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And Ěliyahu came to all the people, and said, “How long would
you keep hopping between two opinions? If יהוהis Elohim, follow
Him;
and if Ba‛al, follow him.” But the people answered him not a
word
Who is BAAL? According to Hitchcocks Bible Name's
BAAL:master; lord
According to websters
BAAL:
Baal /Ba´al/ (bā´al), n.; Heb. pl. Baalim (-ĭm). [Heb.
ba'al lord.] 1. (Myth.) The supreme male divinity of
the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations.
☞ The name of this god occurs in the Old Testament
and elsewhere with qualifying epithets subjoined,
answering to the different ideas of his character; ; as,
Baal-berith (the Covenant Baal), Baal-zebub (Baal of
the fly).
2. pl. The whole class of divinities to whom the name
Baal was applied. Judges x. 6.
According to the Easton Bible Dict.
BAAL: lord. (1.) The name appropriated to the principal male god
of the Phoenicians. It is found in several places in the plural
BAALIM (Judg. 2:11; 10:10; 1 Kings 18:18; Jer. 2:23; Hos. 2:17).
Baal is identified with Molech (Jer. 19:5). It was known to the
Israelites as Baal-peor (Num. 25:3; Deut. 4:3), was worshipped till
the time of Samuel (1 Sam 7:4), and was afterwards the religion of
the ten tribes in the time of Ahab (1 Kings 16:31-33; 18:19, 22). It
prevailed also for a time in the kingdom of Judah (2 Kings 8:27;
comp. 11:18; 16:3; 2 Chr. 28:2), till finally put an end to by the
severe discipline of the Captivity (Zeph. 1:4-6). The priests of Baal
were in great numbers (1 Kings 18:19), and of various classes (2
Kings 10:19). Their mode of offering sacrifices is described in 1
Kings 18:25-29. The sun-god, under the general title of Baal, or
"lord," was the chief object of worship of the Canaanites. Each
locality had its special Baal, and the various local Baals were
summed up under the name of Baalim, or "lords." Each Baal had a
wife, who was a colourless reflection of himself. (2.) A Benjamite,
son of Jehiel, the progenitor of the Gibeonites (1 Chr. 8:30; 9:36).
(3.) The name of a place inhabited by the Simeonites, the same
probably as Baal-ath-beer (1 Chr. 4:33; Josh. 19:8).
According to /The Scriptures/Explanatory Notes/Lord:
Lord
Substituting the Name of יהוהwith “LORD” or “Lord,” as has been
done in most translations, is against all Scripture:
(1) It is a transgression of the Third Command(ment) which
prohibits us from bringing His Name to naught, or falsifying it.
(2) It is a transgression of the command in Deb.̱ 4:2, “Do not add
to the Word which I command you, and do not take away from it.”
This is repeated in Deb.̱ 12:32, Mish. 30:6, Rev. 22:18-19.
(3) יהוהreproves the prophets in Yirm. 23:36, “You have changed
the Words of the living Elohim...”
(4) “Lord” is not an innocent title. We trace it back to the Roman
house-deity, and further back to the name of an Etruscan sovereign,
Larth, not forgetting that in those days the sovereigns were deities!
So this is a transgression of the clear command of Shem. 23:13.
/The Scriptures/Explanatory Notes/Ba`al:
Ba`al
This word, it seems, gradually became a proper name. A similar
Semitic word derives from the Aryan root Bhal, which means “to
shine,” according to some. According to W. H. Roscher’s well-
known lexicon of mythology, Baʽal (Bel, Belos) was the ancestral
and national deity of the Semites, and says that Baʽal was the
founder of Babeḻ (Babylon), according to secular history. He is
identified with Zeus, Jupiter, Ammon, Asshur, Assur, Kronos, and
Bel-Marduk. Morris Jastrow, Max Müller, and W. H. Roscher all
three agree: Baʽal is the Babylonian sun-deity. The Baʽals of the
nations were sun-deities, and Baʽal worship means sun worship.
According to am tract
BAAL:Lord,
1. In the Old Testament denotes an idol of the Phoenicians, and
particularly of the Tyrians, whose worship was also introduced
with great solemnities among the Hebrews, and especially at
Samaria, along with that of Astarte, Jud 6:25-32 2Ki 10:18,28. See
ASHTORETH, plural ASH’TAROTH. The plural, Baalim,
signifies images or statues of Baal, Jud 2:11 10:10. Of the
extent to which the worship of this idol was domesticated
among the Phoenicians and Carthaginians, we have an
evidence in the proper names of persons; as, among the former,
Ethbaal, Jerubbaal; and among the latter, Hannibal, Asdrubal,
etc. Among the Babylonians, the same idol was worshipped
under the name of BEL, which is only another form of the
word Baal, Isa 46:1 Jer 50:2 51:44. The worship of Baal was
established in Babylon in the famous tower of Babel, the
uppermost room of which served at the same time as an
observatory, and as the repository of a collection of
astronomical observations.
