Hebrew · H413

אֵל

אֵל (ʾēl): Fundamental spatial and relational preposition expressing motion toward, proximity, or association rather than static location.

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אֵלH413
Pronunciationʾēl

What does אֵל (ʾēl) mean in the Bible?

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What does אֵל (ʾēl) mean in the Bible?

אֵל (ʾēl): Fundamental spatial and relational preposition expressing motion toward, proximity, or association rather than static location.

How does the BSB render H413?

The BSB source-word alignment has 5,513 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include to (1,902), . . . (999), to Me (285), - (192), to you (146).

Where does אֵל (ʾēl) appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 1:9. Its strongest book concentrations include Jeremiah (525), Ezekiel (503), Genesis (475), Exodus (399).

Source Word Evidence

BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.

How English Renders It
to1,902×Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:9
. . .999×Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18
to Me285×Genesis 4:10, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 26:27, Genesis 29:34
-192×Genesis 6:16, Genesis 16:6, Genesis 24:10, Genesis 24:30
to you146×Genesis 6:20, Genesis 18:10, Genesis 18:14, Genesis 19:8
to him136×Genesis 8:9, Genesis 8:11, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 12:7
into134×Genesis 1:9, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 19:2
against103×Genesis 4:8, Exodus 9:14, Numbers 13:31, Numbers 22:25
to them96×Genesis 37:6, Genesis 40:6, Genesis 40:8, Genesis 42:18
in83×Genesis 6:6, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 14:17
at77×Genesis 22:9, Genesis 24:29, Exodus 3:6, Exodus 26:9
on77×Genesis 4:4, Genesis 22:12, Exodus 12:22, Exodus 14:24
them59×Genesis 26:27, Genesis 42:12, Genesis 45:27, Exodus 3:13
toward50×Exodus 16:10, Exodus 25:20, Leviticus 9:22, Numbers 8:3
for48×Genesis 4:5, Genesis 22:19, Genesis 24:10, Genesis 37:35
him47×Genesis 15:7, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 24:5, Genesis 27:42
Me47×Genesis 18:21, Genesis 24:40, Genesis 32:9, Genesis 48:4
you42×Genesis 4:7, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 22:2, Genesis 31:16
and40×Genesis 4:4, Genesis 24:4, Exodus 12:22, Exodus 24:14
and to35×Genesis 3:19, Genesis 24:38, Genesis 46:31, Exodus 6:3
to her29×Genesis 16:13, Genesis 24:43, Genesis 24:45, Genesis 30:22
with24×Genesis 18:33, Genesis 49:29, Leviticus 18:20, Numbers 21:7
before20×Genesis 41:14, Exodus 21:6, Exodus 22:8, Exodus 23:17
it to17×Genesis 18:7, Leviticus 1:15, Leviticus 2:2, Leviticus 2:8
concerning16×Exodus 6:13, 1 Samuel 2:34, 2 Samuel 10:2, 2 Kings 19:20
upon16×Genesis 39:7, 1 Samuel 15:19, 1 Samuel 16:13, 1 Samuel 16:23
about15×Exodus 14:5, 1 Samuel 3:12, 2 Samuel 7:19, 1 Kings 14:5
her15×Genesis 20:6, Genesis 24:58, Genesis 29:21, Genesis 29:23
of15×Genesis 20:2, Deuteronomy 18:11, 1 Samuel 4:19, 1 Samuel 20:34
