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Lexicon :: Strong's H8147 - šᵊnayim

Aa
שְׁנַיִם
Transliteration
šᵊnayim
Pronunciation
shen-ah'-yim
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Part of Speech
adjective, dual masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2421a

Strong’s Definitions

שְׁנַיִם shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim; dual of H8145; feminine שְׁתַּיִם shᵉttayim; two; also (as ordinal) twofold:—both, couple, double, second, twain, twelfth, twelve, twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 768x

The KJV translates Strong's H8147 in the following manner: two (533x), twelve (with H6240) (105x), both (69x), twelfth (with H6240) (21x), second (10x), twain (7x), both of them (5x), twice (5x), double (5x), miscellaneous (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 768x
The KJV translates Strong's H8147 in the following manner: two (533x), twelve (with H6240) (105x), both (69x), twelfth (with H6240) (21x), second (10x), twain (7x), both of them (5x), twice (5x), double (5x), miscellaneous (8x).

  1. two

    1. two (the cardinal number)

      1. two, both, double, twice

    2. second (the ordinal number)

    3. in combination with other numbers

    4. both (a dual number)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שְׁנַיִם shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim; dual of H8145; feminine שְׁתַּיִם shᵉttayim; two; also (as ordinal) twofold:—both, couple, double, second, twain, twelfth, twelve, twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
STRONGS H8147: Abbreviations
שְׁנַ֫יִם, שְׁתַּיִם (PhilippiZMG xlix (1895), 202 Ges§ 97b note): 768 noun masculine and feminine dual two (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician אשנם (and שנ׳ second), Punic שנם Lzb380; Arabic bdb104101; Sabean תֿני HomChr 47, Aramaic תְּרֵין, bdb104102 (תִּנְיָנָא, bdb104103second); Nabataean תרין, Palmyrene feminine תרתן, תרתיא, Lzb388; Assyrian šinâ; on etymology see √, and especially PhilippiZMG xxxii (1878), 21-98); — masculine (with masculine noun) שְׁנַיִם Amos 3:3 +; construct שְׁנֵי Isaiah 7:16 +, suffix שְׁנֵיהֶם Genesis 2:25 +, etc.; feminine (with feminine noun) שְׁתַּיִם Amos 4:8 +; construct שְׁתֵּי Genesis 4:19, וּשְׁתֵּי Isaiah 7:21 +, etc., מִשְּׁתֵֿי Judges 16:28 (see GFM); suffixes see below (2+10= 12, see below); Hexateuch chiefly P; — two:
1. no other number:
a. usually construct before plural noun (צְמִידִים) שְׁנֵי Genesis 24:22 + 19 times + 2 Samuel 23:20 || 1 Chronicles 11:22 (insert בְּנֵי Greek Version of the LXX Th modern, otherwise RSSemitic i. 469, 2nd ed., 488); (נָשִׁים) שְׁתֵּי Genesis 4:19 132 times, 1 Samuel 10:4 insert כִּכְּרוֺת Klo HPS Bu Now; Leviticus 16:21 read dual יָדָיו Qr, + Judges 16:28 (see above) + שְׁתֵּיאֵֿלֶּה Isaiah 47:9 both these things; before singular noun, שְׁנֵי Exodus 16:22 (Ges§ 134e); suffix שְׁנֵיתֶם the two of them Genesis 2:25 + 62 times, + Proverbs 24:22 (> their years Syriac Version Targum De and others; probably corrupt, see Toy), שְׁנֵינוּ Genesis 31:37 + 2 times, שְׁנֵיכֶם † Genesis 27:45; שְׁתֵּיהֶם (masculine suffix! Ges§ 135 o) † Ruth 1:19; Ruth 4:11, יֵ֯הֶן † 1 Samuel 25:43; Ezekiel 23:13.
b. absolute
(1) שְׁנַ֫יִם (90 times), before plural noun Judges 11:37 + 26 times; after plural noun 2 Samuel 1:1; Exodus 29:1+ 21 times (usually P Chronicles), singular noun (collective) Genesis 46:27; Numbers 7:17 + 11 times Numbers 17; noun omitted Genesis 7:2; Genesis 44:27 + 26 times; שׁ׳ שׁ׳ distributive Genesis 7:9 +; לִשׁ׳ cut in two 2 Kings 3:25; Jeremiah 34:18; = double amount † Exodus 22:3; Exodus 22:6; Exodus 22:8 (E); שׁ׳ פִּי † Deuteronomy 21:17 double portion, + בְּרוּחֲךָ † 2 Kings 2:9 in (of) thy spirit, + בָּהּ †Zechariah 3:18;
(2) שְׁתַּ֫יִם (55 times) before plural noun 1 Kings 3:16 + 16 times; after plural noun (usually P and late) 2 Chronicles 24:3 + 9 times; noun omitted, = two things † Isaiah 51:19; Job 13:20; Proverbs 30:7; שְׁתַּיִם = twice † 2 Kings 6:10; Job 40:5; Psalm 62:12 (or as Proverbs 30:7), בִּשׁ׳ Job 33:14 either so, or in two ways RVm (see De); as ordinal בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתַּיִם לְ 1 Kings 15:25 + 9 times, etc.; (3) as round number, שְׁנַיִם עֵצִים 1 Kings 17:12 a few sticks (German 'ein paar'), compare 2 Kings 9:32; Isaiah 17:6; שְׁתַּיִם שָׁלשׁ Amos 4:8, וּשְׁתָּ֑יִם פַּעַם Nehemiah 13:20, compare Jeremiah 3:14 אֶחָד מֵעִיר וּשְׁנַיִם מִמִּשְׁפָּחָה = a small number; Ezra 10:13 not for one or two days (but for many), 2 Kings 6:10.
2. twelve: with noun masculine שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר Genesis 42:13 + 87 times, לִשְׁנֵי עָשָׂר Exodus 28:21 + 4 times; with noun feminine שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה Exodus 24:4 + 34 times, שְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה † Ezekiel 32:1, 17; Ezekiel 33:21; before plural noun Genesis 17:20; Exodus 15:27 +; after plural noun Numbers 7:84 (twice in verse) +; before singular noun Exodus 28:21 +, Genesis 14:4 (12 year) +, etc.; as ordinal, יוֺם בְּיוֺם שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר Numbers 7:78, בִּשְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה Ezekiel 32:1 +, etc.
3. with larger number: 10 (etc.) + 2, 2 Samuel 8:5; Judges 10:3 + 56 times; 2+10 (etc.) Numbers 1:35 (P), 2 Chronicles 22:2 + 18 times (Köii. 1. 215 ff. Ges§ 97 f.); 200+2+30, 1 Kings 20:15; 50+2 as ordinal 2 Kings 15:27 + 2 times; compare 2 + 20, 1 Chronicles 24:17.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:25; 2:25; 4:1; 4:19; 4:19; 7:2; 7:9; 14:4; 17:20; 24:22; 27:45; 31:37; 42:13; 44:27; 46:27

