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Lexicon :: Strong's H779 - 'ārar

Aa
אָרַר
Transliteration
'ārar
Pronunciation
aw-rar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 168

Strong’s Definitions

אָרַר ʼârar, aw-rar'; a primitive root; to execrate:—× bitterly curse.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 63x

The KJV translates Strong's H779 in the following manner: curse (62x), bitterly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 63x
The KJV translates Strong's H779 in the following manner: curse (62x), bitterly (1x).

  1. to curse

    1. (Qal)

      1. to curse

      2. cursed be he (participle used as in curses)

    2. (Niphal) to be cursed, cursed

    3. (Piel) to curse, lay under a curse, put a curse on

    4. (Hophal) to be made a curse, be cursed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָרַר ʼârar, aw-rar'; a primitive root; to execrate:—× bitterly curse.
STRONGS H779: Abbreviations
[אָרַר] verb curse (Assyrian arâru ZimBP 68; on relation of meanings bind & curse in Assyrian see DlPr 101) —
Qal Perfect וְאָרוֺתִ֫י, אָרוֺתִיהָ Malachi 2:2; Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תָּאֹר Exodus 22:27; Numbers 22:6, 12; אָאֹר Genesis 12:3; Imperative אָ֫רָהֿ Numbers 22:6; Numbers 23:7; אוֺרוּ, אֹרוּ & Infinitive absolute אָרוֺר all Judges 5:23; Participle אֹרֲרֵי Job 3:8; אֹרֲרֶיךָ Genesis 27:29; Numbers 24:9; אָרוּר Genesis 3:14 + 36 times etc.; — curse || בֵּרֵךְ bless, chiefly in poetic & legal sources of J E D & later imitations: Genesis 12:3; Genesis 27:29 (J) Numbers 22:6, 12; Numbers 23:7; Numbers 24:9 (E) Exodus 22:27 (E) Malachi 2:2; אֹרוּ אָרוֺר ישְׁבֶיהָ = curse for ever her inhabitants Judges 5:23; אֹרֲרֵי יוֺם cursers of the day (magicians whose imprecations made days unlucky) Job 3:8. Passive participle אָרוּר, chiefly as exclamation, || בָּרוּךְ Genesis 3:14, 17; Genesis 4:11; Genesis 9:25; Genesis 27:29; Genesis 49:7; Numbers 22:12; Numbers 24:9 (E, poetry) Deuteronomy 27:15-26 Judges 21:18; 1 Samuel 14:24; 1 Samuel 14:28; 1 Samuel 26:29; Jeremiah 11:3; Jeremiah 17:5; Jeremiah 20:14, 15; Jeremiah 48:10 (twice in verse); Malachi 1:14; אֲרוּרִים הַשֹּׁגִים מִמִּצְוֺתֶיךָ cursed be those who wander from thy commands Psalm 119:21 (Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Jerome De Ri), הָאֲרוּרָה הַזּאֹת this cursed woman 2 Kings 9:34.
Niph. Participle נֵאָרִים cursed Malachi 3:9.
Pi. 3rd person masculine singular suffix אֵרֲרָהּ curse, lay under a curse Genesis 5:29 (J); Participle הַמַּיִם הַמְאָרֲרִים the curse-bringing waters Numbers 5:18-27 (P + 6 times waters destroying the perjured adulteress drinking them).
Hoph. Imperfect יוּאָ֑ר be cursed Numbers 22:6 (E).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:14; 3:14; 3:17; 4:11; 5:29; 9:25; 12:3; 12:3; 27:29; 27:29; 27:29; 49:7

Exodus

22:27; 22:27

Numbers

5:18; 5:19; 5:20; 5:21; 5:22; 5:23; 5:24; 5:25; 5:26; 5:27; 22:6; 22:6; 22:6; 22:6; 22:12; 22:12; 22:12; 23:7; 23:7; 24:9; 24:9; 24:9

Deuteronomy

27:15; 27:16; 27:17; 27:18; 27:19; 27:20; 27:21; 27:22; 27:23; 27:24; 27:25; 27:26

