Job 38:27

לְהַשְׂבִּ֣יעַ שֹׁ֭אָה וּמְשֹׁאָ֑ה וּ֝לְהַצְמִ֗יחַ מֹ֣צָא דֶֽשֶׁא

To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

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לְ הַשְׂבִּ֣יעַ

לְ

Prefix — preposition to, for

הַשְׂבִּ֣יעַ

Root word satisfied, filled, full, satisfy, filleth, …

Dictionary form: שָׂבַע · saw-BA

Verb — Hiphil, Infinitive Construct, construct state causative — "he made (someone) do" try "to ___" or "___ing"

In the KJV here: to satisfy

satisfied ×8 be satisfied ×7 filled ×5 shall be satisfied ×5 and be satisfied ×4 and art full ×2 and be filled ×2 and be full ×2

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satisfy — Most versatile; works for both physical and emotional fullness.

be full — Good for contexts of eating or abundance reaching completion.

have enough — Emphasizes sufficiency rather than excess; natural in English.

be satiated — Stronger, slightly formal; implies deep or complete satisfaction.

be content — Suits emotional or relational contexts of fulfillment.

be glutted — Negative connotation; fits contexts of excess or weariness.

BDB8152 H7646

[שָׂבֵעַ,] שָׂבַע₉₆ verb be sated, satisfied, surfeited (Late Hebrew (derived species) = Biblical Hebrew; so Assyrian šebû, Arabic , Aramaic סְבַע, , Palmyrene שבע; the Ethiopic verb of same, meaning is :); —

Qal₇₉ Perfect 3 masculine singular שָׂבַע 1Chr 23:1, ׳וְשׂ consecutive Deut 31:20 3 plural שָׂבֵ֑עוּ Isa 9:19, ׳ושׂ consecutive Deut 14:29; Deut 26:12, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִשְׂבַּע Prov 12:11 +, 3 masculine plural יִשְׂבְּעוּן Ps 104:28, etc.; Imperative שְׂבַעֿ Prov 20:13 Infinitive absolute שָׂבוֺע Joel 2:26; 2Chr 31:10 construct לִשְׂבֹּע Exod 16:8; Lam 5:6, לְשָׂבְעָה Hag 1:6 —

1. be sated (with food), especially human subject:
a. absolute after אָכַל, Hos 4:10; Isa 9:19; Deut 8:10; Exod 16:8 (P), + II t., compare Isa 44:16 (|| אָבַל); exposing men to arrogance Deut 6:11; Deut 8:12; Deut 31:20, compare Hos 13:6 (twice in verse) (Israel under figure of cattle), Jer 50:19 (id.; with ב location; || רָעָה graze); = have (or get) enough to eat Ps 37:19; Ps 59:16, enough to drink Amos 4:8, figurative of sword Jer 46:10, of wine Hab 2:5.
b. with accusative of food Jer 44:17; Lam 5:16; Exod 16:12 (P), + 6 t., compare Ezek 39:29 (of beasts, in figure), of earth, sated with water (rain) Prov 30:16, so of trees (accusative om) Ps 104:16, figurative of requital Prov 18:20 b.
c. with מִן of food Job 19:22 (figurative); figurative of earth having its fill (of rain) Ps 104:13, and (figurative of requital) Prov 18:20a; good sense Prov 12:14 (strike out טוֺב, so Toy), bad sense Prov 1:31; Prov 14:14 with מִן of source Isa 66:11 (figurative).

