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sa.vav H5437

סָבַב (sa.vav) means “to turn: turn” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

סָבַב Hebrew · H5437 161 tagged occurrences in 152 verses

Pronunciation guide: saw-bab' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H5437G

סָבַב · sa.vav · to turn: turn

: turn/bring_around 1) to turn, turn about or around or aside or back or towards, go about or around, surround, encircle, change direction 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn, turn about, be brought round, change 1a2) to march or walk around, go partly around, circle about, skirt, make a round, make a circuit, go about to, surround, encompass 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to turn oneself, close round, turn round 1b2) to be turned over to 1c) (Piel) to turn about, change, transform 1d) (Poel) 1d1) to encompass, surround 1d2) to come about, assemble round 1d3) to march, go about 1d4) to enclose, envelop 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to turn, cause to turn, turn back, reverse, bring over, turn into, bring round 1e2) to cause to go around, surround, encompass 1f) (Hophal) 1f1) to be turned 1f2) to be surrounded

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TBESH · H5437H

סָבַב · sa.vav · to turn: surround

: surround/go_round 1) to turn, turn about or around or aside or back or towards, go about or around, surround, encircle, change direction 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn, turn about, be brought round, change 1a2) to march or walk around, go partly around, circle about, skirt, make a round, make a circuit, go about to, surround, encompass 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to turn oneself, close round, turn round 1b2) to be turned over to 1c) (Piel) to turn about, change, transform 1d) (Poel) 1d1) to encompass, surround 1d2) to come about, assemble round 1d3) to march, go about 1d4) to enclose, envelop 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to turn, cause to turn, turn back, reverse, bring over, turn into, bring round 1e2) to cause to go around, surround, encompass 1f) (Hophal) 1f1) to be turned 1f2) to be surrounded

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TBESH · H5437I

סָבַב · sa.vav · to turn: again

: again 1) to turn, turn about or around or aside or back or towards, go about or around, surround, encircle, change direction 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn, turn about, be brought round, change 1a2) to march or walk around, go partly around, circle about, skirt, make a round, make a circuit, go about to, surround, encompass 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to turn oneself, close round, turn round 1b2) to be turned over to 1c) (Piel) to turn about, change, transform 1d) (Poel) 1d1) to encompass, surround 1d2) to come about, assemble round 1d3) to march, go about 1d4) to enclose, envelop 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to turn, cause to turn, turn back, reverse, bring over, turn into, bring round 1e2) to cause to go around, surround, encompass 1f) (Hophal) 1f1) to be turned 1f2) to be surrounded

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TBESH · H5437J

סָבַב · sa.vav · to turn: repell

: repell/turn_away 1) to turn, turn about or around or aside or back or towards, go about or around, surround, encircle, change direction 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn, turn about, be brought round, change 1a2) to march or walk around, go partly around, circle about, skirt, make a round, make a circuit, go about to, surround, encompass 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to turn oneself, close round, turn round 1b2) to be turned over to 1c) (Piel) to turn about, change, transform 1d) (Poel) 1d1) to encompass, surround 1d2) to come about, assemble round 1d3) to march, go about 1d4) to enclose, envelop 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to turn, cause to turn, turn back, reverse, bring over, turn into, bring round 1e2) to cause to go around, surround, encompass 1f) (Hophal) 1f1) to be turned 1f2) to be surrounded

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TBESH · H5437K

סָבַב · sa.vav · to turn: changed

: changed 1) to turn, turn about or around or aside or back or towards, go about or around, surround, encircle, change direction 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn, turn about, be brought round, change 1a2) to march or walk around, go partly around, circle about, skirt, make a round, make a circuit, go about to, surround, encompass 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to turn oneself, close round, turn round 1b2) to be turned over to 1c) (Piel) to turn about, change, transform 1d) (Poel) 1d1) to encompass, surround 1d2) to come about, assemble round 1d3) to march, go about 1d4) to enclose, envelop 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to turn, cause to turn, turn back, reverse, bring over, turn into, bring round 1e2) to cause to go around, surround, encompass 1f) (Hophal) 1f1) to be turned 1f2) to be surrounded

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively

KJV glosses: bring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, [idiom] whirl, [idiom] round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, [idiom] circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, round), drive, environ, [idiom] on every side, beset (close, come, compass, go, stand) round about, inclose, remove, return, set, sit down, turn (self) (about, aside, away, back).

