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lāxad לָכַד ‘to capture’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

lāxad v
1) to capture, take, seize
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to capture, seize
  1a2) to capture (of men) (fig.)
  1a3) to take (by lot)
 1b) (Niphal)
  1b1) to be captured
  1b2) to be caught (of men in trap, snare) (fig.)
 1c) (Hithpael) to grasp each other

Mentioned in Numbers 21:32, 32:39, 32:41, 32:42 Deuteronomy 3:4, 2:34, 2:35 Joshua 19:47, 10:1, 15:17, 10:42, 6:20, 11:10, 11:12, 15:16, 8:21, 8:19, 7:15, 7:14, 10:28, 10:32, 10:35, 10:37, 10:39, 7:16, 7:17, 7:18, 11:17 Judges 9:45, 9:50, 1:13, 15:4, 3:28, 8:12, 7:24, 8:14, 7:25, 1:12, 12:5, 1:8, 1:18 1 Samuel 14:47, 14:41, 14:42, 10:20, 10:21 2 Samuel 8:4, 12:27, 12:28, 12:29, 5:7, 12:26 1 Kings 16:18, 9:16 2 Kings 12:18, 17:6, 18:10 Isaiah 28:13, 24:18, 20:1, 8:15 Jeremiah 48:7, 51:41, 34:22, 6:11, 50:2, 51:56, 48:1, 48:44, 32:3, 32:28, 38:3, 5:26, 50:9, 37:8, 48:41, 32:24, 38:28, 50:24, 51:31, 18:22, 8:9 Amos 3:5, 3:4 Habakkuk 1:10 Zechariah 14:2 Psalms 59:13, 35:8, 9:16 Proverbs 6:2, 16:32, 5:22, 11:6 Job 38:30, 41:9, 36:8, 5:13 Lamentations 4:20 Ecclesiastes 7:26 Daniel 11:18, 11:15 Nehemiah 9:25 1 Chronicles 18:4, 11:5 2 Chronicles 17:2, 13:19, 15:8, 22:9, 28:18, 33:11, 12:4, 32:18

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