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Lexicon :: Strong's H954 - bûš

Aa
בּוּשׁ
Transliteration
bûš
Pronunciation
boosh
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 222

Strong’s Definitions

בּוּשׁ bûwsh, boosh; a primitive root; properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed:—(be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-) shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 109x

The KJV translates Strong's H954 in the following manner: ashamed (72x), confounded (21x), shame (9x), all 2 (inf. for emphasis), confusion (1x), delayed (1x), dry (1x), long (1x), shamed (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 109x
The KJV translates Strong's H954 in the following manner: ashamed (72x), confounded (21x), shame (9x), all 2 (inf. for emphasis), confusion (1x), delayed (1x), dry (1x), long (1x), shamed (1x).

  1. to put to shame, be ashamed, be disconcerted, be disappointed

    1. (Qal)

      1. to feel shame

      2. to be ashamed, disconcerted, disappointed (by reason of)

    2. (Piel) to delay (in shame)

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to put to shame

      2. to act shamefully

      3. to be ashamed

    4. (Hithpolel) to be ashamed before one another

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בּוּשׁ bûwsh, boosh; a primitive root; properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed:—(be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-) shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.
STRONGS H954: Abbreviations
בּוֺשׁ 109 verb be ashamed (Sabean בוס; מהבאס = evil-doer DHMZMG 1883, 375, || Aramaic בְּהַת, Syriac bdb010109; Arabic bdb010110, bdb010111 mean disperse) —
Qal Perfect Jeremiah 48:39; בּשׁ Jeremiah 48:13; בּוֺשָׁה Jeremiah 15:9; בּשְׁתִּי Jeremiah 31:19 + 25 times; Imperfect יֵבוֺשׁ Isaiah 29:22 + 57 times; Infinitive absolute בּוֺשׁ Jeremiah 6:15; Jeremiah 8:12; Imperative בּוֺשִׁי Isaiah 23:4; Ezekiel 16:52, בּוֺשׁוּ Ezekiel 36:32; Participle plural בּוֺשִׁים Ezekiel 32:30; —
1. absolute feel shame Jeremiah 6:15 + 16 times, Isaiah 19:9; Isaiah 23:4; Isaiah 37:27; Isa2, Isaiah 45:16 + 14 times, Ezekiel 16:63; Micah 7:16; Joel 2:26, 27; 2 Kings 19:26; Ezekiel 9:6; Job 6:20; Psalm 6:11 (+ 27 times, chiefly in late Psalms).
2. followed by מִן, be ashamed of, i.e. disconcerted, disappointed by reason of Jeremiah 2:36 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 12:13; Jeremiah 48:13; Isaiah 1:29; Isaiah 20:5; Ezekiel 32:30; Ezekiel 36:32.
3. with object בּשְׁתִּי לִשְׁאוֺל I am ashamed to ask Ezekiel 8:22; לֹא תֵבשׁוּ תַּהְכְּרוּ לִי ye are not ashamed to deal hardly with me (imperfect subject) Job 19:3. בּושׁ often || נכלם & חפר; בּשׁוּ וְהָכְלְמוּ they are ashamed and confounded Jeremiah 14:3; Jeremiah 22:22; Isa2, Isaiah 41:11; Isaiah 45:16; Isaiah 45:17; Ezekiel 16:52; Ezekiel 36:32; Psalm 35:4; Psalm 69:7; Ezekiel 9:6; וּבשׁוּ הַחֹזִים וְחָֽפְרוּ הַקֹּסְמִים and the seers shall be ashamed and the diviners confounded Micah 3:7, compare Jeremiah 15:9; Job 6:20; Psalm 35:26; Psalm 40:15; Psalm 70:3; Psalm 71:24; יֵבוֺשׁ מְקוֺרוֺ Hosea 13:15 (read יִיבַשׁ be dry); עַדבּֿוֺשׁ to the point of confusion Judges 3:25 (compare GFM), 2 Kings 2:17; 2 Kings 8:11.
Polel Perfect בּשֵׁשׁ delay (in shame), בּשֵׁשׁ משֶׁה לָרֶדֶת Moses delayed to descend Exodus 32:1 (J), מַדּוּעַ בּשֵׁשׁ רִכְבּוֺ לָבוֺא why delay his chariots to come ? Judges 5:28.
Hiph.
1. הֱבִישׁוֺתָ Psalm 44:8; הֱבִישֹׁתָה Psalm 53:6; Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular suffix תְּבִישֵׁנִי Psalm 119:31; Psalm 119:116; תָּבִישׁוּ Psalm 14:6; put to shame, Participle מֵבִישׁ Proverbs 10:5; Proverbs 14:35; Proverbs 19:26; Proverbs 29:15; one causing shame or acting shamefully, || מִשְׂכִּיל; עֶבֶד מַשְׂכִּיל יִמְשֹׁל בְּבֵן מֵבִישׁ a servant acting wisely will rule over a son causing shame Proverbs 17:2; מְבִישָׁה || אֵשֶׁת חַיִל Proverbs 12:4.
2. הוֺבִישׁ 2 Samuel 19:6; Jeremiah 2:26; Jeremiah 6:15; Joel 1:10, 12; הֹבִישׁ Jeremiah 10:14 + 7 times, Hosea 2:7; Joel 1:12, 17; Isaiah 30:5 (but הבאיש Kt); הֹבִשׁוּ Jeremiah 8:9, 12; Imperative הֹבִישׁוּ Joel 1:11 (all the forms in Joel derived √ יָבֵשׁ by ancient versions and some moderns, see Ew§ 122 e Ges§ 72, 6).
a. put to shame 2 Samuel 19:6.
b. act shamefully Hosea 2:7.
c. to be put to shame Jeremiah 2:26; Jeremiah 6:15; Jeremiah 46:24; Jeremiah 48:1 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 48:20; Jeremiah 50:2 (twice in verse); Joel 1:10, 12, 17 (?).
d. be ashamed Jeremiah 8:9, 12; Joel 1:11, 12 (?) Isaiah 30:5 (Qr); with מִן Jeremiah 10:14 = Jeremiah 51:17.
Hithp. Imperfect יִתְבּשָׁ֑שׁוּ ashamed before one another Genesis 2:25 (J).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:25