2. more generally, be sated, have desire satisfied:
a. absolute Ezek 16:28; Ezek 16:29 (i.e. with harlotry), Jer 50:10 (with plunder), Isa 53:11 (with given result); of eyes Prov 27:20, of Sh®°ôl and Abaddon vProv 27:20, compare Prov 30:15 = have abundance Prov 30:9 (exposure to arrogance).
b. with accusative, be satisfied with, have one's fill of: Jer 31:14, compare Ps 17:15; Ps 63:6; Prov 5:10; Eccl 5:9, compare (eye subject) Eccl 4:8 Acc. of sons Ps 17:14 (si versa l., but text dubious, see Ol Du, compare Bae We), days of life, i.e. reach the full limit (+ זָקֵן) 1Chr 23:1; 2Chr 24:15.
c. with ב of goodness Ps 65:5, with מִן id. Eccl 6:3.
d. with ל infinitive, לאֹתִֿשְׂבַּע עַיִן לִרְאוֺת Eccl 1:8 (|| מָלֵא)

3. have in excess, be surfeited with:
a. lit, with honey (accusative) Prov 25:16. b figurative = be weary of, with accusative of offerings Isa 1:11 (subject ׳י), tossings Job 7:4, poverty Prov 28:19, shame Hab 2:16, contempt Ps 123:3; Ps 123:4 with accusative of person Prov 28:17.
c. id., with ב of troubles Ps 88:4, of reproach Lam 3:30. Niph`al Participle נִשְׂבָּע sated Job 31:31. Pi`el satisfy, Imperfect 3 masculine plural יְשַׂבִּ֑עוּ Ezek 7:19 they shall not satisfy their appitite (נֶפֶשׁ; || מִלֵּא); Imperative masculine singular suffix, subject ׳י, שַׂבְּעֵנִי חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ Ps 90:14 (2 accusative).

**Now (after ᵑ6 and ᵐ5 Manuscripts) reads שִבַּעְתָּ Hab 3:9, for שְׁבֻעוֺת, compare GASm; Gr Marti שְׂבֵעַת (adjective feminine construct) thy bow is sated with shafts. We thinks hopeless. Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular הִשְׂבִּיע Ps 107:9, ׳וְה consecutive Isa 58:11 2 feminine singular הִשְׂבַּ֫עַתְּ Ezek 27:33, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix יַשְׂבִּעַנִי Job 9:18 2 masculine singular תַּשְׂבִּיעַ Isa 58:10, 1 singular וָאַשְׂבִּעַ Jer 5:7, suffix אַשְׂבִּיעֶ֑ךָּ Ps 81:17 van d. H., אַשְׂבִּיעֶ֑ךָֿ Baer Gi, etc.; Infinitive construct לְהַשְׂבִּיעַ Job 38:27 Participle מַשְׂבִּיעַ Ps 103:5; Ps 145:16 —

1.a. satisfy (especially with material blessings), subject ׳י, with acc. person Jer 5:7 (exposing men to arrogance), Isa 58:11 (accusativeנֶפֶשׁ; of refreshment in drought, ב location, figurative of help and blessing), Ps 107:9 (accusative נֶפֶשׁ; || מִלֵּא), compare Ps 103:5 (ב instrumental, on accusative see עֲדִי); with accusative of ground Job 38:27 (i.e. with rain); human subject, with accusative נֶפֶשׁ Isa 58:10
b. with accusative of food + person, ׳י subject, Ps 81:17 (|| הֶאֱכִיל), Ps 105:40; Ps 132:15; Ps 147:14 with accusative of person + אֹרֶךְ יָמִים Ps 91:16.
c. ׳י subject, accusative of thing + ל person, לְבָלחַֿי רָצוֺן ׳מַשׂ Ps 145:16.
d. ׳י subject, c accusative of beast + מִמְּךָ (of Pharaoh, in prophetic figurative) Ezek 32:4.

2. enrich subject Tyre, with accusative of a people Ezek 27:33 (|| הֶעֱשִׁיר).