Exodus

15:27; 16:22; 22:3; 22:6; 22:8; 24:4; 28:21; 28:21; 29:1

Leviticus

16:21

Numbers

1:35; 7:17; 7:78; 7:84; 17

Deuteronomy

21:17

Judges

10:3; 11:37; 16:28; 16:28

Ruth

1:19; 4:11

1 Samuel

10:4; 25:43

2 Samuel

1:1; 8:5; 23:20

1 Kings

3:16; 15:25; 17:12; 20:15

2 Kings

2:9; 3:25; 6:10; 6:10; 9:32; 15:27

1 Chronicles

11:22; 24:17

2 Chronicles

22:2; 24:3

Ezra

10:13

Nehemiah

13:20

Job

13:20; 33:14; 40:5

Psalms

62:12

Proverbs

24:22; 30:7; 30:7

Isaiah

7:16; 7:21; 17:6; 47:9; 51:19

Jeremiah

3:14; 34:18

Ezekiel

23:13; 32:1; 32:1; 32:17; 33:21

Amos

3:3; 4:8; 4:8

H8147

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Strong's Number H8147 matches the Hebrew שְׁנַיִם (šᵊnayim),
which occurs 769 times in 646 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 6 / 13 (Deu 21:15–Jdg 19:29)

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:15 - If a man have two H8147 wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:17 - But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double H8147 portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:22 - If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them H8147 die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:24 - Then ye shall bring them both H8147 out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:18 - Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these H8147 are abomination unto the LORD thy God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:30 - How should one chase a thousand, and two H8147 put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:1 - And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two H8147 men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:4 - And the woman took the two H8147 men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:10 - For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto H8147 the two H8147 kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:23 - So the two H8147 men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:12 - Now therefore take you twelve H8147 men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:2 - Take you twelve H8147 men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:3 - And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve H8147 stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:4 - Then Joshua called the twelve H8147 men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:8 - And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve H8147 stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:9 - And H8147 Joshua set up twelve H8147 stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:20 - And those twelve H8147 stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:22 - But H8147 Joshua had said unto H8147 the two H8147 men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:25 - And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve H8147 thousand, even all the men of Ai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:10 - And all that he did to H8147 the two H8147 kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:3 - For Moses had given the inheritance of two H8147 tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:4 - For the children of Joseph were two H8147 tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:60 - Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, and Rabbah; two H8147 cities with their villages:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:24 - And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve H8147 cities with their villages:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:15 - And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve H8147 cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:30 - Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two H8147 cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:7 - The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve H8147 cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:16 - And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two H8147 tribes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:25 - And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two H8147 cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:27 - And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two H8147 cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:40 - So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve H8147 cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:12 - And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two H8147 kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:16 - But Ehud made him a dagger which had two H8147 edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:3 - Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two H8147 thousand; and there remained ten thousand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:25 - And they took two H8147 princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:12 - And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two H8147 kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:44 - And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and H8147 the two H8147 other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:3 - And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two H8147 years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:37 - And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two H8147 months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:38 - And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two H8147 months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:39 - And it came to pass at the end of two H8147 months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:6 - Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two H8147 thousand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:4 - And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two H8147 tails.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:13 - And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two H8147 new cords, and brought him up from the rock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:3 - And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and H8147 the two H8147 posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:28 - And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for H8147 my two H8147 eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:29 - And Samson took hold of H8147 the two H8147 middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:6 - And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them H8147 together: for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:8 - And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them. H8147

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:29 - And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve H8147 pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.

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