That in the astronomical, or rather, astrological mythology of
the East, we are to look for the origin of this worship in the
adoration of the heavenly bodies, is conceded by all critics. The
more common opinion has been, that Baal, or Bel, is the sun;
and that, under this name, this luminary received divine
honors. But the Greek and Roman writers give to the
Babylonian Bel the name of Jupiter Belus, meaning the planet
Jupiter, which was regarded, along with the planet Venus, as
the guardian and giver of all good fortune; and formed, with
Venus, the most fortunate of all constellations, under which
alone fortunate sovereigns could be born. This planet,
therefore, many suppose to have been the object of worship
under the name of Baal, as also the planet Venus under that of
Astarte. Not that the sun was not an object of idolatrous
worship among these nations, but in that case he is represented
under his own name; as 2Ki 23:11.
The temples and altars of Ball were generally on eminences.
Manasseh placed in the two courts of the temple at Jerusalem
altars to all the host of heaven, and in particular to Astarte,
2Ki 21:5,7. Jeremiah threatens the Jews who had sacrificed to
Baal on the house-top, Jer 32:29; and Josiah destroyed the
altars which Ahaz had erected on the terrace of his palace, 2Ki
23:12.
Human victims were offered to Baal, as they were also to the
sun. Jeremiah reproaches the inhabitants of Judah and
Jerusalem with "building the high places of Baal, to burn their
sons with fire for burnt-offerings unto Baal," Jer 19:5; an
expression which appears to be decisive as to the actual slaying
by fire of the unhappy victims to Baal. See MOLOCH.
The children of Israel were prone to serve Baal. See Nu 25:3
Jud 2:14 3:7. Under Samuel they put away their idols, 1Sa 7:4.
This continued under David and Solomon; but under Ahab,
whose wife Jezebel was a daughter of the Zidonian king
Ethbaal, the worship of Baal was restored with great pomp,
1Ki 16:31.
Joined with other words, Baal signifies also other false gods.
Baal-Berith, or the "lord of the covenant," was a god of the
Shechemites, Jud 8:33 9:4. Baal-Peor, or "the lord of Peor,"
was a filthy idol of the Moabites, Nu 25:3, 5 Ho 9:10. Baal-
Zebub, "lord of flies," was a god of the Philistines at Ekron.
See BEELZEBUB.
2. The word BAAL also occurs in many compound names of
places, not always having any reference to the idol.
According to Smith's
BAAL:
the supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish
nations, as Ashtoreth was their supreme female divinity. Some
suppose Baal to correspond to the sun and Ashtoreth to the moon;
others that Baal was Jupiter and Ashtoreth Venus. There can be no
doubt of the very high antiquity of the worship of Baal. It prevailed
in the time of Moses among the Moabites and Midianites, (nu
22:41) and through them spread to the Israelites. (nu 25:3-18;
deuteronomy 4:3) In the times of the kings it became the religion
of the court and people of the ten tribes, (1ki 16:31-33; 1ki
18:19,22) and appears never to have been permanently abolished
among them. (2ki 17:16) Temples were erected to Baal in Judah,
(1ki 16:32) and he was worshipped with much ceremony. (1ki
18:19,26-28; 2ki 10:22) The attractiveness of this worship to the
Jews undoubtedly grew out of its licentious character. We find this
worship also in Phoenician colonies. The religion of the ancient
British islands much resembled this ancient worship of Baal, and
may have been derived from it. Nor need we hesitate to regard the
Babylonian Bel, (isa 46:1) or Beaus, as essentially identical with
Baal, though perhaps under some modified form. The plural,
BAALIM, is found frequently, showing that he was probably
worshipped under different compounds, among which appear--
BAAL-BERITH (the covenant Baal), (jud 8:33; jud 9:4) the god
who comes into covenant with the worshippers. BAAL-ZEBUB
(lord of the fly), and worshipped at Ekron. (2ki 1:2,3,16) BAAL-
HANAN. a. The name of one of the early kings of Edom. (ge
36:38,39; 1ch 1:49,50) b. The name of one of David’s officers,
who had the superintendence of his olive and sycamore
plantations. (1ch 27:28) BAAL-PEOR (lord of the opening , i.e. for
others to join in the worship). We have already referred to the
worship of this god. The narrative (Numb 25) seems clearly to
show that this form of Baal-worship was connected with licentious
rites.