3. sate, glut (with the undesired), subject ׳י, with accusative of person + ב of thing Lam 3:15, accusative of person + Job 9:18.

satisfied, filled, full, satisfy, filleth, …

śābaʿ

to sate, i.e., fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)

to be satisfied, be sated, be fulfilled, be surfeited

(Qal)

to be sated (with food)

to be weary of (figuratively)

to satisfy

שֹׁ֭אָה

Root word desolation, destruction, desolate, destructions, storm, …

Dictionary form: שׁוֹא · shoh

Noun — Common, feminine singular, absolute state

In the KJV here: the desolate

and desolation ×1 and in the desolation ×1 desolate ×1 from their destructions ×1 himself into that very destruction ×1 let destruction ×1 like a storm ×1 neither of the desolation ×1

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devastation — Broad, vivid modern term for severe destruction.

ruin — Concise and widely understood; suits narrative contexts.

destruction — Modernized from KJV; direct and forceful.

desolation — Retains wasteland imagery; good for poetic or prophetic texts.

catastrophe — Emphasizes sudden, overwhelming disaster.

wasteland — Noun form stressing resultant emptiness over the act.

BDB8498 H7722

[שׁוֺא] noun [masculine] ravage (?); — plural suffix שֹׁאֵיהֶם Ps 35:17 rescue me from their ravages (si vera lectio); ᵐ5 κακουργία; Ol Dy Gr Che^{Comm. plausibly} שַׁאֲגָם their roaring, compare vPs 35:16 vPs 35:17 c; We Du שֹׁאֲגִים.

BDB8499 H7722

שׁוֺאָה, שֹׁאָה noun feminine devastation, ruin, waste; — absolute ׳שׁו Isa 10:3 +, שֹׁאָה Isa 47:11; Zeph 1:15; Job 30:14 (+ Job 38:27 van d. H. Gi, but see Baer's note); construct שֹׁאַת Prov 3:25 —

1. devastation, ruin, as coming on person, Isa 10:3; Isa 47:11 (Babylon personified), Ps 35:8 a Ps 63:10 שֹׁאַת רְשָׁעִים Prov 3:25 (object genitive; || פַּחַד); וּמְשׁוֺאָה ׳(יוֺם)שׁ Zeph 1:15 probably = devastating storm, in simile Ezek 38:9 (|| עָנָן), Prov 1:27 (Qr; Kt שׁאוה; || סוּפָה). — Ps 35:8b read probably שַׁחְתֹּה his pit, ᵑ6 We (compare vPs 35:7).

2. concretely, ruin, waste, of the desert, Job 30:3 (reading אֶרֶץ for אֶמֶשׁ Ol; otherwise below 1), וּמְשׁוֺאָה ׳שׁ Job 38:27 (|| מִדְבָּר vJob 38:26); = ruins Job 30:14.

desolation, destruction, desolate, destructions, storm, …

šôʾ

a tempest; by implication, devastation

(n m) ravage

devastation, ruin

וּ מְשֹׁאָ֑ה

וּ

Prefix — connector and (sometimes: but, so, then)

מְשֹׁאָ֑ה

Root word waste, desolation

Dictionary form: מְשׁוֹאָה · meh-shoh-AW

Noun — Common, feminine singular, absolute state

In the KJV here: and waste

and waste ×2 and desolation ×1

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desolation — Broad, formal term; fits prophetic and poetic contexts.

ruin — Concrete and vivid; good for narrative or descriptive passages.

devastation — Emphasizes the process and severity of destruction.

wasteland — Spatial nuance; highlights the resulting barren landscape.

destruction — General-purpose; suits contexts of total annihilation.

desolate place — Nominal phrase; stresses the emptied, abandoned state.

BDB5406 H4876 H4875

מַשּׁוּאוֺת noun feminine plural deceptions Ps 73:18; Ps 74:3, but meaning not suitable; read probably מְשׁוֺאוֺת, see מְשׁוֺאָה below שׁוא (so Klo Now^Hup Bae).