over15×Leviticus 14:50, 1 Samuel 13:13, 1 Samuel 25:17, 2 Samuel 2:9
to us15×Genesis 19:5, Genesis 42:33, Genesis 44:27, Deuteronomy 1:6
vvv15×Leviticus 4:21, Leviticus 24:23, Numbers 5:4, Judges 11:9
word to14×Joshua 10:3, Joshua 10:6, 1 Samuel 16:22, 2 Samuel 13:7
that11×Exodus 8:20, Exodus 9:1, Exodus 9:13, Numbers 15:38
against me10×1 Samuel 17:8, 1 Samuel 17:45, 1 Samuel 22:13, 2 Kings 19:27
for you9×Judges 3:19, Judges 3:20, 1 Samuel 20:12, 2 Kings 9:5
I am against you9×Jeremiah 21:13, Jeremiah 50:31, Jeremiah 51:25, Ezekiel 13:8
you to9×Exodus 3:10, Numbers 23:27, Joshua 24:8, 1 Samuel 16:1
by8×2 Samuel 18:24, Jeremiah 34:17, Jeremiah 46:10, Jeremiah 48:19
with you8×Genesis 45:12, Exodus 29:42, Deuteronomy 23:15, 1 Samuel 6:21
among7×1 Samuel 10:22, Jeremiah 4:3, Ezekiel 2:6, Ezekiel 13:19
and against7×Jeremiah 26:12, Jeremiah 50:21, Jeremiah 50:35, Jeremiah 50:37
inside7×Genesis 8:9, Exodus 4:7, Exodus 25:16, Numbers 4:10
you into7×Exodus 13:5, Exodus 13:11, Deuteronomy 6:10, Deuteronomy 7:1
a message to6×2 Kings 3:7, 2 Kings 5:8, 2 Kings 10:5, 2 Kings 14:9
against you6×Judges 9:33, Jeremiah 1:19, Jeremiah 15:20, Ezekiel 7:6
to it6×Job 34:14, Isaiah 2:2, Isaiah 44:17, Isaiah 46:7
with him6×Deuteronomy 25:8, Judges 3:13, 2 Samuel 20:16, 1 Chronicles 13:13
after5×1 Chronicles 16:23, Jeremiah 5:8, Jeremiah 25:26, Ezekiel 7:26
against them5×Deuteronomy 28:25, Judges 20:23, 1 Chronicles 19:17, 2 Chronicles 14:9
back to5×Genesis 48:21, Exodus 19:8, 2 Samuel 23:16, 1 Chronicles 11:18
near5×Genesis 24:11, Leviticus 21:23, 2 Kings 23:11, Jeremiah 41:12
to Himself5×Numbers 16:5, Numbers 16:9, 1 Kings 8:58, Habakkuk 2:5
us5×Genesis 39:17, Genesis 43:5, Joshua 9:11, 1 Samuel 5:10
around him4×Exodus 32:26, 1 Samuel 22:2, 1 Kings 19:19, Ezra 10:1
enter4×2 Kings 19:33, Isaiah 37:34, Ezekiel 13:9, Ezekiel 20:38
or4×Numbers 18:3, Joshua 22:28, 1 Samuel 27:10, Psalms 28:5
to [Elijah]4×1 Kings 17:2, 1 Kings 17:8, 2 Kings 1:9, 2 Kings 1:11
toward you4×Leviticus 26:9, Numbers 6:26, 1 Chronicles 29:18, Ezekiel 36:9
wherever4×Ruth 1:16, Proverbs 17:8, Ezekiel 1:12, Ezekiel 47:9
along3×Joshua 15:7, Joshua 15:8, Joshua 15:10
are on3×Psalms 33:18, Psalms 34:15, Psalms 123:2
as for3×1 Kings 8:41, 2 Chronicles 6:32, Nehemiah 11:25
at him3×2 Kings 9:32, Job 15:26, Daniel 8:6
back3×Genesis 8:9, Jeremiah 28:6, Ezekiel 11:24
before you3×Numbers 10:4, Psalms 102:1, Jeremiah 12:1
beside3×2 Samuel 18:4, Jeremiah 31:9, Ezekiel 40:44
but3×Genesis 4:5, Exodus 24:11, Numbers 18:3
But as for3×2 Kings 22:18, 2 Chronicles 34:26, Ezekiel 11:21
faced3×Ezekiel 40:17, Ezekiel 40:31, Ezekiel 41:12
facedown3×Joshua 5:14, Ezekiel 43:3, Ezekiel 44:4
from3×2 Samuel 24:16, 1 Kings 8:30, Isaiah 39:3
is against3×Jeremiah 50:36, Jeremiah 50:37
next to3×Exodus 28:26, Exodus 39:19, 2 Samuel 14:30
onto3×Judges 20:32, 1 Kings 22:35, Jonah 2:10
to [Gideon]3×Judges 6:12, Judges 7:9, Judges 8:1
to yourself3×Job 15:8, Isaiah 65:5, Lamentations 5:21
