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Lexicon :: Strong's H802 - 'iššâ

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אִשָּׁה
Transliteration
'iššâ
Pronunciation
ish-shaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 137a

Strong’s Definitions

אִשָּׁה ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'; feminine of H376 or H582; irregular plural, נָשִׁים nâshîym;(used in the same wide sense as H582) a woman:—(adulter) ess, each, every, female, × many, none, one, together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 780x

The KJV translates Strong's H802 in the following manner: wife (425x), woman (324x), one (10x), married (5x), female (2x), miscellaneous (14x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 780x
The KJV translates Strong's H802 in the following manner: wife (425x), woman (324x), one (10x), married (5x), female (2x), miscellaneous (14x).

  1. woman, wife, female

    1. woman (opposite of man)

    2. wife (woman married to a man)

    3. female (of animals)

    4. each, every (pronoun)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אִשָּׁה ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'; feminine of H376 or H582; irregular plural, נָשִׁים nâshîym;(used in the same wide sense as H582) a woman:—(adulter) ess, each, every, female, × many, none, one, together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
STRONGS H802: Abbreviations
אִשָּׁה 775 noun feminine woman, wife, female (Arabic bdb006102, Sabean אנתֿת etc. DHMZK 1884, 360, Aramaic אִתְּתָא, אִנְתְּתָא, אִתָּא, bdb006103, Palmyrene, Nabataean אנתתא, Ethiopic bdb006104 Phoenician אשת, Assyrian aššatu COTGloss) — א׳ absolute Genesis 2:33 +; construct אֵשֶׁת Genesis 11:29 + (apparently absolute Deuteronomy 21:11; 1 Samuel 28:7; Psalm 58:9 but compare Bö§ 728 Ges§ 130. 5); suffix אִשְׁתִּי Genesis 20:11 +; אִשְׁתְּךָ Genesis 12:18 + (אֶשְׁתְּךָ Psalm 128:3), etc.; Plural אִשֹּׁת Ezekiel 23:44 (Co לעשׂות); נָשִׁים Genesis 4:19 +; construct נְשֵׁי Genesis 4:23 +; suffix נָשַׁי Genesis 30:26; 1 Kings 20:7; נְשֵׁיכֶם Exodus 22:23 +, etc.; —
1. woman Genesis 3:1, 2; Genesis 12:11 +; opposed to man Genesis 2:22, 23; Exodus 35:29; Exodus 36:6; Deuteronomy 7:2, 5; Deuteronomy 22:22; 1 Samuel 21:5 +; א׳ emphatic a Genuine (or ideal) woman Ecclesiastes 7:28 (|| אדם); simile of men as feeble, timid Jeremiah 50:37; Jeremiah 51:30; note especially הַטַּף בַּנָּשִׁים the children among the women, female children Numbers 31:18 (P); as conceiving Exodus 2:2; Leviticus 12:2; 2 Samuel 11:5 +; travailing Jeremiah 13:21; bearing children Judges 13:24; 1 Kings 3:18; compare Job 14:1; Job 15:14; Job 25:4 +, etc.; suckling Isaiah 49:15; אֹרַח כַּנָּשִׁים Genesis 18:11; דֶּרֶח נָשִׁים Genesis 31:35; with adjective, or app., מֵינֶקֶת א׳ nursing woman, nurse Exodus 2:7; זוֺנָה א׳ harlot Joshua 2:1; Joshua 6:22; Judges 11:1; Judges 16:1; 1 Kings 3:16; Proverbs 6:26; Jeremiah 3:3; Ezekiel 16:30; Ezekiel 23:44; so זָרָה א׳ Proverbs 2:16; Proverbs 7:5; compare also Ezekiel 23:44 above; מְנָאָ֑פֶת א׳ adulteress Proverbs 30:20 (compare אֵשֶׁת אִישׁ Proverbs 6:26), אֵשֶׁת זְנוּנִים Hosea 1:2; נָשִׁים נָכְרִיּוֺת foreign women 1 Kings 11:1, 8; Ezra 10:2, 10, 11, 14, 17, 18, 44; Nehemiah 13:26, 27 (compare Nehemiah 13:23); חֲכָמָה א׳ wise woman, one known as clever, shrewd 2 Samuel 14:2; 2 Samuel 20:16, etc.; also מִּילֶגֶשׁ א׳ concubine Judges 19:1, 27: אַלְמָנָה א׳ widow 2 Samuel 14:5; 1 Kings 11:26; 1 Kings 17:9, 10; נְבִיאָה א׳ prophetess Judges 4:4; also construct before noun of quality אֵשֶׁת רָ֑ע Proverbs 6:24; בְּסִילוּת א׳ Proverbs 9:13; חֵן א׳ Proverbs 11:16; חַיִל א׳ Proverbs 12:4; Proverbs 31:10; Ruth 3:11; מִדְיָנִים א׳ Proverbs 21:9; Proverbs 25:24; Proverbs 27:15; וָכָ֑עַס מ׳ א׳ Proverbs 21:19.
2. Wife (woman belonging to a man, usually construct or suffix) Genesis 2:24, 25; Genesis 3:8, 17; Genesis 4:1, 17 + often; of one betrothed (ארשׂ) Deuteronomy 20:7; Deuteronomy 28:30; בַּעַל (הָ)אִשָּׁה Exodus 21:3, 22; אִישׁ הָאִשָּׁה Judges 20:4; לְאִשָּׁה to wife Genesis 2:22; Genesis 12:19; Genesis 16:3; Genesis 34:21 + often (after לָקַח, נָתַן husband or father subject); for wife (after הָֽיְתָה, woman subject) Genesis 20:12; Numbers 36:3, 6 (twice in verse); Numbers 36:11, 12; Deuteronomy 22:19, 29 +; for unfaithful wife compare 1; construct in phrase אֵשֶׁת חֵיקֶ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 13:7; compare Deuteronomy 28:54; נְעוּרֶיךָ א׳ Proverbs 5:18; Malachi 2:14, 15; בְּרִיתֶ֑ךָ א׳ Malachi 2:14; אֵשֶׁת אָב = step-mother Leviticus 18:8, 11; Leviticus 20:11.
3. Female of animals Genesis 7:2 (twice in verse); see also below 4
†4. With distributive & reciprocal sense, מֵאֵת א׳ רְעוּתָהּ each woman from her neighbour Exodus 11:2 (E); compare Ruth 1:8, 9; Jeremiah 9:19; each one, of birds of prey Isaiah 34:15 compare Isaiah 34:16 (strike out Bi Che); of cows (figurative of heartless women of Israel) Amos 4:3; of sheep (figurative of Israel) Zechariah 11:9; & of inanimate things (P, & late) אֶל אֲחֹתָהּ א׳ Exodus 26:3 (twice in verse); Exodus 26:5, 6, 17 (P) Ezekiel 1:9 (strike out Co) Ezekiel 1:23; Ezekiel 3:13.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:22; 2:22; 2:23; 2:24; 2:25; 3:1; 3:2; 3:8; 3:17; 4:1; 4:17; 4:19; 4:23; 7:2; 11:29; 12:11; 12:18; 12:19; 16:3; 18:11; 20:11; 20:12; 30:26; 31:35; 34:21

