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Lexicon :: Strong's H4605 - maʿal

Aa
מַעַל
Transliteration
maʿal
Pronunciation
mah'al
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Part of Speech
adjective, adverb, substantive
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

מַעַל maʻal, mah'al; from H5927; properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.:—above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on (× very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 138x

The KJV translates Strong's H4605 in the following manner: upward (59x), above (53x), high (6x), exceedingly (4x), upon (4x), very (2x), forward (2x), exceeding (2x), over (2x), above only (1x), overturned (with H2015) (1x), above them (1x), up (with H935) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 138x
The KJV translates Strong's H4605 in the following manner: upward (59x), above (53x), high (6x), exceedingly (4x), upon (4x), very (2x), forward (2x), exceeding (2x), over (2x), above only (1x), overturned (with H2015) (1x), above them (1x), up (with H935) (1x).
substantive

  1. higher part, upper part

    adverb

    1. above

      preposition

    2. on the top of, above, on higher ground than

      with locative

    3. upwards, higher, above

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַעַל maʻal, mah'al; from H5927; properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.:—above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on (× very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.
STRONGS H4605: Abbreviations
מַ֫עַל 140 substantive, higher part, only in adverb and preposition phrases, above, upwards (Phoenician מעל, see below מַ֫טּה: abbreviated from מַעֲלֶה; compare מַ֫עַן in לְמַ֫עַן from ׃עָנָה Köii. 116): —
†1. מִמַּ֫עַל = above (see מִן 1c)
a. as adverb Amos 2:9 וָאַשְׁמִיד מִמֵּעַל פִּרְיוֹ his fruit above (opposed to שָׁרָשָׁיו מִתָּ֑חַת), Job 18:16; 1 Kings 7:3, 20, 29; often in the phrase הַשָּׁמַמַיִם מִמַּעַל Deuteronomy 4:39; Deuteronomy 5:8 (= Exodus 20:4), Joshua 2:11; 1 Kings 8:23; Isaiah 45:8; Jeremiah 4:28; compare שְׁחָקִים מ׳ Psalm 78:23; Proverbs 8:28, אֱלוֺהַּ מ׳ Job 3:4; Job 31:2, אֵל מ׳ Job 31:28.
b. מִמַּעַל לְ, as preposition (מן 1c), on the top of, above, Genesis 22:9 ממעל לָעֵצִים above the wood, Exodus 28:27 = Exodus 39:20, Leviticus 11:21 כְּרָעַיִם מִמַּעַל לְרַגְלָיו, Isaiah 6:2 שְׁרָפִים עֹמדים מִמַּעַל לוֺ, Isaiah 14:13; Jeremiah 43:10; Ezekiel 1:26; Daniel 12:6, 7; = on higher ground than, Jeremiah 35:4; figurative Jeremiah 52:32 (|| 2 Kings 25:28 מֵעַל).
2. With ָ  ה locative מַ֫עְלָה, מָ֑עְלָה upwards (opposed to מַ֫טָּה) :
†a. figurative Deuteronomy 28:43 יַעֲלֶה עֶלֶיךָ מַ֫עְלָה מָ֫עְלָה upwards, upwards, i.e. higher and higher (opposed to מַ֫טָּה מָֽטָה).
†b. וָמַ֫עְלָה
(a) of direction in space, Judges 1:36 מֵהַסֶּלַע וָמַ֫עְלָה from the rock and upwards (compare Bu), 1 Kings 7:31 (corrupt: see Sta VB Benz), 1 Samuel 9:2 = 1 Samuel 10:23 מִשִּׁכְמוֺ וָמַ֫עְלָה from his shoulder and upwards: so וּלְמ׳, † Ezekiel 1:27 מִמַּרְאֵה מָתְנָיו וּלְמָ֑עְלָה Ezekiel 8:2; Ezekiel 43:5.
(b) of direction in time, or age: —
(α) מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמָ֑עְלָה Exodus 30:14; Numbers 1:3 + 19 times P, מִבֶּן חֹדֶשׁ חֹדֶשׁ וָמ׳ Numbers 3:15, 22 + 6 times P, simil. Numbers 4:3; Numbers 8:24 + 7 times P; elsewhere only 1 Chronicles 23:3, 24; Ezra 3:8, and with וּלְמַעְלָה † 1 Chronicles 23:17; 2 Chronicles 31:16, 17; לְמִבֶּן ֗֗֗ וָמ׳ † 2 Chronicles 25:5; and 2 Kings 3:21 מִכֹּל חֹגֵר חֲגֹרָה וָמ׳.
† (β) מהיום ההוא וָמ׳ from that day and onwards, 1 Samuel 16:13; 1 Samuel 30:25.
† (γ) מן היום הזִה וָמ׳ from this day and upwards (i.e. and back), Haggai 2:15, 18 **and onwards (as β) is more probably: see Now WeKl. Proph. ed. 8 {1898} Marti Dr.
†c. לְמַ֫עְלָךְ upwards, more common than מ׳ alone (a):
(a) Exodus 25:20 (= Exodus 37:9) פֹּֽרְשֵׂי למ׳ כְנָפַיִם Judges 7:13 ויהפכחו למ׳ overthrew it upwards, i.e. turned it downside up, Isaiah 7:11 אוֺ הַגְבֵּהַּ למ׳ or make it (the request) high upwards, Isaiah 8:21 וּפָנָה למ׳, Isaiah 37:31 (2 Kings 19:30) ועשׂה פרי למ׳ (compare Amos 2:9, 1 a), Ezekiel 41:7 a β (Ezekiel 41:7a α bis למ׳ למ׳ = higher and higher), Psalm 74:5; figurative וְהָיִיתָ רַק למ׳ Deuteronomy 28:13 (compare a), Proverbs 15:24 אֹרַח חַיִּים למ׳ (opposed to שְׁאוֺל מָֽטָּה ׃), compare Ecclesiastes 3:21; followed by a noun, Ezra 9:6 רּאשׁ למ׳ over the head, followed by מֵעַל (compare Aboth Ezra 2:1 לְמַעְלָה מִן) = above, 2 Chronicles 34:4: see also b a, b a.
(b) metaphor = exceedingly, only in Chronicles: 1 Chronicles 14:2; 1 Chronicles 22:5 the house must be built to J. לְהַגְדִּיל למ׳ so as to shew greatness exceedingly, 1 Chronicles 23:17 רָבוּ למ׳ וּבְנֵי ר׳, 1 Chronicles 29:3 (followed by מִ ן; = over and above...), 1 Chronicles 29:25; 2 Chronicles 1:1 וַיְגַדְּלֵהוּ למ׳, 2 Chronicles 20:19; עַד לְמַ֫עְלָה, 2 Chronicles 16:12; 17:12; 26:8.
†d. מִלְמַ֫עְלָה (see מִן 9a), adverb, above (the more usual prose synonym of מִמַּעַל): Genesis 6:16 אֶלאַֿמָּה תְּכַלֶּנָּה מ׳ Genesis 7:20 fifteen cubits מ׳ (i.e. above the mountain-tops), Exodus 25:21 (Exodus 40:20) מ׳ הארון על אֶת־הַכַּפֹּרֶת וְנָתַתָּ֫ה upon the ark above, Exodus 26:14 (Exodus 36:19; 40:19; Numbers 4:25) a covering of skins on the tent מ׳ above, Num 39:31; Numbers 4:6; 1 Kings 7:11, 25; 1 Kings 8:7 (2 Chronicles 4:4; 5:8), Jeremiah 31:37 אִם יִמַּדּוּ שָׁמַיִם מ׳ (compare 1 a), Ezekiel 1:11 מ׳ פְּרֻדוֹת separate above, Ezekiel 1:22; Ezekiel 1:26; Ezekiel 10:19; Ezekiel 11:22; Ezekiel 37:8; from above, Joshua 3:13, 16 הַמַּיִם הַיֹּרְדִים מ׳.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:16; 7:20; 22:9

