 9:12; 13:1; 13:15; 15:15; 25:5; 26:14; 33:6; 33:12; 33:29; 36:5; 36:22; 36:26; 36:30; 40:23; 41:9

Psalms

51:7; 51:8; 68:34; 78:20; 139:4

Proverbs

11:31; 24:12

Isaiah

2; 23:13; 32:1; 33:7; 40:15; 41:11; 41:24; 41:29; 50:1; 50:2; 50:9; 50:11; 54:15

Jeremiah

2:10; 3:1

Ezekiel

18:4

Haggai

2:12

H2005

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Strong's Number H2005 matches the Hebrew הֵן (hēn),
which occurs 318 times in 311 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 7 (Gen 3:22–1Sa 3:8)

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Then the LORD H3068 God H430 said H559, “Behold H2005, the man H120 has become H1961 like one H259 of Us, knowing H3045 good H2896 and evil H7451; and now H6258, he might H6435 reach H7971 out H7971 with his hand H3027, and take H3947 fruit also H1571 from the tree H6086 of life H2416, and eat H398, and live H2421 forever H5769”—

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:14 - “Behold H2005, You have driven H1644 me this day H3117 from the face H6440 of the ground H127; and I will be hidden H5641 from Your face H6440, and I will be a wanderer H5128 and a drifter H5110 on the earth H776, and whoever H3605 finds H4672 me will kill H2026 me.”

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Then God H430 said H559 to Noah H5146, “The end H7093 of [fn]humanity H1320 has come H935 before H6440 Me; for the earth H776 is filled H4390 with violence H2555 because H4480 H6440 of [fn]people; and behold H2009, I am about to destroy H7843 them with the earth H776.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:9 - “Now behold H2009, I Myself H589 am establishing H6965 My covenant H1285 with you, and with your [fn]descendants H2233 after H310 you;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:6 - And the LORD H3068 said H559, “Behold H2005, they are one H259 people H5971, and they all H3605 have [fn]the same H259 language H8193. And this H2088 is what they have started H2490 to do H6213, and now H6258 nothing H3808 H3605 which H834 they plan H2161 to do H6213 will be H1219 [fn]impossible H1219 for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:3 - Abram H87 also said H559, “[fn]Since H2005 You have given H5414 me no H3808 [fn]son H2233, [fn]one H1121 who has been born H1121 in my house H1004 is H3423 my heir H3423.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:34 - On the following H4283 day H4283, the firstborn H1067 said H559 to the younger H6810, “Look H2005, I slept H7901 last H570 night H570 with my father H1; let’s make H8248 him drink H8248 wine H3196 tonight H3915 too H1571, then you go H935 in H935 and sleep H7901 with him, so that we may keep H2421 [fn]our family H2233 alive H2421 through H4480 our father H1.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:11 - But Jacob H3290 said H559 to his mother H517 Rebekah H7259, “Behold H2005, my brother H251 Esau H6215 is a hairy H8163 man H376 and I am a smooth H2509 man H376.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:37 - But Isaac H3327 replied H6030 to Esau H6215, “Behold H2005, I have made H7760 him your master H1376, and I have given H5414 to him all H3605 his relatives H251 [fn]as servants H5650; and with grain H1715 and new H8492 wine H8492 I have sustained H5564 him. What H4100 then H645 can I do H6213 for you, my son H1121?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:7 - Then he said H559, “Look H2005, it is still H5750 high H1419 day H3117; it is not time H6256 for the livestock H4735 to be gathered H622. Water H8248 the sheep H6629, and go H1980, pasture H7462 them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:34 - Laban H3837 said H559, “[fn]Good H2005, let it be according to your word H1697.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:8 - But he refused H3985 and said H559 to his master’s H113 wife H802, “Look H2005, with me here, my master H113 [fn]does not concern H3045 himself with anything H4100 in the house H1004, and he has [fn]put H5414 me in charge H3027 of all H3605 that he owns H3426.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:6 - [fn]When Joseph H3130 came H935 to them in the morning H1242 and saw H7200 them, [fn]behold H2009, they were dejected H2196.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:17 - So Pharaoh H6547 said H1696 to Joseph H3130, “In my dream H2472, there H2009 I was, standing H5975 on the bank H8193 of the Nile H2975;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:8 - “Behold H2005, the money H3701 which H834 we found H4672 in the opening H6310 of our sacks H572 we have brought H7725 back H7725 to you from the land H776 of Canaan H3667. How H349 then could we steal H1589 silver H3701 or H176 gold H2091 from your lord’s H113 house H1004?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:16 - So Judah H3063 said H559, “What H4100 can we say H559 to my lord H113? What H4100 words can we speak H1696? And how H4100 can we justify H6663 ourselves? God H430 has found H4672 out H4672 the guilt H5771 of your servants H5650; behold H2009, we are my lord’s H113 slaves H5650, both H1571 we and the one in whose H834 [fn]possession H3027 the cup H1375 has been found H4672.”