upon me3×1 Samuel 13:12, Ezekiel 33:22, Hosea 7:7
upon them3×Judges 9:57, Jeremiah 2:3, Jeremiah 11:11
with her3×Judges 4:22, Judges 16:1, Ezekiel 23:44
[and]2×1 Samuel 4:21, 1 Kings 16:7
[look] to2×Psalms 123:2
[was] toward2×Ezekiel 41:19
about Me2×Job 42:7, Job 42:8
above2×Ezekiel 10:1, Ezekiel 41:6
against him2×2 Kings 6:18, Daniel 8:7
against us2×Joshua 10:6, 2 Samuel 11:23
along with2×Ezekiel 23:42, Ezekiel 48:20
and fitted into2×Exodus 26:24, Exodus 36:29
and on2×2 Kings 9:33, Jeremiah 36:31
around2×2 Samuel 5:23, Nehemiah 8:13
at me2×1 Samuel 17:43, Job 21:5
because2×1 Samuel 4:21, 1 Kings 21:22
because of2×Ezekiel 6:11, Ezekiel 21:7
before me2×Deuteronomy 31:28, Isaiah 41:1
before them2×Isaiah 1:23, Ezekiel 16:37
came to him2×Genesis 50:17, 1 Kings 19:9
Do not2×Deuteronomy 2:9, Jeremiah 51:3
down2×1 Samuel 21:13, 1 Kings 21:16
facing2×Ezekiel 41:15, Ezekiel 42:13
for him2×Judges 8:14, Esther 7:7
for Me2×Isaiah 51:5, Isaiah 63:15
for this2×Jeremiah 49:19, Jeremiah 50:44
for us2×2 Kings 4:13, Psalms 40:5
had2×1 Kings 7:34, Ezekiel 40:16
I am against2×Ezekiel 13:20, Ezekiel 30:22
in front of2×Genesis 30:39, Exodus 34:3
in You2×Psalms 56:3, Psalms 86:2
is upon2×Ezekiel 7:12, Ezekiel 7:14
it in2×Exodus 40:20, Ezekiel 39:15
it into2×Numbers 31:54, 2 Kings 4:41
of you2×Jeremiah 12:6, Jeremiah 38:25
on Him2×Deuteronomy 4:7, Proverbs 26:27
straight ahead2×Ezekiel 1:12, Ezekiel 10:22
them [that]2×Leviticus 21:1, Leviticus 22:3
themselves to2×Jeremiah 50:5, Zechariah 2:11
they turned to2×Genesis 42:28, Jeremiah 36:16
to [Moses and Aaron]2×Exodus 7:22, Exodus 8:15
to [the place]2×Exodus 32:34, 1 Chronicles 15:12
to Balak2×Numbers 23:6, Numbers 23:17
to Elijah2×2 Kings 1:9, 2 Kings 1:11
to enter2×Genesis 7:9, Genesis 7:15
together2×Exodus 36:10, Exodus 36:13
under2×Esther 2:8, Esther 2:14
upon you2×Numbers 6:25, Job 4:5
with me2×Genesis 30:16, Judges 4:18
you and2×2 Kings 18:27, Isaiah 36:12
you to them2×Genesis 37:13, Ezekiel 2:4
[and go] to1×Exodus 33:1
[and] in1×Ezekiel 12:19
[David]1×2 Samuel 17:12
[freedom] to [fall]1×Jeremiah 34:17
[go] to1×Deuteronomy 1:7
[his sons] to him1×Genesis 48:10
[I looked] to1×Jeremiah 4:23
[is] against1×Jeremiah 50:36
[is] on the side1×2 Kings 6:11
[is] upon1×Jeremiah 50:38
[it]1×Deuteronomy 32:52
[Joseph]1×Genesis 44:18
[Moses]1×Numbers 32:16
[one] beside1×Ezekiel 40:44
[or]1×Leviticus 19:31
[shall also be] square1×Ezekiel 43:17
[So they shot Ahaziah] in1×2 Kings 9:27
[the angel]1×Zechariah 4:11
[the people]1×Zechariah 1:3
[the room] adjacent to1×Ezekiel 41:4
[went] to1×2 Samuel 14:4
[will be] for1×Genesis 3:16
{I cried} to You1×Psalms 30:2
{over} to you1×2 Samuel 3:12
a reply to1×1 Kings 5:8
a section for1×Ezekiel 45:2
about them1×Genesis 37:2
about us1×2 Samuel 18:3
According1×Joshua 15:13
added1×Jeremiah 40:5
adjacent to1×Ezekiel 48:12
after them1×Judges 18:23
after You1×Psalms 42:1
against her1×Jeremiah 6:3
against it1×Ecclesiastes 9:14
all the way around1×Ezekiel 41:19
all the way to1×Ezekiel 32:6
among ourselves1×Isaiah 7:6