Exodus

32:1

Judges

3:25; 5:28

2 Samuel

19:6; 19:6

2 Kings

2:17; 8:11; 19:26

Job

6:20; 6:20; 19:3

Psalms

14:6; 35:4; 35:26; 40:15; 44:8; 53:6; 69:7; 70:3; 71:24; 119:31; 119:116

Proverbs

10:5; 12:4; 14:35; 17:2; 19:26; 29:15

Isaiah

1:29; 19:9; 20:5; 23:4; 23:4; 29:22; 30:5; 30:5; 37:27; 41:11; 45:16; 45:16; 45:17

Jeremiah

2:26; 2:26; 2:36; 6:15; 6:15; 6:15; 6:15; 8:9; 8:9; 8:12; 8:12; 8:12; 10:14; 10:14; 12:13; 14:3; 15:9; 15:9; 22:22; 31:19; 46:24; 48:1; 48:13; 48:13; 48:20; 48:39; 50:2; 51:17

Ezekiel

9:6; 9:6; 16:52; 16:52; 16:63; 32:30; 32:30; 36:32; 36:32; 36:32

Hosea

2:7; 2:7; 13:15

Joel

1:10; 1:10; 1:11; 1:11; 1:12; 1:12; 1:12; 1:12; 1:17; 1:17; 2:26; 2:27

Micah

3:7; 7:16

H954

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Strong's Number H954 matches the Hebrew בּוּשׁ (bûš),
which occurs 114 times in 105 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 2:25–Isa 19:9)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:25 - And the man H120 and his wife H802 were both H8147 naked H6174 and were not ashamed. H954

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:1 - Now when the people H5971 saw H7200 that Moses H4872 delayed H954 to come H3381 down H3381 from the mountain, H2022 the people H5971 assembled H6950 about H5921 Aaron H175 and said H559 to him, “Come, H6965 make H6213 us [fn]a god H430 who H834 will go H1980 before H6440 us; as for this H2088 Moses, H4872 the man H376 who H834 brought H5927 us up from the land H776 of Egypt, H4714 we do not know H3045 what H4100 has become H1961 of him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:25 - They waited H2342 until H5704 they [fn]became H954 anxious; H954 but behold, H2009 he did not open H6605 the doors H1817 of the roof H5944 chamber. H5944 Therefore they took H3947 the key H4668 and opened H6605 them, and behold, H2009 their master H113 had fallen H5307 to the [fn]floor H776 dead. H4191

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:28 - “Out of the window H2474 she looked H8259 and lamented, H2980
The mother H517 of Sisera H5516 through H1157 the [fn]lattice, H822
‘Why H4069 does his chariot H7393 delay H309 in coming? H935
Why H4069 do the [fn]hoofbeats H6471 of his chariots H4818 tarry?’ H309

