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שׁוּב

shuvH7725

to return: return

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H7725G · שׁוּב · to return: return

What it means

  • to return, turn back
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : return
  • 1) to return, turn back
  • 1a) (Qal)
  • 1a1) to turn back, return
  • 1a1a) to turn back
  • 1a1b) to return, come or go back
  • 1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back
  • 1a1d) of dying
  • 1a1e) of human relations (fig)
  • 1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig)
  • 1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise
  • 1a1f2) to turn away (of God)
  • 1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent
  • 1a1f4) turn back (from evil)
  • 1a1g) of inanimate things
  • 1a1h) in repetition
  • 1b) (Polel)
  • 1b1) to bring back
  • 1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig)
  • 1b3) to lead away (enticingly)
  • 1b4) to show turning, apostatise
  • 1c) (Pual) restored (participle)
  • 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back
  • 1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment
  • 1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore
  • 1d3) to bring back, report to, answer
  • 1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense)
  • 1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse
  • 1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward
  • 1d7) to turn against
  • 1d8) to bring back to mind
  • 1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke
  • 1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back
  • 1f) (Pulal) brought back

H7725H · שׁוּב · to return: rescue

What it means

  • to return, turn back
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : rescue/restore
  • 1) to return, turn back
  • 1a) (Qal)
  • 1a1) to turn back, return
  • 1a1a) to turn back
  • 1a1b) to return, come or go back
  • 1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back
  • 1a1d) of dying
  • 1a1e) of human relations (fig)
  • 1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig)
  • 1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise
  • 1a1f2) to turn away (of God)
  • 1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent
  • 1a1f4) turn back (from evil)
  • 1a1g) of inanimate things
  • 1a1h) in repetition
  • 1b) (Polel)
  • 1b1) to bring back
  • 1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig)
  • 1b3) to lead away (enticingly)
  • 1b4) to show turning, apostatise
  • 1c) (Pual) restored (participle)
  • 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back
  • 1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment
  • 1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore
  • 1d3) to bring back, report to, answer
  • 1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense)
  • 1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse
  • 1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward
  • 1d7) to turn against
  • 1d8) to bring back to mind
  • 1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke
  • 1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back
  • 1f) (Pulal) brought back

H7725I · שׁוּב · to return: turn back

What it means

  • to return, turn back
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : turn_back/backslide
  • 1) to return, turn back
  • 1a) (Qal)
  • 1a1) to turn back, return
  • 1a1a) to turn back
  • 1a1b) to return, come or go back
  • 1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back
  • 1a1d) of dying
  • 1a1e) of human relations (fig)
  • 1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig)
  • 1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise
  • 1a1f2) to turn away (of God)
  • 1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent
  • 1a1f4) turn back (from evil)
  • 1a1g) of inanimate things
  • 1a1h) in repetition
  • 1b) (Polel)
  • 1b1) to bring back
  • 1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig)
  • 1b3) to lead away (enticingly)
  • 1b4) to show turning, apostatise
  • 1c) (Pual) restored (participle)
  • 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back
  • 1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment
  • 1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore
  • 1d3) to bring back, report to, answer
  • 1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense)
  • 1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse
  • 1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward
  • 1d7) to turn against
  • 1d8) to bring back to mind
  • 1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke
  • 1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back
  • 1f) (Pulal) brought back

H7725J · שׁוּב · to return: again

What it means

  • to return, turn back
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : again/constantly
  • 1) to return, turn back
  • 1a) (Qal)
  • 1a1) to turn back, return
  • 1a1a) to turn back
  • 1a1b) to return, come or go back
  • 1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back
  • 1a1d) of dying
  • 1a1e) of human relations (fig)
  • 1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig)
  • 1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise
  • 1a1f2) to turn away (of God)
  • 1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent
  • 1a1f4) turn back (from evil)
  • 1a1g) of inanimate things
  • 1a1h) in repetition
  • 1b) (Polel)
  • 1b1) to bring back
  • 1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig)
  • 1b3) to lead away (enticingly)
  • 1b4) to show turning, apostatise
  • 1c) (Pual) restored (participle)
  • 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back
  • 1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment
  • 1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore
  • 1d3) to bring back, report to, answer
  • 1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense)
  • 1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse
  • 1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward
  • 1d7) to turn against
  • 1d8) to bring back to mind
  • 1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke
  • 1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back
  • 1f) (Pulal) brought back