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Then Joseph H3130 went H935 in H935 and told H5046 Pharaoh H6547, and said H559, “My father H1 and my brothers H251 and their flocks H6629 and their herds H1241 and all H3605 that they have, have come H935 out of the land H776 of Canaan H3667; and behold H2009, they are in the land H776 of Goshen H1657.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:23 - Then Joseph H3130 said H559 to the people H5971, “Behold H2005, today H3117 I have purchased H7069 you and your land H127 for Pharaoh H6547; now H1887, here is seed H2233 for you, and you may sow H2232 the land H127.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:4 - and He said H559 to me, ‘Behold H2009, I will make H6509 you fruitful H6509 and numerous H7235, and I will make H5414 you a multitude H6951 of peoples H5971, and will give H5414 this H2088 land H776 to your [fn]descendants H2233 after H310 you as an everlasting H5769 possession H272.’

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Then Moses H4872 said H559, “What if H2005 they will not believe H539 me or listen H8085 [fn]to what H6963 I say H6963? For they may say H559, ‘The LORD H3068 has not appeared H7200 to you.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:5 - Again Pharaoh H6547 said H559, “Look H2005, the people H5971 of the land H776 are now H6258 many H7227, and you would have them cease H7673 from their labors H5450!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:12 - But Moses H4872 spoke H1696 before H6440 the LORD H3068, saying H559, “Behold H2005, the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 have not listened H8085 to me; how H349 then will Pharaoh H6547 listen H8085 to me, as I am [fn]unskilled H6189 in speech H8193?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:30 - But Moses H4872 said H559 before H6440 the LORD H3068, “Behold H2005, I am [fn]unskilled H6189 in speech H8193; how H349 then will Pharaoh H6547 listen H8085 to me?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:21 - “For if H518 you are not going to let H7971 My people H5971 go H7971, behold H2009, I will send H7971 swarms H6157 of H6157 flies H6157 on you and on your servants H5650 and on your people H5971, and into your houses H1004; and the houses H1004 of the Egyptians H4714 will be full H4390 of swarms H6157 of H6157 flies H6157, and also H1571 the ground H127 on which H834 they live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:26 - But Moses H4872 said H559, “It is H3559 not permissible H3559 for us to do H6213 so H3651, because H3588 we will sacrifice H2076 to the LORD H3068 our God H430 [fn]that which is an abomination H8441 to the Egyptians H4714. If H2005 we sacrifice H2076 [fn]that which is an abomination H8441 to the Egyptians H4714 before their eyes H5869, will they not stone H5619 us?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:18 - “Behold H2009, about this time H6256 tomorrow H4279, I will [fn]send H4305 a very H3966 heavy H3515 hail H1259, such H834 as has not been H1961 seen in Egypt H4714 from the day H3117 it was founded H3245 [fn]until H5704 now H6258.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:4 - ‘For if H518 you refuse H3986 to let H7971 My people H5971 go H7971, behold H2009, tomorrow H4279 I will bring H935 locusts H697 into your territory H1366.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:17 - “And as for Me, behold H2009, I will [fn]harden H2388 the hearts H3820 of the Egyptians H4714 so that they will go H935 in H935 after H310 them; and I will be honored H3513 through Pharaoh H6547 and all H3605 his army H2428, through his chariots H7393 and his horsemen H6571.

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Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “Behold H2009, I will rain H4305 bread H3899 from heaven H8064 for you; and the people H5971 shall go H3318 out H3318 and gather H3950 a day’s H3117 portion H1697 every day H3117, so H4616 that H4616 I may test H5254 them, whether or H518 not they will walk H1980 in My [fn]instruction H8451.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:6 - “Behold H2009, I will stand H5975 before H6440 you there H8033 on the rock H6697 at Horeb H2722; and you shall strike H5221 the rock H6697, and water H4325 will come H3318 out H3318 of it, so that the people H5971 may drink H8354.” And Moses H4872 did H6213 so H3651 in the sight H5869 of the elders H2205 of Israel H3478.