According to ISBE
BAAL (1):
ba'-al: (ba`al; or Baal): The Babylonian Belu or Bel, "Lord," was
the title of the supreme god among the Canaanites.
I. NAME AND CHARACTER OF BAAL
II. ATTRIBUTES OF BAAL
III. BAAL-WORSHIP
IV. TEMPLES, ETC.
V. USE OF THE NAME
VI. FORMS OF BAAL
1. Baal-berith
2. Baal-gad
3. Baal-hamon
4. Baal-hermon
5. Baal-peor
6. Baal-zebub
I. Name and Character of Baal:
In Babylonia it was the title specially applied to Merodach of
Babylon, which in time came to be used in place of his actual
name. As the word in Hebrew also means "possessor," it has been
supposed to have originally signified, when used in a religious
sense, the god of a particular piece of land or soil. Of this,
however, there is no proof, and the sense of "possessor" is derived
from that of "lord." The Babylonian Bel-Merodach was a Sun-god,
and so too was the Can Baal whose full title was Baal-Shemaim,
"lord of heaven." The Phoenician writer Sanchuniathon (Philo
Byblius, Fragmenta II) accordingly says that the children of the
first generation of mankind "in time of drought stretched forth their
hands to heaven toward the sun; for they regarded him as the sole
Lord of heaven, and called him Beel-samen, which means `Lord of
Heaven' in the Phoenician language and is equivalent to Zeus in
Greek" Baal-Shemaim had a temple at Umm el-Awamid between
Acre and Tyre, and his name is found in inscriptions from the
Phoenician colonies of Sardinia and Carthage.
II. Attributes of Baal:
As the Sun-god, Baal was worshipped under two aspects,
beneficent and destructive. On the one hand he gave light and
warmth to his worshippers; on the other hand the fierce heats of
summer destroyed the vegetation he had himself brought into
being. Hence, human victims were sacrificed to him in order to
appease his anger in time of plague or other trouble, the victim
being usually the first-born of the sacrificer and being burnt alive.
In the Old Testament this is euphemistically termed "passing" the
victim "through the fire" (2Ki 16:3; 21:6). The forms under which
Baal was worshipped were necessarily as numerous as the
communities which worshipped him. Each locality had its own
Baal or divine "Lord" who frequently took his name from the city
or place to which he belonged. Hence, there was a Baal-Zur, "Baal
of Tyre"; Baal-hermon, "Baal of Hermon" (Jud 3:3); Baal-
Lebanon, "Baal of Lebanon"; Baal-Tarz, "Baal of Tarsus." At other
times the title was attached to the name of an individual god; thus
we have Bel-Merodach, "the Lord Merodach" (or "Bel is
Merodach") at Babylon, Baal-Melkarth at Tyre, Baal-gad (Jos
11:17) in the north of Palestine. Occasionally the second element
was noun as in Baal-Shemaim, "lord of heaven," Baalzebub (2Ki
1:2), "Lord of flies," Baal-Hamman, usually interpreted "Lord of
heat," but more probably "Lord of the sunpillar," the tutelary deity
of Carthage. All these various forms of the Sun-god were
collectively known as the Baalim or "Baals" who took their place
by the side of the female Ashtaroth and Ashtrim. At Carthage the
female consort of Baal was termed Pene-Baal, "the face" or
"reflection of Baal."
III. Baal-Worship:
In the earlier days of Hebrew history the title Baal, or "Lord," was
applied to the national God of Israel, a usage which was revived in
later times, and is familiar to us in the King James Version. Hence
both Jonathan and David had sons called Merib-baal (1Ch 8:31;
9:40) and Beeliada (1Ch 14:7). After the time of Ahab, however,
the name became associated with the worship and rites of the
Phoenician deity introduced into Samaria by Jezebel, and its
idolatrous associations accordingly caused it to fall into disrepute.
Hosea 2:16 declares that henceforth the God of Israel should no
longer be called Baali, "my Baal," and personal names like Esh-
baal (1Ch 8:33; 9:39), and Beelinda into which it entered were
changed in form, Baal being turned into bosheth which in Heb at
any rate conveyed the sense of "shame."