H7725K · שׁוּב · to return: pay

What it means

  • to return, turn back
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : pay/repay/revenge/reward
  • 1) to return, turn back
  • 1a) (Qal)
  • 1a1) to turn back, return
  • 1a1a) to turn back
  • 1a1b) to return, come or go back
  • 1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back
  • 1a1d) of dying
  • 1a1e) of human relations (fig)
  • 1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig)
  • 1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise
  • 1a1f2) to turn away (of God)
  • 1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent
  • 1a1f4) turn back (from evil)
  • 1a1g) of inanimate things
  • 1a1h) in repetition
  • 1b) (Polel)
  • 1b1) to bring back
  • 1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig)
  • 1b3) to lead away (enticingly)
  • 1b4) to show turning, apostatise
  • 1c) (Pual) restored (participle)
  • 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back
  • 1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment
  • 1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore
  • 1d3) to bring back, report to, answer
  • 1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense)
  • 1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse
  • 1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward
  • 1d7) to turn against
  • 1d8) to bring back to mind
  • 1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke
  • 1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back
  • 1f) (Pulal) brought back

H7725L · שׁוּב · to return: refuse

What it means

  • to return, turn back
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : refuse/turn(face)
  • 1) to return, turn back
  • 1a) (Qal)
  • 1a1) to turn back, return
  • 1a1a) to turn back
  • 1a1b) to return, come or go back
  • 1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back
  • 1a1d) of dying
  • 1a1e) of human relations (fig)
  • 1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig)
  • 1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise
  • 1a1f2) to turn away (of God)
  • 1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent
  • 1a1f4) turn back (from evil)
  • 1a1g) of inanimate things
  • 1a1h) in repetition
  • 1b) (Polel)
  • 1b1) to bring back
  • 1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig)
  • 1b3) to lead away (enticingly)
  • 1b4) to show turning, apostatise
  • 1c) (Pual) restored (participle)
  • 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back
  • 1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment
  • 1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore
  • 1d3) to bring back, report to, answer
  • 1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense)
  • 1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse
  • 1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward
  • 1d7) to turn against
  • 1d8) to bring back to mind
  • 1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke
  • 1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back
  • 1f) (Pulal) brought back

H7725M · שׁוּב · to return: reply

What it means

  • to return, turn back
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : reply
  • 1) to return, turn back
  • 1a) (Qal)
  • 1a1) to turn back, return
  • 1a1a) to turn back
  • 1a1b) to return, come or go back
  • 1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back
  • 1a1d) of dying
  • 1a1e) of human relations (fig)
  • 1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig)
  • 1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise
  • 1a1f2) to turn away (of God)
  • 1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent
  • 1a1f4) turn back (from evil)
  • 1a1g) of inanimate things
  • 1a1h) in repetition
  • 1b) (Polel)
  • 1b1) to bring back
  • 1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig)
  • 1b3) to lead away (enticingly)
  • 1b4) to show turning, apostatise
  • 1c) (Pual) restored (participle)
  • 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back
  • 1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment
  • 1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore
  • 1d3) to bring back, report to, answer
  • 1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense)
  • 1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse
  • 1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward
  • 1d7) to turn against
  • 1d8) to bring back to mind
  • 1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke
  • 1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back
  • 1f) (Pulal) brought back