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:17 - But when they urged H6484 him until H5704 he was ashamed, H954 he said, H559 “Send.” H7971 They sent H7971 therefore fifty H2572 men; H376 and they searched H1245 three H7969 days H3117 but did not find H4672 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:11 - He [fn]fixed H5975 his gaze H6440 steadily H7760 on him until H5704 he was ashamed, H954 and the man H376 of God H430 wept. H1058

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:26 - ‘Therefore their inhabitants H3427 were short H7116 of strength, H3027
They were dismayed H2865 and put H954 to shame; H954
They were as the vegetation H6212 of the field H7704 and as the green H3419 herb, H1877
As grass H2682 on the housetops H1406 is scorched H7711 before H6440 it is grown H7054 up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:22 - For I was ashamed H954 to request H7592 from the king H4428 troops H2428 and horsemen H6571 to [fn]protect H5826 us from the enemy H340 on the way, H1870 because H3588 we had said H559 to the king, H4428 “The hand H3027 of our God H430 is [fn]favorably H2896 disposed H2896 to all H3605 those who seek H1245 Him, but His power H5797 and His anger H639 are against H5921 all H3605 those who forsake H5800 Him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:6 - and I said, H559 “O my God, H430 I am ashamed H954 and embarrassed H3637 to lift H7311 up my face H6440 to You, my God, H430 for our iniquities H5771 have [fn]risen H7235 above H4605 our heads H7218 and our guilt H819 has grown H1431 even H5704 to the heavens. H8064

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:20 - “They were [fn]disappointed H954 for they had trusted, H982
They came H935 there H5704 and were confounded. H2659

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:3 - “These H2088 ten H6235 times H6471 you have insulted H3637 me;
You are not ashamed H954 to wrong H1970 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:10 - All H3605 my enemies H340 will be ashamed H954 and greatly H3966 dismayed; H926
They shall [fn]turn H7725 back, H7725 they will suddenly H7281 be ashamed. H954

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:6 - You would put H954 to shame H954 the counsel H6098 of the afflicted, H6041
But the LORD H3068 is his refuge. H4268

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:5 - To You they cried H2199 out and were delivered; H4422
In You they trusted H982 and were not [fn]disappointed. H954

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:2 - O my God, H430 in You I trust, H982
Do not let me be ashamed; H954
Do not let my enemies H340 exult H5970 over me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:3 - Indeed, H1571 none H3605 H3808 of those who wait H6960 for You will be ashamed; H954
[fn]Those who deal H898 treacherously H898 without H7387 cause H7387 will be ashamed. H954

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:20 - Guard H8104 my soul H5315 and deliver H5337 me;
Do not let me be ashamed, H954 for I take H2620 refuge H2620 in You.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:1 - For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
In You, O LORD, H3068 I have taken H2620 refuge; H2620
Let me never H408 H5769 be ashamed; H954
In Your righteousness H6666 deliver H6403 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:17 - Let me not be put H954 to shame, H954 O LORD, H3068 for I call H7121 upon You;
Let the wicked H7563 be put H954 to shame, H954 let them be silent H1826 in [fn]Sheol. H7585

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:4 - Let those be ashamed H954 and dishonored H3637 who seek H1245 my [fn]life; H5315
Let those be turned H5472 back H268 and humiliated H3637 who devise H2803 evil H7451 against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:26 - Let those be ashamed H954 and humiliated H2659 altogether H3162 who rejoice H8056 at my distress; H7451
Let those be clothed H3847 with shame H1322 and dishonor H3639 who magnify H1431 themselves over H5921 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:19 - They will not be ashamed H954 in the time H6256 of evil, H7451
And in the days H3117 of famine H7459 they will have H7646 abundance. H7646

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:14 - Let those be ashamed H954 and humiliated H3637 together H3162
Who seek H1245 my [fn]life H5315 to destroy H5595 it;
Let those be turned H5472 back H268 and dishonored H3637
Who H2655 delight H2655 [fn]in my hurt. H7451