Judges

5:23; 5:23; 21:18

1 Samuel

14:24; 14:28

2 Kings

9:34

Job

3:8; 3:8

Psalms

119:21

Jeremiah

11:3; 17:5; 20:14; 20:15; 48:10

Malachi

1:14; 2:2; 2:2; 3:9

H779

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Strong's Number H779 matches the Hebrew אָרַר ('ārar),
which occurs 63 times in 52 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 3:14–Mal 1:14)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:14 - The LORD H3068 God H430 said H559 to the serpent, H5175
“Because H3588 you have done H6213 this, H2088
Cursed H779 are you more H4480 than H4480 all H3605 cattle, H929
And more H4480 than H4480 every H3605 beast H2416 of the field; H7704
On your belly H1512 you will go, H1980
And dust H6083 you will eat H398
All H3605 the days H3117 of your life; H2416

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:17 - Then to Adam H121 He said, H559 “Because H3588 you have listened H8085 to the voice H6963 of your wife, H802 and have eaten H398 from the tree H6086 about which H834 I commanded H6680 you, saying, H559 ‘You shall not eat H398 from it’;
Cursed H779 is the ground H127 because H5668 of you;
In [fn]toil H6093 you will eat H398 of it
All H3605 the days H3117 of your life. H2416

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:11 - “Now H6258 you are cursed H779 from the ground, H127 which H834 has opened H6475 its mouth H6310 to receive H3947 your brother’s H251 blood H1818 from your hand. H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:29 - Now he called H7121 his name H8034 Noah, H5146 saying, H559 “This H2088 one H2088 will [fn]give H5162 us rest H5162 from our work H4639 and from the toil H6093 of our hands H3027 arising from the ground H127 which H834 the LORD H3068 has cursed.” H779

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:25 - So he said, H559
“Cursed H779 be Canaan; H3667
[fn]A servant H5650 of servants H5650
He shall be to his brothers.” H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:3 - And I will bless H1288 those who bless H1288 you,
And the one who [fn]curses H7043 you I will [fn]curse. H779
And in you all H3605 the families H4940 of the earth H127 will be blessed.” H1288

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 - May peoples H5971 serve H5647 you,
And nations H3816 bow H7812 down H7812 to you;
Be master H1376 of your brothers, H251
And may your mother’s H517 sons H1121 bow H7812 down H7812 to you.
Cursed H779 be those who curse H779 you,
And blessed H1288 be those who bless H1288 you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:7 - “Cursed H779 be their anger, H639 for it is fierce; H5794
And their wrath, H5678 for it is cruel. H7185
I will [fn]disperse H2505 them in Jacob, H3290
And scatter H6327 them in Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:28 - “You shall not [fn]curse H7043 God, H430 nor H3808 curse H779 a ruler H5387 of your people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:18 - ‘The priest H3548 shall then have the woman H802 stand H5975 before H6440 the LORD H3068 and let H6544 the hair of the woman’s H802 head H7218 go H6544 loose, H6544 and place H5414 the grain offering H4503 of memorial H2146 [fn]in her hands, H3709 which H1931 is the grain offering H4503 of jealousy, H7068 and in the hand H3027 of the priest H3548 is to be the water H4325 of bitterness H4751 that brings H779 a curse. H779

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19 - ‘The priest H3548 shall have her take H7650 an oath H7650 and shall say H559 to the woman, H802 “If H518 no H3808 man H376 has lain H7901 with you and if H518 you have not gone H7847 astray H7847 into uncleanness, H2932 being under H8478 the authority of your husband, H376 be [fn]immune H5352 to this H428 water H4325 of bitterness H4751 that brings H779 a curse; H779

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:22 - and this H428 water H4325 that brings H779 a curse H779 shall go H935 into your [fn]stomach, H4578 and make your abdomen H990 swell H6638 and your thigh H3409 [fn]waste H5307 away.” H5307 And the woman H802 shall say, H559 “Amen. H543 Amen.” H543

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:24 - ‘Then he shall make the woman H802 drink H8248 the water H4325 of bitterness H4751 that brings H779 a curse, H779 so that the water H4325 which brings H779 a curse H779 will go H935 into her [fn]and cause bitterness. H4751

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - ‘When he has made her drink H8248 the water, H4325 then it shall come H1961 about, if H518 she has defiled H2930 herself and has been H4603 unfaithful H4604 to her husband, H376 that the water H4325 which brings H779 a curse H779 will go H935 into her [fn]and cause bitterness, H4751 and her abdomen H990 will swell H6638 and her thigh H3409 will [fn]waste H5307 away, H5307 and the woman H802 will become H1961 a curse H423 among H7130 her people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:6 - “Now, H6258 therefore, please H4994 come, H1980 curse H779 this H2088 people H5971 for me since H3588 they are too H4480 [fn]mighty H6099 for me; perhaps H194 I may be able H3201 to [fn]defeat H5221 them and drive H1644 them out of the land. H776 For I know H3045 that he whom H834 you bless H1288 is blessed, H1288 and he whom H834 you curse H779 is cursed.” H779