H7725N · שׁוּב · to return: recall

What it means

  • to return, turn back
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : recall/turn(heart)
  • 1) to return, turn back
  • 1a) (Qal)
  • 1a1) to turn back, return
  • 1a1a) to turn back
  • 1a1b) to return, come or go back
  • 1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back
  • 1a1d) of dying
  • 1a1e) of human relations (fig)
  • 1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig)
  • 1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise
  • 1a1f2) to turn away (of God)
  • 1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent
  • 1a1f4) turn back (from evil)
  • 1a1g) of inanimate things
  • 1a1h) in repetition
  • 1b) (Polel)
  • 1b1) to bring back
  • 1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig)
  • 1b3) to lead away (enticingly)
  • 1b4) to show turning, apostatise
  • 1c) (Pual) restored (participle)
  • 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back
  • 1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment
  • 1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore
  • 1d3) to bring back, report to, answer
  • 1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense)
  • 1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse
  • 1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward
  • 1d7) to turn against
  • 1d8) to bring back to mind
  • 1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke
  • 1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back
  • 1f) (Pulal) brought back

H7725O · שׁוּב · to return: repent

What it means

  • to return, turn back
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : repent
  • 1) to return, turn back
  • 1a) (Qal)
  • 1a1) to turn back, return
  • 1a1a) to turn back
  • 1a1b) to return, come or go back
  • 1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back
  • 1a1d) of dying
  • 1a1e) of human relations (fig)
  • 1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig)
  • 1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise
  • 1a1f2) to turn away (of God)
  • 1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent
  • 1a1f4) turn back (from evil)
  • 1a1g) of inanimate things
  • 1a1h) in repetition
  • 1b) (Polel)
  • 1b1) to bring back
  • 1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig)
  • 1b3) to lead away (enticingly)
  • 1b4) to show turning, apostatise
  • 1c) (Pual) restored (participle)
  • 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back
  • 1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment
  • 1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore
  • 1d3) to bring back, report to, answer
  • 1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense)
  • 1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse
  • 1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward
  • 1d7) to turn against
  • 1d8) to bring back to mind
  • 1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke
  • 1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back
  • 1f) (Pulal) brought back

Same idea, other words · Repentance and returning

The Old Testament says 'return to the Lord'; the New Testament adds a change of mind. The two pictures belong together.

Where it appears

  • Genesis68
  • Exodus28
  • Leviticus18
  • Numbers31
  • Deuteronomy35
  • Joshua36
  • Judges29
  • Ruth15
  • 1 Samuel45
  • 2 Samuel52
  • 1 Kings62
  • 2 Kings55
  • 1 Chronicles5
  • 2 Chronicles62
  • Ezra4
  • Nehemiah20
  • Esther8
  • Job39
  • Psalms71
  • Proverbs23
  • Ecclesiastes10
  • Song of Songs4
  • Isaiah51
  • Jeremiah111
  • Lamentations14
  • Ezekiel63
  • Daniel15
  • Hosea22
  • Joel6
  • Amos15
  • Obadiah1
  • Jonah5
  • Micah4
  • Nahum1
  • Habakkuk1
  • Zephaniah2
  • Zechariah18
  • Malachi7

Every use · 551–600 of 1,056 · BSB

  1. Nehemiah 4:4וְהָשֵׁ֥בand return

    Hear us, O God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.

  2. Nehemiah 4:12תָּשׁ֥וּבוּyou will turn

    At that time the Jews who lived nearby came and told us ten times over, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”

  3. Nehemiah 4:15וַנָּ֤שָׁבand we returned

    When our enemies heard that we were aware of their scheme and that God had frustrated it, each of us returned to his own work on the wall.

  4. Nehemiah 5:11הָשִׁיבוּ֩return

    Please restore to them immediately their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, along with the percentage of the money, grain, new wine, and oil that you have been assessing them.”

  5. Nehemiah 5:12נָשִׁ֗יבwe will return [it]

    “We will restore it,” they replied, “and will require nothing more from them. We will do as you say.” So I summoned the priests and required of the nobles and officials an oath that they would do what they had promised.

  6. Nehemiah 6:4וָאָשִׁ֥יבand I sent back to

    Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.

  7. Nehemiah 7:6וַיָּשׁ֧וּבוּand they returned

    These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,

  8. Nehemiah 8:17הַשָּׁבִ֨יםwhich had returned

    The whole assembly who had returned from exile made booths and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated like this. And there was great rejoicing.

  9. Nehemiah 9:17לָשׁ֥וּבto return

    They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.

  10. Nehemiah 9:26לַהֲשִׁיבָ֣םto bring back them

    But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.