IV. Temples, etc.:
Temples of Baal at Samaria and Jerusalem are mentioned in 1Ki
1:18; where they had been erected at the time when the Ahab
dynasty endeavored to fuse Israelites and Jews and Phoenicians
into a single people under the same national Phoenician god. Altars
on which incense was burned to Baal were set up in all the streets
of Jerusalem according to Jeremiah (11:13), apparently on the flat
roofs of the houses (Jer 32:29); and the temple of Baal contained
an image of the god in the shape of a pillar or Bethel (2Ki
10:26,27). In the reign of Ahab, Baal was served in Israel by 450
priests (1Ki 18:19), as well as by prophets (2Ki 10:19), and his
worshippers wore special vestments when his ritual was performed
(2Ki 10:22). The ordinary offering made to the god consisted of
incense (Jer 7:9) and burnt sacrifices; on extraordinary occasions
the victim was human (Jer 19:5). At times the priests worked
themselves into a state of ecstasy, and dancing round the altar
slashed themselves with knives (1Ki 18:26,28), like certain dervish
orders in modern Islam.
V. Use of the Name.
In accordance with its signification the name of Baal is generally
used with the definite art.; in the Septuagint this often takes the
feminine form, aischane "shame" being intended to be read. We
find the same usage in Ro 11:4. The feminine counterpart of Baal
was Baalah or Baalath which is found in a good many of the local
names (see Baethgen, Beltrage zur semitischen
Religionsgeschichte, 1888).
VI. Forms of Baal.
1. Baal-berith:
Now what say the BIBLE
Hosea Chapter 2
16 “And it shall be, in that day,” declares יהוה, “that you call Me
‘My Husband,’ and no longer call Me ‘My Ba‛al.’ 17 “And I shall
remove the names of the Ba‛als from her mouth, and they shall no
more be remembered by their name. 18 “And in that day I shall
make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the
birds of the heavens, and with the creeping creatures of the ground,
when bow, and sword, and battle I break from the earth. And I shall
make them lie down in safety. 19 “And I shall take you as a bride
unto Me forever, and take you as a bride unto Me in righteousness,
and in right-ruling, and kindness and compassion. 20 “And I shall
take you as a bride unto Me in trustworthiness, and you shall know
21 .“ יהוהAnd it shall be in that day that I answer,” declares יהוה,
“that I answer the heavens, and they answer the earth, 22 and the
earth answer the grain and the new wine and the oil, and they
answer Yizre‛ĕl. 23 “And I shall sow her for Myself in the earth, and
I shall have compassion on her who had not obtained compassion.
And I shall say to those who were not My people, ‘You are My
people,’ while they say, ‘My Elohim!’ ”
Jeremiah Chapter12
16 “And it shall be, if they learn well the ways of My people, to
Isaiah 65:11,12 taken from The Strongs Exhaustive Concordance of The Bible
H1409
ãb
gaòd
gawd
WOW to forsake YAHWEH OUR ELOHIM and Turn to another, even preparing a table for him, just makes
one sick to think about.
Hebrew Aramaiac
Eloah Elah
Elyon Illaya
Elohim Elahin
Other languages: Ugaritic: "Il", plural: "Ilm"; Phoenician: "l" Plural: "lm."
äåäé
é : Yowd(yode)
ä : He(hay)
å : uau(uau) or Waw(waw)
ä : He(hay)
H1943
äåˆäÊ
hoòvaòh
ho-vaw'
H3068
äåˆäÊéŠ
yehoòvaòh
yeh-ho-vaw'
H3050
déˆ
yaòhh
yaw
Contracted for H3068, and meaning the same; Jah, the sacred
name:—Jah,
the Lord, most vehement. Cp. names in "-iah," "-jah."
HOW IN THE WORD DO YOU GET JAH FROM YAW or YAH?
So where did this name Jah come from? ANSWER: Krisna's Mantra
they chant, "Jah Krisna, Jah Rama" dont take my word for it, look it up for yourself!
1And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the
name of other elohims, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
Colossians 2:8
Guess That would include The name Jah right?
H3051
áä—éˆ
yaòhab
yaw-hab'
Next to the word Jehovah you see a footnote in the English Bible that reads "The Hebrew consonants are YHWH,
probably pronounce Yahweh, but traditionally read Jehovah"*2
ask the writter of the NIV and They say " we used the devise used in most English versions"
Almost every church admit's Yahweh is His name, ask your pastor, or Elders they surely know his name, Right? yet
they translate it to their own ruin, (hovah)
Psalms 83:18
That men may know that thou, whose name alone is Yahweh, art the most high over all the earth.
The people who Translated The Word knew just ask renowned Bible trnslator Dr. George Lamsa who has been
quoted
"That is YAHWEH. It is the original name. All others were added late."*3
or
The writer of the preface of the Complete Bible Dr. J.M. Powis Smith writes *3
"Anyone, therefore who desrires to retain the flavor of the original text has but to read 'Yahweh' wherever he sees
LORD or God"
Malachi 2:1-10
Psalms 68:4
Sing unto Elohim, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name YAH, and
rejoice before him.