and [I will send for]1×Jeremiah 25:9
and also to1×Haggai 2:2
and by1×Jeremiah 34:17
and closer to1×1 Samuel 17:41
and everywhere1×Joshua 1:16
and go to1×Genesis 12:1
and in1×1 Kings 6:27
and its side pillars1×Ezekiel 40:34
and live in1×Ezekiel 7:16
and lying on1×1 Samuel 5:4
and on through1×Numbers 25:8
and on to1×Joshua 18:17
and over1×2 Samuel 3:29
and placed under1×Esther 2:8
and returned to1×Genesis 19:27
and run1×Exodus 23:27
and sling you into1×Isaiah 22:18
and threw them into1×Jeremiah 41:7
and to have1×Jeremiah 2:19
and toward1×Daniel 8:9
and upon1×Jeremiah 26:15
and went into1×2 Chronicles 20:28
and went to1×Esther 7:7
any in1×Deuteronomy 23:24
anywhere else1×Jeremiah 40:5
are fixed on You1×Psalms 141:8
are inclined1×Psalms 34:15
around me1×Ezra 9:4
as his own1×Habakkuk 2:5
as well1×Exodus 36:10
as well as1×Zechariah 7:3
asked1×1 Kings 22:21
at her1×Jeremiah 50:14
at them1×Job 29:24
at you1×2 Kings 3:14
back into1×Ezekiel 36:24
back to me1×Genesis 42:34
back upon1×Nehemiah 4:4
be on1×Jeremiah 51:35
be on you1×Psalms 129:8
be poured out on1×Jeremiah 7:20
belongs to1×Genesis 47:18
bordering1×Ezekiel 48:1
but in1×Psalms 31:6
but to1×Ezekiel 3:5
by him1×1 Kings 19:19
came to [Abram]1×Genesis 15:4
came to me1×Job 4:12
come1×Numbers 18:22
come to me1×Exodus 32:26
concerning them1×Deuteronomy 1:3
consult1×Proverbs 15:12
cried out to1×Exodus 8:12
each one to whom1×Jeremiah 25:17
either to1×Deuteronomy 17:12
even to1×Ezekiel 11:11
expecting1×Haggai 2:16
facing one another1×1 Kings 7:5
fit for1×Ezekiel 19:11
for defense against1×Jeremiah 33:4
for himself1×2 Chronicles 32:1
for them1×Deuteronomy 28:32
for yourselves1×Genesis 6:21
from as far away as1×1 Chronicles 12:40
from them1×Judges 8:8
Furthermore1×Numbers 27:8
go out to1×Jeremiah 15:1
Go up to1×Exodus 33:3
God1×Job 38:41
has come to us1×Numbers 32:19
have far1×1 Kings 10:7
He put his affairs1×2 Samuel 17:23
himself1×Job 21:19
his1×1 Samuel 16:17
his attitude toward me1×Genesis 31:5
his bags to1×Ezekiel 12:12
I1×1 Kings 13:17
I [am] against1×Ezekiel 34:10
I [am] against you1×Nahum 3:5
I am on your side1×Ezekiel 36:9
I cried to1×Psalms 18:6
I cry out to You1×Job 30:20
I flee to You1×Psalms 143:9
In addition1×Ezekiel 44:7
in all1×Ezekiel 40:41
in keeping with1×Joshua 17:4
in on1×1 Samuel 23:26
in the presence of1×Micah 7:17
inherit1×2 Kings 2:9
into you1×Isaiah 60:11
is for you1×Malachi 2:1
is on1×Ezekiel 47:16
is our1×2 Samuel 19:42
is to1×Proverbs 8:4
it against1×Ezekiel 30:25
it aside1×1 Chronicles 13:13
It is because of1×2 Samuel 21:1
it on1×1 Kings 13:29
it to me1×Joshua 18:6
Let them be placed1×Esther 2:3
like wine1×Jeremiah 48:11
looked at1×Genesis 43:33
looking toward1×Exodus 37:9
meat with1×1 Samuel 14:34
messengers to1×Judges 11:17
my God1×Psalms 7:6
near her1×Genesis 20:4
never1×Exodus 10:28
of him1×Ezekiel 19:4
of it1×Ezekiel 2:10
of it toward1×Zechariah 14:8
of meat1×Ezekiel 24:4
of them1×2 Kings 6:11
on Me1×Zechariah 12:10
on the man himself1×Job 1:12
