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em-brās´: The word has two distinct meanings in the Old Testament: (1) to clasp and hold fondly in the arms, pointing to a common custom (; ; ; ; ; ; compare ), and (2) to have sexual intercourse (; ; ). It seems to have acquired this technical sense in later Jewish usage.