Isaiah 42:8-10
Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the
words of my mouth. My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech
shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and
as the showers upon the grass: Because I will publish the name of
Yahweh: ascribe ye greatness unto our Elohim. He is the Rock, his
work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a El of truth and
without iniquity, just and right is he. They have corrupted
themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a
perverse and crooked generation. Do ye thus requite Yahweh, O
foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought
thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
Matthew 15:3,7
or do we?
Is it Jesus?
Zechariah 3
And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel
of Yahweh, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. 2And
Yahweh said unto Satan, Yahweh rebuke thee, O Satan; even
Yahweh that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand
plucked out of the fire? 3Now Joshua was clothed with filthy
garments, and stood before the angel. 4And he answered and spake
unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy
garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused
thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change
of raiment. 5And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So
they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments.
And the angel of Yahweh stood by. 6And the angel of Yahweh
protested unto Joshua, saying, 7Thus saith Yahweh of hosts; If thou
wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou
shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will
give thee places to walk among these that stand by.
Sure seems like Zechariah thought his name was Joshua,
G2424
EÉçóï™ò
Ieôsous
ee-ay-sooce'
Of Hebrew origin [H3091]; Jesus (that is, Jehoshua), the name of our Lord
and two (three) other Israelites:—Jesus.
H3091
èôÈLÜBäéŠ
yehoòshaòphaòtÖ
yeh-ho-shaw-fawt'
From H3068 and H3467; Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua (that is, Joshua), the
Jewish leader:—Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua. Compare H1954, H3442.
H3442
òÇeLé…
yeòshuòa€
yah-shoo'-ah
For H3091; he will save; Jeshua, the name of two Israelites, also of a place in
Palestine:—Jeshua.
Jehoshua Strongs knew his name was The Fathers plus shua, but as we has already seen its not Jehovah but
Yahweh.
Matthew 1:21-23
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name
Yahshua: for he shall save his people from their sins. Now all this
was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of Yahweh
by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and
shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,
which being interpreted is, El with us
So where did this name Jesus come from?
Jesus: Consider Iesous, rendered as "Jesus" in English versions up
to now. For example the authoritative Greek-English Lexicon of
Liddell & Scott, under Iaso: the Greek goddess of healing reveals
that the name Iaso is Ieso in the Ionic dialect of the greeks, Iesous
being the contracted genitive form! In David Kravitz, Dictionary of
Greek and Roman Mythology, we found a similar form, namely
Iasus. There were four different Greek deities with the name
Iesous, and Dr.Bullinger, in The Apocalypse, p.396, says Ies was
part of the name of Bacchus! Also see Come out of her, My people,
by C.J. Koster.*
Is any name fine?
Acts 4:10-12
Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the
name of Yahshua Messiah of Natsareth, whom ye crucified, whom
God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here
before you whole. This is the stone which was set at nought of you
builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there
salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven
given among men, whereby we must be saved.
DID YOU KNOW THE J SOUND IS LESS THEN 500 YEARS
OLD
Exodus 23:13
1And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and
make no mention of the name of other elohims, neither let it be
heard out of thy mouth.
Colossians 2:8
"Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain
deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world,
and not after Messaih."
Remember the Day is coming when the Father says
Zephaniah 1:2-6
I will utterly consume all things from off the land, Yahweh. I will
consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven,
and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked;
and I will cut off man from off the land, saith Yahweh. I will also
stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of
Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place,
and the name of the Chemarims with the priests; And them that
worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that
worship and that swear by Yahweh, and that swear by Malcham;
And them that are turned back from Yahweh; and those that have
not sought Yahweh, nor inquired for him.
Jeremiah 23:23-27
Now therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the elohims which your fathers
served...
Romans 11
I say then, Hath Elohim cast away his people? Elohim forbid. For I
also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of
Benjamin. Elohim hath not cast away his people which he
foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of EliYahs? how he
maketh intercession to Elohim against Israel, saying, Yahweh ,
they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I
am left alone, and they seek my life. But what saith the answer of
Elohim unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men,
who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. Even so then at
this present time also there is a remnant according to the election
of grace
Daniel12:1-4
And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which
standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of
trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that
same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one
that shall be found written in the book. And many of them that
sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life,
and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And they that be
wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that
turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. But thou,
O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of
the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be
increased.Give thanks to Yah! For knowledge is increasing! There
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* Definition from (Institute For Scripture Reseach)
*2 From "Introduction to the Old Testament" in Preface to "The New English Bible"
*3 Quotes from Proving the Sacred Name From Your Bible(Assemblies of Yahweh)
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