BDB8500 H4875

מְשׁוֺאָה, מְשֹׁאָה noun feminine desolation; —

1. singular only in ׳שֹׁאָה וּמ Zeph 1:15; Job 30:3; Job 38:27, see foregoing; plural (מַשּׁוּאוֺת, read) מְשׁוֺאוֺת, so Klo Hup-Now Che^Comm. Bae Du Ps 74:3 ruins (of temple) and Ps 73:18 ruins (of one's life, figurative; but Du here derives from נשׁא: deceptions; yet compare synonym שַׁמָּה vPs 73:19).

waste, desolation

mĕšôʾâ

(a) ruin, abstractly (the act) or concretely (the wreck)

desolation, ruin

וּ ֝לְ הַצְמִ֗יחַ

וּ

Prefix — connector and (sometimes: but, so, then)

֝לְ

Prefix — preposition to, for

הַצְמִ֗יחַ

Root word forth, up, grow, grown, spring, …

Dictionary form: צָמַח · tsaw-MA

Verb — Hiphil, Infinitive Construct, construct state causative — "he made (someone) do" try "to ___" or "___ing"

In the KJV here: to spring forth

to grow ×3 be grown ×2 sprung up ×2 to spring forth ×2 and bud ×1 and he shall grow up ×1 and it grew ×1 and they shall spring up ×1

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grow — Most versatile; suits plants, hair, and figurative growth.

sprout — Vivid and natural; ideal for new or sudden plant growth.

spring up — Captures rapid, upward emergence; good for figurative contexts.

shoot up — Colloquial; emphasizes swift or vigorous growth.

bud — Best for early-stage or budding plant imagery.

flourish — Elevated register; suits poetic or prophetic passages.

BDB7111 H6779

צָמַח verb sprout, spring up (Late Hebrew id., so ᵑ7 צְמַח; Sir. spring or shine forth, shining, also sprout; Phoenician צמח posterity); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular צָֽמַחבּֿוֺ Lev 13:37 3 plural וְצָֽמְחוּ consecutive Isa 44:4 Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִצְמַח Job 5:6, 3 feminine plural תִּצְמַחְנָה Isa 42:9, etc.; Participle צֹמֵחַ Exod 10:5, צוֺמֵחַ Eccl 2:6 feminine plural צֹמְחוֺת Gen 41:6; Gen 41:23 — sprout, spring up:

1. of plants, trees, etc. Gen 2:5; Exod 10:5 (both J), Gen 41:6; Gen 41:23 (E), Ezek 17:6 (in figurative); once (late) יַעַר צוֺמֵחַ עֵצִים Eccl 2:6 wood sprouting with trees (full of growing trees); figurative of future ruler (see צֶמַח) Zech 6:12, posterity Isa 44:4, compare Job 8:19, trouble(עָמָל) Isa 5:6,truth (אֱמֶת) Ps 85:12, restoration (אֲרֻכָֽתְךָ) Isa 58:8, future events Isa 42:9.

2. of hair Lev 13:37 (P; compare Pi`el). Pi`el grow abunduntly, always of hair; — Perfect 3 masculine singular צִמֵּחַ Ezek 16:7 (in figurative): Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִצַמַּח 2Sam 10:5 = 1Chr 19:5 (of beard); Infinitive construct לְצַמֵּחַ Judg 16:22 (Samson's hair). Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix וְהִצְמִיחָהּ Isa 55:10 Imperfect 3 masculine singular יַצְמִיחַ 2Sam 23:5; Isa 61:1l, וַיַּצְמַח Gen 2:9, etc.; Infinitive construct לְהַצְמִיחַ Job 38:27 Participle מַצְמִיחַ Ps 104:14; Ps 147:8 —

1. cause to grow, with accusative of plant, subject ׳י Gen 2:9; Ps 104:14, compare Job 38:27, with 2 accusative Ps 147:8 who causeth mountains to sprout grass; figurative, object צֶמַח צְדָקָה Jer 33:15 horn (קֶרֶן) of Israel Ezek 29:21, of David Ps 132:17 righteousness, etc. Isa 61:11b; compare also 2Sam 23:5 (if interrogative, see Dr Bu; otherwise HPS); subject ground Gen 3:18 compare Isa 61:11a (simile), Deut 29:22 (object omitted); also (figurative) Isa 45:8 (compare Di Kit).