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“[fn]Be sure to comply H8104 with H8104 what H834 I am commanding H6680 you this day H3117: behold H2009, I am going to drive H1644 out H1644 the Amorite H567 from you, and the Canaanite H3669, the Hittite H2850, the Perizzite H6522, the Hivite H2340, and the Jebusite H2983.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:18 - “Behold H2005, since its blood H1818 had not been brought H935 inside H6441, into the sanctuary H6944, you certainly H398 should have eaten H398 it in the sanctuary H6944, just H834 as H834 I commanded H6680!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:19 - But Aaron H175 said H1696 to Moses H4872, “Behold H2005, this very day H3117 they presented H7126 their sin H2403 offering H2403 and their burnt H5930 offering H5930 before H6440 the LORD H3068. When things like these H428 happened H7122 to me, if I had eaten H398 a sin H2403 offering H2403 today H3117, would it have been H3190 good H3190 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:20 - ‘But if H3588 you say H559, “What H4100 are we going to eat H398 in the seventh H7637 year H8141 if H2005 we do not sow H2232 nor gather H622 in H622 our produce H8393?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:40 - In the morning H1242, however, they got H7925 up H7925 early H7925 and went H5927 up H5927 to the [fn]ridge H7218 of the hill H2022 country H2022, saying H559, “Here H2009 we are; and we will go H5927 up H5927 to the place H4725 which H834 the LORD H3068 has [fn]promised H559, for [fn]we have sinned H2398.”

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Then the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 spoke H559 to Moses H4872, saying H559, “Behold H2005, we are passing H1478 away H1478, we are perishing H6, we are all H3605 perishing H6!

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“For I see H7200 him from the top H7218 of the rocks H6697,

And I look H7789 at H7789 him from the hills H1389;

Behold H2005, a people H5971 that lives H7931 in isolation H910,

And does not consider H2803 itself to be among the nations H1471.

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“Behold H2005, a people H5971 rises H6965 like a lioness H3833,

And like a lion H738 it raises H5375 itself;

It will not lie H7901 down H7901 until H5704 it devours H398 the prey H2964,

And drinks H8354 the blood H1818 of those slain H2491.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:14 - “So now H6258, behold H2009, I am going H1980 to my people H5971; come H1980, and I will advise H3289 you of what H834 this H2088 people H5971 will do H6213 to your people H5971 in the [fn]days H3117 to come H319.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:12 - “Therefore H3651 say H559, ‘Behold H2009, I am giving H5414 him My covenant H1285 of peace H7965;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:16 - “Behold H2005, they caused H1961 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, through the [fn]counsel H1697 of Balaam H1109, to be unfaithful H4604 to the LORD H3068 in the matter H1697 of Peor H6465, so that the plague H4046 took H1961 place H1961 among the congregation H5712 of the LORD H3068!

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:24 - “You said H559, ‘Behold H2005, the LORD H3068 our God H430 has shown H7200 us His glory H3519 and His greatness H1433, and we have heard H8085 His voice H6963 from the midst H8432 of the fire H784; we have seen H7200 today H2088 H3117 that God H430 speaks H1696 with mankind H120, yet he lives H2421.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:14 - “Behold H2005, to the LORD H3068 your God H430 belong heaven H8064 and the [fn]highest H8064 heavens H8064, the earth H776 and all H3605 that is in it.

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Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “Behold H2005, [fn]the time H3117 for you to die H4191 is near H7126; call H7121 Joshua H3091 and present H3320 yourselves at the tent H168 of meeting H4150, and I will commission H6680 him.” So Moses H4872 and Joshua H3091 went H1980 and presented H3320 themselves at the tent H168 of meeting H4150.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:27 - “For I know H3045 your rebellion H4805 and your [fn]stubbornness H7186 H6203; behold H2005, as long H5750 as I have been alive H2416 with you until today H3117, you have been H1961 rebellious H4784 against H5973 the LORD H3068; how H637 much H637 H3588 more H637 H3588, then, after H310 my death H4194?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:25 - “And now H6258 behold H2009, we are in your hands H3027; do H6213 to us as it seems good H2896 and right H3477 in your sight H5869 to do H6213.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:4 - that the LORD H3068 called H7121 Samuel H8050; and he said H559, “Here H2009 I am.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:5 - Then he ran H7323 to Eli H5941 and said H559, “Here H2009 I am, for you called H7121 me.” But he said H559, “I did not call H7121, go H7725 back H7725 and lie H7901 down H7901.” So he went H1980 and lay H7901 down H7901.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:6 - And the LORD H3068 called H7121 yet H5750 again H3254, “Samuel H8050!” So Samuel H8050 got H6965 up H6965 and went H1980 to Eli H5941 and said H559, “Here H2009 I am, for you called H7121 me.” But he said H559, “I did not call H7121, my son H1121, go H7725 back H7725 and lie H7901 down H7901.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:8 - So the LORD H3068 called H7121 Samuel H8050 again H3254 for the third H7992 time H7992. And he got H6965 up H6965 and went H1980 to Eli H5941 and said H559, “Here H2009 I am, for you called H7121 me.” Then Eli H5941 realized H995 that the LORD H3068 was calling H7121 the boy H5288.

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