Exodus

20:4; 25:20; 25:21; 26:14; 28:27; 30:14; 36:19; 37:9; 39:20; 40:19; 40:20

Leviticus

11:21

Numbers

1:3; 3:15; 3:22; 4:3; 4:6; 4:25; 8:24

Deuteronomy

4:39; 5:8; 28:13; 28:43

Joshua

2:11; 3:13; 3:16

Judges

1:36; 7:13

1 Samuel

9:2; 10:23; 16:13; 30:25

1 Kings

7:3; 7:11; 7:20; 7:25; 7:29; 7:31; 8:7; 8:23

2 Kings

3:21; 19:30; 25:28

1 Chronicles

14:2; 22:5; 23:3; 23:17; 23:17; 23:24; 29:3; 29:25

2 Chronicles

1:1; 4:4; 5:8; 16:12; 17:12; 20:19; 25:5; 26:8; 31:16; 31:17; 34:4

Ezra

2:1; 3:8; 9:6

Job

3:4; 18:16; 31:2; 31:28

Psalms

74:5; 78:23

Proverbs

8:28; 15:24

Ecclesiastes

3:21

Isaiah

6:2; 7:11; 8:21; 14:13; 37:31; 45:8

Jeremiah

4:28; 31:37; 35:4; 43:10; 52:32

Ezekiel

1:11; 1:22; 1:26; 1:26; 1:27; 8:2; 10:19; 11:22; 37:8; 41:7; 41:7; 43:5

Daniel

12:6; 12:7

Amos

2:9; 2:9

Haggai

2:15; 2:18

H4605

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Strong's Number H4605 matches the Hebrew מַעַל (maʿal),
which occurs 140 times in 134 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Num 14:29–Job 3:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:29 - ‘The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, all of you who were numbered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:2 - “Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel from twenty years old and above, by their fathers’ houses, all who are able to go to war in Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:4 - “Take a census of the people from twenty years old and above, just as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:62