2. of rain, cause the earth to sprout (absolute), Isa 55:10.

forth, up, grow, grown, spring, …

ṣāmaḥ

to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)

to sprout, spring up, grow up

(Qal)

to sprout, spring up

of plants

to cause to grow

מֹ֣צָא

Root word out, forth, spring, brought, bud, …

Dictionary form: מוֹצָא · moh-TSAW

Noun — Common, masculine singular, construct state "___ of …" — bound to the next word

In the KJV here: ground and to cause the bud

his going forth ×2 their goings out ×2 a vein ×1 according to their goings out ×1 and like a spring ×1 as they that go forth ×1 brought ×1 brought out ×1

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source — Best for water, speech, or origin contexts; widely applicable.

outlet — Prefer for physical exits, channels, or boundary points.

going out — Modernizes KJV; good for boundary/border descriptions.

spring — Specifically for water sources emerging from the ground.

what comes out — Natural fit for speech or breath proceeding from a mouth.

outflow — Technical/geographic; suits watercourses or drainage contexts.

BDB3661 H4161

I. מוֺצָא noun masculine^{Hos 6:3} place or act of going forth, issue, export, souce, spring; — absolute ׳מ Job 28:1; Ps 75:7 construct ׳מ Num 30:13 + 9 t.; מֹצָא Job 38:27; Dan 9:25 suffix מוֺצָאֲךָ 2Sam 3:25 מֹצָאוֺ Hos 6:3 מוֺצָאוֺ Ps 19:7 plural construct מוֺצָאֵי Isa 41:18 + 5 t.; suffix מוֺצָאָיו Ezek 43:11מוֺצָאֵיהֶם Num 33:2 (twice in verse); מוֺצָאֵיהֶן Ezek 42:11 —

1. a going forth:
a. the act, of ׳י Hos 6:3 of the sun = rising Ps 19:7 (see יצא 1 f); of man 2Sam 3:25 (opposed to מָבוֺא Kt); דָּבָר ׳מ Dan 9:25 going forth of a command.
b. concrete, מוֺצָאֵי גּוֺלָה Ezek 12:4 goings forth of exile, i.e. those going forth into exile (in simile).
c. way out, exit: concrete, of chambers in temple Ezek 42:11; Ezek 43:11 (opposed to מוֺבָאָיו); מוֺצָאֵי הַמִּקְדָּשׁ Ezek 44:5 (opposed to מְבוֺא הַבַּיִת).

2. that which goes forth:
a. utteranc of mouth or lips (especially of solemn or formal speech), ׳מוֺצָא פִייֿ Deut 8:3 ׳שְׂפָתַי מ Jer 17:16; Ps 89:35 so Deut 23:24; Num 30:13 (P).
b. export of horses 1Kgs 10:23 = 2Chr 1:16.

3. place of going forth:
a. source or spring of water 2Kgs 2:21; Isa 58:11 (in simile) Ps 107:33 (|| נְהָרוֺת), vPs 107:35 (|| אֲגַםמֿים) = Isa 41:18 (|| id.); מוֺצָא מֵימֵי גִיחוֺן הָעֶלְיוֺן 2Chr 32:30.
b. place of departure of Israel on marchNum 2Chr 33:2 (twice in verse) (P).
c. מוֺצָא = east (place of sun's going forth) Ps 75:7 (opposed to מַעֲרָב); zeugmatically, Ps 65:9 מוֺצָאֵי בֹּקֶר וָעֶרֶב i.e. the east and the west (compare the two Orients, Qor 43:37).
d. place whence silver comes = mine Job 28:1 וּלְהַצְמִיחַ מֹצָא דֶשֶׁא Job 38:27 and to cause the growing-place (others, the growth) of young grass to sprout.

out, forth, spring, brought, bud, …

môṣāʾ

a going forth, i.e., (the act) an egress, or (the place) an exit; hence, a source or product; specifically, dawn, the rising of the sun (the East), exportation, utterance, a gate, a fountain, a mine, a meadow (as producing grass)

act or place of going out or forth, issue, export, source, spring

a going forth

rising (sun), going forth of a command

utterance

source or spring (of water)