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How translators render H5437

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
turned 7
surrounded 5
surround me 4
turn 4
away 3
march around 3
turning 3
and he changed 2
and prowling around 2
around 2
entangled me 2
fall in 2
i will turn 2
may be transferred 2
on their rounds 2
over 2
surrounded it 2
turned around 2
winds through 2
am responsible 1
and after they had traveled a roundabout 1
and bypassed 1
and changed 1
and curved 1
and go about 1
and has turned 1
and he brought it around 1
and he came around 1
and he turned away 1
and led me around 1
and march around 1
and marched around 1
and round 1
and surround them 1
and surrounded 1
and then turn 1
and turned 1
are all around them 1
aside 1
began 1
bring about 1
but circle 1
but circle around 1
carried around 1
circled around 1
closed around me 1
cross 1
curled 1
directed 1
eluded 1
gather around you 1
gathered around 1
had surrounded 1
has turned 1
have turned 1
he dragged 1
he may return 1
he removed 1
he surrounded him 1
in circumference 1
in order to bypass 1
is not rolled 1
it has swung open 1
move aside 1
must be moved 1
on a circuit 1
on all sides 1
on every side 1
once again 1
pivoting 1
returned 1
returned home 1
round 1
sit down to eat 1
so they carried away 1
so they turned 1
so they went throughout 1
stroll through 1
surround him 1
surround us 1
surrounded me 1
surrounds him 1
surrounds me 1
swinging 1
swirled about me 1
that i may go about 1
that you turned 1
then he turned 1
then hezekiah turned 1
then let us bring back 1
then mount 1
then turns 1
these stones were mounted 1
they circled 1
they encircle 1
they engulf me 1
they had moved 1
they have brought 1
they marched around 1
they surround me 1
they surrounded me 1
they surrounded that place 1
they swarmed around me 1
they went 1
they will surround 1
to bring 1
turn away 1
turns 1
veer away 1
walk 1
we wandered around 1
were changed 1
will be turned 1
will be turned over 1
will come around 1
will shelter 1
will turn 1
you have been wandering around 1
you surround me 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
turned 6
compassed 5
about 4
and compassed 4
did compass 4
they turned 4
turn 4
and turned 3
compassed me about 3
shall be turned 3
shall compass 3
they compassed 3
and go round about 2
compasseth 2
go about 2
have compassed 2
remove 2
returned 2
round about 2
they compassed me about 2
turned about 2
went about 2
about him turn 1
against it and besieged 1
against me and beset 1
and a winding about 1
and compass 1
and fetched a compass 1
and he turned 1
and he turned aside 1
and he turned himself about 1
and is gone about 1
and led me about 1
and let us bring again 1
and make about 1
and shall compass about 1
and shall environ us round 1
and they carried 1
and they fetched a compass 1
and they turned 1
and they went about 1
and turned away 1
and turneth about 1
and ye shall compass 1
avoided out 1
back 1
be carried about 1
behold i will turn back 1
beset 1
cast about 1
closed me round about 1
compass him about 1
compass me round about 1
compass thee about 1
compassed about 1
compassing 1
fetch a compass 1
fetch about 1
have beset them about 1
he led him about 1
he removed 1
he turned about 1
him and have turned away 1
him and turned 1
him for we will not sit down 1
i applied 1
i have occasioned 1
in 1
in circuit 1
in his stead and changed 1
is turned about 1
it that compasseth 1
it they turned 1
it which compasseth 1
led 1
let him turn 1
me on every side 1
now and go about 1
of them about 1
round 1
shall fetch a compass 1
shall turn 1
she is turned 1
so will i compass 1
stood round about 1
that go about 1
that went about 1
them turn away 1
then he turned 1
therefore i went about 1
therefore they compassed about 1
they came round about 1
they go about 1
they had carried it about 1
they have brought about 1
they have now compassed 1
thou hast turned 1
thou shalt compass 1
thou wast driven 1
to compass 1
to turn 1
turn aside 1
turn away 1
turneth 1
unto me and we compassed 1
walk about 1
was driven 1
which compassed him about 1
which compassed him in 1
which did compass 1
which were about him on every side 1
will i turn 1
with thee to bring about 1
with them and went about 1
would not turn 1
ye have compassed 1
ye shall compass 1
yea they compassed me about 1

Verses containing H5437

Page 2 of 4. 152 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. 2 Samuel 14:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But the king added, “He may return to his house, but he must not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, but he did not see the face of the king.