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:7 - But You have saved H3467 us from our adversaries, H6862
And You have put H954 to shame H954 those who hate H8130 us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:5 - There H8033 they were in great H6343 [fn]fear H6343 where no H3808 [fn]fear H6343 had been; H1961
For God H430 scattered H6340 the bones H6106 of [fn]him who encamped H2583 against you;
You put H954 them to shame, H954 because H3588 God H430 had rejected H3988 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:6 - May those who wait H6960 for You not be ashamed H954 through me, O Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 of hosts; H6635
May those who seek H1245 You not be dishonored H3637 through me, O God H430 of Israel, H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:2 - Let those be ashamed H954 and humiliated H2659
Who seek H1245 my [fn]life; H5315
Let those be turned H5472 back H268 and dishonored H3637
Who delight H2655 [fn]in my hurt. H7451

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:1 - In You, O LORD, H3068 I have taken H2620 refuge; H2620
Let me never H408 H5769 be ashamed. H954

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:13 - Let those who are adversaries H7853 of my soul H5315 be ashamed H954 and consumed; H3615
Let them be covered H5844 with reproach H2781 and dishonor, H3639 who seek H1245 [fn]to injure H7451 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:24 - My tongue H3956 also H1571 will utter H1897 Your righteousness H6666 all H3605 day H3117 long;
For they are ashamed, H954 for they are humiliated H2659 who seek H1245 [fn]my hurt. H7451

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:17 - Let them be ashamed H954 and dismayed H926 forever, H5703
And let them be humiliated H2659 and perish, H6

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:17 - Show H6213 me a sign H226 for good, H2896
That those who hate H8130 me may see H7200 it and be ashamed, H954
Because H3588 You, O LORD, H3068 have helped H5826 me and comforted H5162 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:7 - Let all H3605 those be ashamed H954 who serve H5647 graven H6459 images, H6459
Who boast H1984 themselves of idols; H457
[fn]Worship H7812 Him, all H3605 you [fn]gods. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:28 - Let them curse, H7043 but You bless; H1288
When they arise, H6965 they shall be ashamed, H954
But Your servant H5650 shall be glad. H8055

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:6 - Then H227 I shall not be ashamed H954
When I look H5027 [fn]upon all H3605 Your commandments. H4687

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:31 - I cling H1692 to Your testimonies; H5715
O LORD, H3068 do not put H954 me to shame! H954

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:46

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:46 - I will also speak H1696 of Your testimonies H5713 before H5048 kings H4428
And shall not be ashamed. H954

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:78 - May the arrogant H2086 be ashamed, H954 for they subvert H5791 me with a lie; H8267
But I shall meditate H7878 on Your precepts. H6490

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:80 - May my heart H3820 be [fn]blameless H8549 in Your statutes, H2706
So that I will not be ashamed. H954

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:116 - Sustain H5564 me according to Your [fn]word, H565 that I may live; H2421
And do not let me be [fn]ashamed H954 of my hope. H7664

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:5 - How blessed H835 is the man H1397 whose H834 quiver H827 is full H4390 of them;
They will not be ashamed H954
When H3588 they speak H1696 with their enemies H340 in the gate. H8179

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:5 - May all H3605 who hate H8130 Zion H6726
Be put H954 to shame H954 and turned H5472 backward; H268

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:5 - He who gathers H103 in summer H7019 is a son H1121 who acts H7919 wisely, H7919
But he who sleeps H7290 in harvest H7105 is a son H1121 who acts H954 shamefully. H954

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:4 - An [fn]excellent H2428 wife H802 is the crown H5850 of her husband, H1167
But she who shames H954 him is like rottenness H7538 in his bones. H6106

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:35 - The king’s H4428 favor H7522 is toward a servant H5650 who acts H7919 wisely, H7919
But his anger H5678 is toward him who acts H954 shamefully. H954

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:2 - A servant H5650 who acts H7919 wisely H7919 will rule H4910 over a son H1121 who acts H954 shamefully, H954
And will share H2505 in the inheritance H5159 among H8432 brothers. H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:26 - He who assaults H7703 his father H1 and drives H1272 his mother H517 away H1272
Is a shameful H954 and disgraceful H2659 son. H1121

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:15 - The rod H7626 and reproof H8433 give H5414 wisdom, H2451
But a child H5288 [fn]who gets H7971 his own way H7971 brings H954 shame H954 to his mother. H517

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:29 - Surely H3588 [fn]you will be ashamed H954 of the [fn]oaks H352 which H834 you have desired, H2530
And you will be embarrassed H2659 at the gardens H1593 which H834 you have chosen. H977

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:9 - Moreover, the manufacturers H5647 of linen H6593 made from combed H8305 flax H6593
And the weavers H707 of white H2355 cloth H2355 will be [fn]utterly H954 dejected. H954

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