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:62 - Now those who were numbered of them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and above; for they were not numbered among the other children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given to them among the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:11 - ‘Surely none of the men who came up from Egypt, from twenty years old and above, shall see the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, because they have not wholly followed Me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:39 - “Therefore know this day, and consider it in your heart, that the LORD Himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:8 - ‘You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:13 - “And the LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:43 - “The alien who is among you shall rise higher and higher above you, and you shall come down lower and lower.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:11 - “And as soon as we heard these things, our hearts melted; neither did there remain any more courage in anyone because of you, for the LORD your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth beneath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:13 - “And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, the waters that come down from upstream, and they shall stand as a heap.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:16 - that the waters which came down from upstream stood still, and rose in a heap very far away at Adam, the city that is beside Zaretan. So the waters that went down into the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, failed, and were cut off; and the people crossed over opposite Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:36 - Now the boundary of the Amorites was from the Ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela, and upward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:13 - And when Gideon had come, there was a man telling a dream to his companion. He said, “I have had a dream: To my surprise, a loaf of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian; it came to a tent and struck it so that it fell and overturned, and the tent collapsed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:2 - And he had a choice and handsome son whose name was Saul. There was not a more handsome person than he among the children of Israel. From his shoulders upward he was taller than any of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:23 - So they ran and brought him from there; and when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:13 - Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:25 - So it was, from that day forward; he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:3 - And it was paneled with cedar above the beams that were on forty-five pillars, fifteen to a row.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:11 - And above were costly stones, hewn to size, and cedar wood.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:20 - The capitals on the two pillars also had pomegranates above, by the convex surface which was next to the network; and there were two hundred such pomegranates in rows on each of the capitals all around.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:25 - It stood on twelve oxen: three looking toward the north, three looking toward the west, three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; the Sea was set upon them, and all their back parts pointed inward.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:29 - on the panels that were between the frames were lions, oxen, and cherubim. And on the frames was a pedestal on top. Below the lions and oxen were wreaths of plaited work.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:31 - Its opening inside the crown at the top was one cubit in diameter; and the opening was round, shaped like a pedestal, one and a half cubits in outside diameter; and also on the opening were engravings, but the panels were square, not round.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:7 - For the cherubim spread their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:23 - and he said: “LORD God of Israel, there is no God in heaven above or on earth below like You, who keep Your covenant and mercy with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:21 - And when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, all who were able to bear arms and older were gathered; and they stood at the border.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:30 - And the remnant who have escaped of the house of Judah
Shall again take root downward,
And bear fruit upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:2 - So David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, for his kingdom was highly exalted for the sake of His people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:5 - Now David said, “Solomon my son is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent, famous and glorious throughout all countries. I will now make preparation for it.” So David made abundant preparations before his death.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:3 - Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and above; and the number of individual males was thirty-eight thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:17 - Of the descendants of Eliezer, Rehabiah was the first. And Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:24 - These were the sons of Levi by their fathers’ houses—the heads of the fathers’ houses as they were counted individually by the number of their names, who did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and above.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:27 - For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:3 - “Moreover, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house, my own special treasure of gold and silver:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:25 - So the LORD exalted Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed on him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:1 - Now Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him and exalted him exceedingly.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:4 - It stood on twelve oxen: three looking toward the north, three looking toward the west, three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; the Sea was set upon them, and all their back parts pointed inward.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:8 - For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:12 - And in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet, and his malady was severe; yet in his disease he did not seek the LORD, but the physicians.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:12 - So Jehoshaphat became increasingly powerful, and he built fortresses and storage cities in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:19 - Then the Levites of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korahites stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with voices loud and high.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:5 - Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together and set over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, according to their fathers’ houses, throughout all Judah and Benjamin; and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them to be three hundred thousand choice men, able to go to war, who could handle spear and shield.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:8 - Also the Ammonites brought tribute to Uzziah. His fame spread as far as the entrance of Egypt, for he became exceedingly strong.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:16 - Besides those males from three years old and up who were written in the genealogy, they distributed to everyone who entered the house of the LORD his daily portion for the work of his service, by his division,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:17 - and to the priests who were written in the genealogy according to their father’s house, and to the Levites from twenty years old and up according to their work, by their divisions,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:4 - They broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence, and the incense altars which were above them he cut down; and the wooden images, the carved images, and the molded images he broke in pieces, and made dust of them and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:8 - Now in the second month of the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, Jeshua the son of Jozadak,[fn] and the rest of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all those who had come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, began work and appointed the Levites from twenty years old and above to oversee the work of the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:6 - And I said: “O my God, I am too ashamed and humiliated to lift up my face to You, my God; for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has grown up to the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:4 - May that day be darkness;
May God above not seek it,
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