on them1×Deuteronomy 24:15
On these1×Ezekiel 40:42
on to1×Joshua 19:12
on which1×Ezekiel 40:39
on you1×1 Kings 21:21
on your behalf to1×2 Kings 4:13
one1×Ezekiel 1:9
one of1×1 Chronicles 11:25
only to1×Isaiah 36:12
opposite1×Exodus 36:12
out to1×Jeremiah 19:2
outside1×Leviticus 16:27
over here1×1 Samuel 14:33
over him1×1 Samuel 17:51
over you1×Ezekiel 27:31
past1×Joshua 18:12
ranks1×Joel 2:20
regarding1×Exodus 25:22
say to You1×1 Chronicles 17:18
side pillars1×Ezekiel 40:36
slept with1×2 Samuel 20:3
So by1×Joshua 21:3
some honey into1×Judges 14:9
southward1×Joshua 17:7
the animal1×Deuteronomy 22:2
the people in1×2 Chronicles 32:6
them that1×Numbers 6:2
they [join]1×Ecclesiastes 9:3
They will look at1×Isaiah 13:8
this [dream] to1×Genesis 41:24
This happened because of1×1 Kings 16:13
this message1×Numbers 22:10
this to1×Leviticus 21:24
to [Abimelech]1×Genesis 20:6
to [Abraham]1×Genesis 18:1
to [Ahab]1×1 Kings 20:10
to [Baruch]1×Jeremiah 45:4
to [Elisha]1×2 Kings 2:18
to [Hosea]1×Hosea 1:4
to [Isaac]1×Genesis 26:26
to [Israel]1×Ezekiel 20:9
to [Jacob]1×Genesis 35:7
to [Jehoram]1×2 Chronicles 21:12
to [Jeremiah]1×Jeremiah 1:2
to [Jonah]1×Jonah 1:11
to [Joshua]1×Zechariah 3:4
to [Moses]1×Numbers 9:7
to [say]1×Jeremiah 43:1
to [tell]1×Numbers 20:14
to [the king]1×1 Kings 20:42
to [the Levites]1×Numbers 18:30
to [the LORD]1×Genesis 18:29
to [the man of God]1×1 Kings 13:15
to {summon}1×Numbers 22:5
to Ahab1×1 Kings 18:15
to be accompanied by1×Psalms 5:1
to Elisha1×2 Kings 2:16
to harm you1×Genesis 31:52
to his1×Psalms 22:24
to include1×Joshua 17:7
to Jacob1×Genesis 29:23
to Jehu1×2 Kings 10:7
to Jeremiah1×Jeremiah 36:4
to Joab1×1 Kings 2:30
to King Ahaziah1×2 Kings 1:16
to meet me1×1 Samuel 21:2
to meet them1×Genesis 19:6
to Myself1×Exodus 19:4
to put into1×Haggai 1:6
to return to1×Judges 19:2
to see1×1 Kings 1:15
to Sisera1×Judges 4:21
to tell us1×Jeremiah 42:5
to tell you1×Jeremiah 42:21
to the1×Numbers 23:14
to the Amalekite1×2 Samuel 1:16
to the king1×2 Kings 1:5
to the other1×Exodus 26:28
to the people1×1 Kings 12:28
To the tune of1×Psalms 80:1
to those who1×2 Chronicles 24:12
to visit1×2 Chronicles 22:7
to You {for help}1×Psalms 28:2
to you tonight1×Genesis 19:5
together against1×Ezekiel 22:13
told them1×Exodus 10:10
toward him1×Ezekiel 17:6
toward it1×Ezekiel 4:3
toward them1×2 Kings 13:23
turn to Me1×Haggai 2:17
up to me1×1 Samuel 19:15
upon him1×Job 7:17
upon us1×Genesis 42:21
was on1×1 Kings 6:8
was over1×2 Samuel 20:23
was to be placed on1×Ezekiel 40:43
we are1×Isaiah 14:10
were beside1×2 Kings 11:14
when I called to You1×Psalms 31:22
where1×Leviticus 4:12
who1×Ecclesiastes 8:14
who was with1×2 Kings 4:18
will come near1×Psalms 91:7
will do the same for you1×Hosea 3:3
with it1×Malachi 2:3
with them1×Genesis 19:10
with us1×Genesis 42:21
Yet [that]1×Jeremiah 3:8
you at1×Numbers 10:3
your fate1×Isaiah 14:16
yourself to1×1 Kings 18:1
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A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.