דֶֽשֶׁא

Root word grass, herb, green

Dictionary form: דֶּשֶׁא · deh-SHEH

Noun — Common, masculine singular, absolute state

In the KJV here: of the tender herb

grass ×3 herb ×3 and the tender grass ×1 as the tender grass ×1 at grass ×1 in green ×1 like an herb ×1 of the tender herb ×1

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vegetation — Broad term; good for creation/new-growth contexts.

green growth — Captures the fresh, sprouting quality of the word.

sprout — Emphasizes new, tender shoots; fits poetic similes.

fresh grass — Concrete and vivid; ideal for pastoral imagery.

tender plant — Highlights delicacy; suits comparisons of frailty.

herbage — Collective term for low-growing plants; slightly formal.

BDB2027 H1877

דֶּ֫שֶׁא noun masculine^{Isa 15:6} grass (Late Hebrew id., Assyrian dišu, herb, Lyon^{Sargontexte 69}; Sabean דתֿא fresh shoots DHM^{ZMG 1875, 597} = springtime CIS^{iv. p. 11}; Aramaic דִּתְאָה, (compare Lag^{BN 130})) — ׳ד absolute Gen 1:11+ 13 t. — accusative of congnate meaning with verb תַּדְשֵׁא Gen 1:11 compare vGen 1:12 (in both, produced by earth); springing out of earth 2Sam 23:4 of a second crop of grass Prov 21:25 (opposed to חָצִיר); caused to spring forth by God לְהַצְמִיחַ מֹצָא דֶ֑שֶׁא Job 38:27 refreshed by rain Deut 32:2 ׳נְאוֺת ד Ps 23:2 as food of wild ass Job 6:5 as failing (withered) Isa 15:6 lacking for animals Jer 14:5 וִירַק דֶּשֶׁא simile of weakness 2Kgs 19:26 (|| עֵשֶׂב שָׂדֶה) = Isa 37:27 of transitoriness (withering) Ps 37:2 (׳יֶרֶק ד); of growth and prosperity, Isa 66:14.

BDB9461 H1883 H1877

[דֶּ֫תֶא] noun [masculine] grass (so ᵑ7 Syriac; Biblical Hebrew דֶּשֶׁא); — emphatic דִּתְאָא Dan 4:12; Dan 4:20.

grass, herb, green

dešeʾ

a sprout; by analogy, grass

grass, new grass, green herb, vegetation, young

This book is chanted to the poetic accent system (used only in Job, Psalms, and Proverbs). Each group below ends at one of its pausing accents — translate a group as one unit.

לְהַשְׂבִּ֣יעַ שֹׁ֭אָה Dechi — a lesser break וּמְשֹׁאָ֑ה Atnach — the verse's main pause — take a breath here וּ֝לְהַצְמִ֗יחַ Revia Mugrash — a lesser break מֹ֣צָא דֶֽשֶׁא Silluq — end of the verse

לְהַשְׂבִּיעַ שֹׁאָה וּמְשֹׁאָה וּלְהַצְמִיחַ מֹצָא דֶֽשֶׁא׃

To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

Cross References

Psalms 107:35

יָשֵׂם מִדְבָּר לַֽאֲגַם-מַיִם וְאֶרֶץ צִיָּה לְמֹצָאֵי מָֽיִם׃

He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.

Psalms 104:14

מַצְמִיחַ חָצִיר׀ לַבְּהֵמָה וְעֵשֶׂב לַעֲבֹדַת הָאָדָם לְהוֹצִיא לֶחֶם מִן-הָאָֽרֶץ׃

He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

Job 38:26

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Job 38:28

Job 38:27

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Strong's Definition H7646

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Strong's Definition H7722

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Strong's Definition H4875

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Strong's Definition H6779

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Strong's Definition H4161

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Strong's Definition H1877

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