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  2. 2 Samuel 18:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.

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  3. 2 Samuel 18:30 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “Move aside,” said the king, “and stand here.” So he stepped aside.

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  4. 2 Samuel 20:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Amasa wallowed in his blood in the middle of the road, and when the man saw that all the troops were stopping there, he dragged the body off the road into a field and threw a garment over it.

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  5. 2 Samuel 22:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

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  6. 1 Kings 2:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.

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  7. 1 Kings 5:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet.

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    Source alternate reference: 5.17

  8. 1 Kings 7:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.

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  9. 1 Kings 7:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.

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  10. 1 Kings 7:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Below the rim, ornamental buds encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.

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  11. 1 Kings 8:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all

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  12. 1 Kings 18:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Answer me, O LORD! Answer me, so that this people will know that You, the LORD, are God, and that You have turned their hearts back again.”

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  13. 1 Kings 21:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Ahab went to his palace, sullen and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had told him, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and refused to eat.

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  14. 2 Kings 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set out, and after they had traveled a roundabout route for seven days, they had no water for their army or for their animals.

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  15. 2 Kings 3:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.

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  16. 2 Kings 6:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, behold, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”

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  17. 2 Kings 8:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night. His troops, however, fled to their homes.

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  18. 2 Kings 9:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So a horseman rode off to meet Jehu and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.” And the watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but he is not coming back.”

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  19. 2 Kings 9:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the king sent out a second horseman, who went to them and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.”

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  20. 2 Kings 16:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And on account of the king of Assyria, he removed the Sabbath canopy they had built in the temple and closed the royal entryway outside the house of the LORD.

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  21. 2 Kings 20:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying,

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  22. 2 Kings 23:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt, where he died.

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  23. 2 Kings 24:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.

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  24. 1 Chronicles 10:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and he failed to inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.

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  25. 1 Chronicles 12:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now these are the numbers of men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, in accordance with the word of the LORD:

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    Source alternate reference: 12.24

  26. 1 Chronicles 13:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then let us bring back the ark of our God, for we did not inquire of Him in the days of Saul.”

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  27. 1 Chronicles 14:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So David again inquired of God, who answered him, “Do not march up after them, but circle around them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.

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  28. 1 Chronicles 16:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then all the people departed for their homes, and David returned home to bless his household.

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  29. 2 Chronicles 4:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.

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  30. 2 Chronicles 4:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Below the rim, figures of oxen encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.

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  31. 2 Chronicles 6:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all

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  32. 2 Chronicles 13:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Jeroboam had sent troops around to ambush from the rear, so that while he was in front of Judah, the ambush was behind them.

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  33. 2 Chronicles 14:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So he said to the people of Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, with doors and bars. The land is still ours because we have sought the LORD our God. We have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.

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    Source alternate reference: 14.6

  34. 2 Chronicles 17:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They taught throughout Judah, taking with them the Book of the Law of the LORD. They went throughout the towns of Judah and taught the people.

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  35. 2 Chronicles 18:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “This is the king of Israel!” So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him. God drew them away from him.

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  36. 2 Chronicles 21:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Jehoram crossed into Edom with his officers and all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night.

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  37. 2 Chronicles 23:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So they went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah and the heads of the families of Israel. And when they came to Jerusalem,

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  38. 2 Chronicles 29:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs on Him.

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  39. 2 Chronicles 33:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After this, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and he brought it around the hill of Ophel and heightened it considerably. He also stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.

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  40. 2 Chronicles 35:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Josiah, however, did not turn away from him; instead, in order to engage him in battle, he disguised himself. He did not listen to Neco’s words from the mouth of God, but went to fight him on the Plain of Megiddo.

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  41. 2 Chronicles 36:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Neco king of Egypt made Eliakim brother of Jehoahaz king over Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Eliakim’s brother Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt.

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  42. Ezra 6:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.

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  43. Job 16:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.

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  44. Job 40:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The lotus plants conceal him in their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.

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  45. Psalms 7:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.

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    Source alternate reference: 7.8

  46. Psalms 17:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They have tracked us down, and now surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground,

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  47. Psalms 18:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

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    Source alternate reference: 18.6

  48. Psalms 22:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.

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    Source alternate reference: 22.13

  49. Psalms 22:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.

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    Source alternate reference: 22.17

  50. Psalms 26:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,

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