First aligned rowGenesis 1:9
Aligned rows5,513
Books represented38
Genesis475Exodus399Leviticus244Numbers358Deuteronomy208Joshua218Judges231Ruth191 Samuel3602 Samuel3081 Kings2892 Kings2931 Chronicles652 Chronicles165Ezra20Nehemiah61Esther59Job78Psalms148Proverbs23Ecclesiastes23Song Of Solomon7Isaiah180Jeremiah525Lamentations11Ezekiel503Daniel31Hosea30Joel12Amos14Jonah34Micah7Nahum3Habakkuk4Zephaniah3Haggai19Zechariah76Malachi10
Source forms
אֶל־3,370x’el-Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1
וְאֶל־276xwə·’el-Genesis 3:16, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:5
אֶֽל־139x’el-Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:16, Genesis 22:9, Genesis 24:20
אֵלַ֔י86x’ê·layGenesis 29:34, Genesis 42:20, Genesis 45:10, Exodus 3:16
אֵלָיו֙76x’ê·lāwGenesis 8:9, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 15:4, Genesis 17:1
אֵלַ֥י73x’ê·layGenesis 48:3, Deuteronomy 2:2, Deuteronomy 2:17, 1 Samuel 14:33
אֵלָ֔יו72x’ê·lāwGenesis 19:3, Genesis 19:21, Genesis 22:1, Genesis 24:24
אֵלָ֗יו61x’ê·lāwGenesis 15:9, Genesis 33:13, Genesis 45:9, Genesis 45:27
Parsing patterns
Preposition3,545xGenesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1
Preposition | first person common singular446xGenesis 4:10, Genesis 18:21, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:40
Preposition | third person masculine singular432xGenesis 8:9, Genesis 8:11, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 12:4
Conjunctive waw | Preposition335xGenesis 3:16, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:5
Preposition | third person masculine plural294xGenesis 19:6, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:18, Genesis 24:56
Preposition | second person masculine singular226xGenesis 6:20, Genesis 6:21, Genesis 18:10, Genesis 18:14
Preposition | third person feminine singular79xGenesis 16:13, Genesis 20:4, Genesis 20:6, Genesis 24:14
Preposition | second person masculine plural70xGenesis 19:8, Genesis 22:5, Genesis 42:14, Genesis 42:22
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