Exodus

2:2; 2:7; 11:2; 21:3; 21:22; 22:23; 26:3; 26:5; 26:6; 26:17; 35:29; 36:6

Leviticus

12:2; 18:8; 18:11; 20:11

Numbers

31:18; 36:3; 36:6; 36:11; 36:12

Deuteronomy

7:2; 7:5; 13:7; 20:7; 21:11; 22:19; 22:22; 22:29; 28:30; 28:54

Joshua

2:1; 6:22

Judges

4:4; 11:1; 13:24; 16:1; 19:1; 19:27; 20:4

Ruth

1:8; 1:9; 3:11

1 Samuel

21:5; 28:7

2 Samuel

11:5; 14:2; 14:5; 20:16

1 Kings

3:16; 3:18; 11:1; 11:8; 11:26; 17:9; 17:10; 20:7

Ezra

10:2; 10:10; 10:11; 10:14; 10:17; 10:18; 10:44

Nehemiah

13:23; 13:26; 13:27

Job

14:1; 15:14; 25:4

Psalms

58:9; 128:3

Proverbs

2:16; 5:18; 6:24; 6:26; 6:26; 7:5; 9:13; 11:16; 12:4; 21:9; 21:19; 25:24; 27:15; 30:20; 31:10

Ecclesiastes

7:28

Isaiah

34:15; 34:16; 49:15

Jeremiah

3:3; 9:19; 13:21; 50:37; 51:30

Ezekiel

1:9; 1:23; 3:13; 16:30; 23:44; 23:44; 23:44

Hosea

1:2

Amos

4:3

Zechariah

11:9

Malachi

2:14; 2:14; 2:15

H802

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Strong's Number H802 matches the Hebrew אִשָּׁה ('iššâ),
which occurs 781 times in 686 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 12 / 14 (Est 2:13–Sng 5:9)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:13 - Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women H802 unto the king's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:14 - In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, H802 to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:15 - Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, H802 appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:17 - And the king loved Esther above all the women, H802 and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:13 - And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, H802 in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:11 - All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, H802 shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:10 - Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14 - Then said Zeresh his wife H802 and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:13 - And Haman told Zeresh his wife H802 and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife H802 unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:11 - Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, H802 and to take the spoil of them for a prey,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:9 - Then said his wife H802 unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:1 - Man that is born of a woman H802 is of few days, and full of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:14 - What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, H802 that he should be righteous?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:17 - My breath is strange to my wife, H802 though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:4 - How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman? H802

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:9 - If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, H802 or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:10 - Then let my wife H802 grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:15 - And in all the land were no women H802 found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:8 - As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, H802 that they may not see the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:9 - Let his children be fatherless, and his wife H802 a widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 128:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 128:3 - Thy wife H802 shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:16 - To deliver thee from the strange woman, H802 even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:18 - Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife H802 of thy youth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:24 - To keep thee from the evil woman, H802 from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:26 - For by means of a whorish woman H802 a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress H802 will hunt for the precious life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:29 - So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; H802 whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:32 - But whoso committeth adultery with a woman H802 lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:5 - That they may keep thee from the strange woman, H802 from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:10 - And, behold, there met him a woman H802 with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:13 - A foolish woman H802 is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:16 - A gracious woman H802 retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:22 - As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman H802 which is without discretion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:4 - A virtuous woman H802 is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:1 - Every wise woman H802 buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:22 - Whoso findeth a wife H802 findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:13 - A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife H802 are a continual dropping.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:14 - House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife H802 is from the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:9 - It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman H802 in a wide house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:19 - It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman. H802

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:24 - It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman H802 and in a wide house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:15 - A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman H802 are alike.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:20 - Such is the way of an adulterous woman; H802 she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:3 - Give not thy strength unto women, H802 nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:10 - Who can find a virtuous woman? H802 for her price is far above rubies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:30 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman H802 that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:26 - And I find more bitter than death the woman, H802 whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:28 - Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman H802 among all those have I not found.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9 - Live joyfully with the wife H802 whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:8 - If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, H802 go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:9 - What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? H802 what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?

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