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:12 - God H430 said H559 to Balaam, H1109 “Do not go H1980 with them; you shall not curse H779 the people, H5971 for they are blessed.” H1288

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:7 - He took H5375 up his [fn]discourse H4912 and said, H559
“From Aram H6307 Balak H1111 has brought H5148 me,
Moab’s H4124 king H4428 from the mountains H2022 of the East, H6924
‘Come H1980 curse H779 Jacob H3290 for me,
And come, H1980 denounce H2194 Israel!’ H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:9 - “He [fn]couches, H3766 he lies H7901 down H7901 as a lion, H738
And as a [fn]lion, H3833 who H4310 [fn]dares rouse H6965 him?
Blessed H1288 is everyone who blesses H1288 you,
And cursed H779 is everyone who curses H779 you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:15 - ‘Cursed H779 is the man H376 who H834 makes H6213 [fn]an idol H6459 or a molten H4541 image, H4541 an abomination H8441 to the LORD, H3068 the work H4639 of the hands H3027 of the craftsman, H2796 and sets H7760 it up in secret.’ H5643 And all H3605 the people H5971 shall answer H6030 and say, H559 ‘Amen.’ H543

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:16 - ‘Cursed H779 is he who dishonors H7034 his father H1 or mother.’ H517 And all H3605 the people H5971 shall say, H559 ‘Amen.’ H543

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:17 - ‘Cursed H779 is he who moves H5472 his neighbor’s H7453 boundary H1366 mark.’ And all H3605 the people H5971 shall say, H559 ‘Amen.’ H543

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:18 - ‘Cursed H779 is he who misleads H7686 a blind H5787 person on the road.’ H1870 And all H3605 the people H5971 shall say, H559 ‘Amen.’ H543

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:19 - ‘Cursed H779 is he who distorts H5186 the justice H4941 due an alien, H1616 [fn]orphan, H3490 and widow.’ H490 And all H3605 the people H5971 shall say, H559 ‘Amen.’ H543

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:20 - ‘Cursed H779 is he who lies H7901 with his father’s H1 wife, H802 because H3588 he has uncovered H1540 his father’s H1 skirt.’ H3671 And all H3605 the people H5971 shall say, H559 ‘Amen.’ H543

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:21 - ‘Cursed H779 is he who lies H7901 with any H3605 animal.’ H929 And all H3605 the people H5971 shall say, H559 ‘Amen.’ H543

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:22 - ‘Cursed H779 is he who lies H7901 with his sister, H269 the daughter H1323 of his father H1 or H176 of his mother.’ H517 And all H3605 the people H5971 shall say, H559 ‘Amen.’ H543

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:23 - ‘Cursed H779 is he who lies H7901 with his mother-in-law.’ H2859 And all H3605 the people H5971 shall say, H559 ‘Amen.’ H543

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:24 - ‘Cursed H779 is he who strikes H5221 his neighbor H7453 in secret.’ H5643 And all H3605 the people H5971 shall say, H559 ‘Amen.’ H543

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:25 - ‘Cursed H779 is he who accepts H3947 a bribe H7810 to strike H5221 down H5221 an innocent H5355 person.’ H5315 And all H3605 the people H5971 shall say, H559 ‘Amen.’ H543

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:26 - ‘Cursed H779 is he who H834 does not confirm H6965 the words H1697 of this H2088 law H8451 by doing H6213 them.’ And all H3605 the people H5971 shall say, H559 ‘Amen.’ H543

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:16 - “Cursed H779 shall you be in the city, H5892 and cursed H779 shall you be in the [fn]country. H7704

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:17 - “Cursed H779 shall be your basket H2935 and your kneading H4863 bowl. H4863

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:18 - “Cursed H779 shall be the [fn]offspring H6529 of your [fn]body H990 and the [fn]produce H6529 of your ground, H127 the increase H7698 of your herd H504 and the young H6251 of your flock. H6629