  11. Nehemiah 9:28יָשׁ֕וּבוּthey returned

    But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion.

  12. Nehemiah 9:28וַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙and they returned

    But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion.

  13. Nehemiah 9:29לַהֲשִׁיבָ֣םto bring back them

    You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They stubbornly shrugged their shoulders; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.

  14. Nehemiah 9:35שָׁ֔בוּthey turned back

    For even while they were in their kingdom, with the abundant goodness that You had given them, and in the spacious and fertile land that You had set before them, they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.

  15. Nehemiah 13:9וָאָשִׁ֣יבָהand I brought back !

    Then I ordered that the rooms be purified, and I had the articles of the house of God restored to them, along with the grain offerings and frankincense.

  16. Esther 2:14שָׁבָ֞ה[was] returning

    She would go there in the evening, and in the morning she would return to a second harem under the care of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch in charge of the concubines. She would not return to the king unless he delighted in her and summoned her by name.

  17. Esther 4:13לְהָשִׁ֣יבto bring back

    he sent back to her this reply: “Do not imagine that because you are in the king’s palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews.

  18. Esther 4:15לְהָשִׁ֥יבto bring back

    Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:

  19. Esther 6:12וַיָּ֥שָׁבand he returned

    Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.

  20. Esther 7:8שָׁב֩he returned

    Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I am in the palace?” As soon as the words had left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.

  21. Esther 8:5לְהָשִׁ֣יבto revoke

    “If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.

  22. Esther 8:8לְהָשִֽׁיבto revoke

    Now you may write in the king’s name as you please regarding the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring. For a decree that is written in the name of the king and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.”

  23. Esther 9:25יָשׁ֞וּבlet it return

    But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

  24. Job 1:21אָשׁ֣וּבI will return

    saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”

  25. Job 6:29שֻֽׁבוּ־turn back

    Reconsider; do not be unjust. Reconsider, for my righteousness is at stake.

  26. Job 6:29וְשׁ֥וּבוּand turn back

    Reconsider; do not be unjust. Reconsider, for my righteousness is at stake.

  27. Job 7:7תָשׁ֥וּבit will return

    Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.

  28. Job 7:10יָשׁ֣וּבhe will return

    He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.

  29. Job 9:12יְשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּwill he turn back him

    If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’

  30. Job 9:13יָשִׁ֣יבhe will turn back

    God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.

  31. Job 9:18הָשֵׁ֣בto bring back

    He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.

  32. Job 10:9תְּשִׁיבֵֽנִיwill you turn back? me

    Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?

  33. Job 10:16וְ֝תָשֹׁ֗בand you return

    Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.

  34. Job 10:21אָשׁ֑וּבI will return

    before I go—never to return— to a land of darkness and gloom,

  35. Job 11:10יְשִׁיבֶֽנּוּwill he turn back him

    If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?

  36. Job 13:22וַהֲשִׁיבֵֽנִיand respond to me

    Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.

  37. Job 14:13שׁ֣וּבturns back

    If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!

  38. Job 15:13תָשִׁ֣יבyou will turn

    as you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?

  39. Job 15:22שׁ֭וּבto return

    He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.

  40. Job 16:22אָשׁ֣וּבI will return

    For when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.

  41. Job 17:10תָּ֭שֻׁבוּyou will return

    But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.

  42. Job 20:2יְשִׁיב֑וּנִיthey make respond me

    “So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.

  43. Job 20:10תָּשֵׁ֥בְנָהthey will give back

    His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.

  44. Job 20:18מֵשִׁ֣יב[he is] restoring

    He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.

  45. Job 22:23תָּשׁ֣וּבyou will return

    If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents

  46. Job 23:13יְשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּwill he turn back him

    But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.

  47. Job 30:23תְּשִׁיבֵ֑נִיyou will bring me

    Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.

  48. Job 31:14אֲשִׁיבֶֽנּוּwill I respond to him

    what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?

  49. Job 32:14אֲשִׁיבֶֽנּוּI will respond to him

    But Job has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.

  50. Job 33:5הֲשִׁיבֵ֑נִיrespond to me

    Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me.

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