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:19 - “Cursed H779 shall you be when you come H935 in, and cursed H779 shall you be when you go H3318 out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:26 - Then Joshua H3091 made them take H7650 an oath H7650 at that time, H6256 saying, H559 “Cursed H779 before H6440 the LORD H3068 is the man H376 who H834 rises H6965 up and builds H1129 this H2088 city H5892 Jericho; H3405 with the loss of his firstborn H1060 he shall lay H3245 its foundation, H3245 and with the loss of his youngest H6810 son H6810 he shall set H5324 up its gates.” H1817

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:23 - “Now H6258 therefore, you are cursed, H779 and [fn]you shall never H3808 cease H3772 being slaves, H5650 both hewers H2404 of wood H2404 and drawers H7579 of water H4325 for the house H1004 of my God.” H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:23 - ‘Curse H779 Meroz,’ H4789 said H559 the angel H4397 of the LORD, H3068
‘Utterly H779 curse H779 its inhabitants; H3427
Because H3588 they did not come H935 to the help H5833 of the LORD, H3068
To the help H5833 of the LORD H3068 against the warriors.’ H1368

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:18 - “But we cannot H3201 H3808 give H5414 them wives H802 of our daughters.” H1323 For the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 had sworn, H7650 saying, H559 “Cursed H779 is he who gives H5414 a wife H802 to Benjamin.” H1144

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:24 - Now the men H376 of Israel H3478 were hard-pressed H5065 on that day, H3117 for Saul H7586 had put H422 the people H5971 under H422 oath, H422 saying, H559 “Cursed H779 be the man H376 who H834 eats H398 food H3899 [fn]before H5704 evening, H6153 and until H5704 I have avenged H5358 myself on my enemies.” H340 So none H3808 H3605 of the people H5971 tasted H2938 food. H3899

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:28 - Then one H376 of the people H5971 said, H559 “Your father H1 strictly H7650 put H7650 the people H5971 under H7650 oath, H7650 saying, H559 ‘Cursed H779 be the man H376 who H834 eats H398 food H3899 today.’” H3117 And the people H5971 were weary. H5888

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:19 - “Now H6258 therefore, please H4994 let my lord H113 the king H4428 listen H8085 to the words H1697 of his servant. H5650 If H518 the LORD H3068 has stirred H5496 you up against me, let Him [fn]accept H7306 an offering; H4503 but if H518 it is [fn]men, H1121 H120 cursed H779 are they before H6440 the LORD, H3068 for they have driven H1644 me out today H3117 so H4480 that I would have no H4480 attachment H5596 with the inheritance H5159 of the LORD, H3068 saying, H559 ‘Go, H1980 serve H5647 other H312 gods.’ H430

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:34 - When he came H935 in, he ate H398 and drank; H8354 and he said, H559 “See H6485 now H4994 to this H2088 cursed H779 woman H779 and bury H6912 her, for she is a king’s H4428 daughter.” H1323

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:8 - “Let those curse H6895 it who curse H779 the day, H3117
Who are [fn]prepared H6264 to rouse H5782 Leviathan. H3882

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:21 - You rebuke H1605 the arrogant, H2086 [fn]the cursed, H779
Who wander H7686 from Your commandments. H4687

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:3 - and say H559 to them, ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068 the God H430 of Israel, H3478 “Cursed H779 is the man H376 who H834 does not heed H8085 the words H1697 of this H2088 covenant H1285

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:5 - Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068
“Cursed H779 is the man H1397 who H834 trusts H982 in mankind H120
And makes H7760 flesh H1320 his [fn]strength, H2220
And whose heart H3820 turns H5493 away H5493 from the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:14 - Cursed H779 be the day H3117 when H834 I was born; H3205
Let the day H3117 not be blessed H1288 when H834 my mother H517 bore H3205 me!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:15 - Cursed H779 be the man H376 who H834 brought H1319 the news H1319
To my father, H1 saying, H559
“A [fn]baby H1121 boy H2145 has been born H3205 to you!”
And made him very H8055 happy. H8055

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:10 - “Cursed H779 be the one who does H6213 the LORD’S H3068 work H4399 negligently, H7423
And cursed H779 be the one who restrains H4513 his sword H2719 from blood. H1818

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:14 - “But cursed H779 be the swindler H5230 who has H3426 a male H2145 in his flock H5739 and vows H5087 it, but sacrifices H2076 a blemished H7843 animal H7843 to the Lord, H136 for I am a great H1419 King,” H4428 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 “and My name H8034 is [fn]feared H3372 among the [fn]nations.” H1471

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