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lāqaḥ לָקַח ‘to take’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

lāqaḥ v
1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to take, take in the hand
  1a2) to take and carry along
  1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away
  1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept
  1a5) to take up or upon, put upon
  1a6) to fetch
  1a7) to take, lead, conduct
  1a8) to take, capture, seize
  1a9) to take, carry off 1a10) to take (vengeance)
 1b) (Niphal)
  1b1) to be captured
  1b2) to be taken away, be removed
  1b3) to be taken, brought unto
 1c) (Pual)
  1c1) to be taken from or out of
  1c2) to be stolen from
  1c3) to be taken captive
  1c4) to be taken away, be removed
 1d) (Hophal)
  1d1) to be taken unto, be brought unto
  1d2) to be taken out of
  1d3) to be taken away
 1e) (Hithpael)
  1e1) to take hold of oneself
  1e2) to flash about (of lightning)

Mentioned in Genesis 9:23, 11:29, 24:7, 24:38, 24:40, 27:9, 27:14, 28:2, 31:1, 34:4, 42:36, 43:11, 45:18, 45:19, 48:1, 48:9, 20:2, 20:3, 20:14, 21:27, 28:11, 28:18, 31:45, 31:46, 17:23, 18:7, 21:14, 22:3, 22:6, 22:10, 22:13, 24:48, 25:1, 28:9, 11:31, 12:5, 14:12, 14:21, 14:23, 16:3, 24:10, 24:37, 24:51, 24:65, 39:20, 42:33, 2:15, 2:21, 2:22, 2:23, 3:22, 6:2, 3:19, 3:23, 4:11, 22:2, 24:67, 31:34, 36:2, 43:12, 19:15, 23:13, 27:35, 27:45, 31:23, 31:32, 32:14, 34:25, 36:6, 42:16, 43:13, 47:2, 48:22, 4:19, 32:23, 34:16, 12:19, 25:20, 18:5, 24:61, 15:9, 26:34, 5:24, 31:50, 37:24, 7:2, 14:24, 15:10, 24:22, 34:21, 38:2, 43:15, 43:18, 27:13, 3:6, 6:21, 18:8, 14:11, 33:10, 8:9, 12:15, 19:14, 24:4, 27:46, 28:1, 29:23, 34:17, 40:11, 42:24, 48:13, 24:3, 33:11, 21:21, 21:30, 27:36, 28:6, 30:15, 38:23, 38:28, 44:29, 34:2, 46:6, 30:9, 38:6, 38:20, 27:15, 30:37, 32:24, 34:28, 34:9, 34:26, 37:31, 8:20, 18:4 Exodus 6:25, 12:3, 6:23, 7:19, 17:12, 28:9, 34:4, 9:10, 12:22, 24:6, 16:16, 30:16, 33:7, 6:20, 7:9, 9:8, 15:20, 16:33, 18:12, 29:5, 29:15, 29:19, 29:20, 29:21, 29:26, 4:9, 4:17, 9:24, 24:7, 29:1, 18:2, 34:16, 21:10, 29:16, 29:22, 29:31, 5:11, 14:11, 2:1, 12:4, 21:14, 25:2, 12:7, 7:15, 12:21, 17:5, 27:20, 29:12, 30:34, 36:3, 40:20, 24:8, 32:4, 4:20, 6:7, 10:26, 13:19, 22:10, 2:5, 2:9, 4:25, 14:6, 28:5, 32:20, 29:25, 12:32, 25:3, 29:13, 40:9, 2:3, 29:7, 35:5, 30:23, 14:7, 12:5, 23:8 Codex Leviticus 20:17, 10:1, 14:42, 4:5, 9:5, 15:14, 15:29, 16:7, 7:34, 8:2, 8:23, 8:30, 9:2, 10:12, 12:8, 14:4, 14:6, 14:49, 14:51, 14:14, 14:25, 20:21, 25:36, 8:26, 14:10, 14:12, 14:21, 16:5, 24:5, 18:18, 8:29, 20:14, 21:7, 4:25, 4:30, 4:34, 8:15, 9:3, 16:18, 24:2, 21:14, 23:40, 8:25, 16:14, 16:12, 8:28, 18:17, 21:13, 14:24, 8:10, 8:16, 9:15, 14:15 Numbers 17:17, 34:14, 16:1, 31:11, 31:30, 31:47, 19:2, 6:18, 7:5, 11:16, 16:18, 18:6, 19:4, 19:18, 31:54, 1:17, 12:1, 16:17, 17:11, 17:12, 18:28, 20:8, 20:25, 25:7, 23:27, 19:6, 6:19, 34:18, 23:11, 23:14, 13:20, 17:24, 27:18, 4:12, 5:17, 5:25, 7:6, 18:26, 19:17, 25:4, 35:32, 21:25, 17:4, 27:22, 31:29, 31:51, 3:50, 21:26, 3:12, 3:41, 3:45, 4:9, 20:9, 35:31, 3:49, 8:6, 8:16, 8:18, 22:41, 23:28, 8:8, 23:20, 3:47, 16:6, 34:15 Deuteronomy 22:15, 23:1, 25:7, 9:9, 32:11, 10:17, 26:2, 4:34, 22:6, 24:3, 15:17, 25:5, 1:23, 24:5, 24:4, 20:7, 1:15, 22:13, 22:18, 24:1, 1:25, 9:21, 21:3, 22:14, 25:8, 30:13, 7:25, 24:19, 26:4, 30:4, 31:26, 22:7, 27:25, 30:12, 3:8, 3:4, 3:14, 29:7, 21:11, 4:20, 19:12, 7:3, 16:19 Joshua 24:3, 4:20, 24:26, 7:21, 7:24, 7:23, 3:12, 4:2, 18:7, 2:4, 8:12, 8:1, 9:11, 11:19, 11:23, 9:14, 7:1, 11:16, 7:11, 13:8, 6:18, 9:4 Judges 6:25, 6:27, 14:2, 14:3, 14:19, 15:6, 21:22, 9:48, 4:6, 3:25, 3:21, 4:21, 7:8, 5:19, 17:2, 15:4, 19:1, 19:28, 8:16, 8:21, 15:15, 18:17, 20:10, 6:20, 11:13, 16:12, 18:18, 18:24, 19:29, 13:23, 3:6, 6:26, 17:4, 11:15, 18:20, 9:43, 14:8, 11:5, 18:27, 13:19, 14:11 1 Samuel 9:3, 18:2, 24:12, 31:4, 25:18, 25:39, 25:40, 7:12, 17:40, 17:49, 5:1, 17:57, 20:31, 17:54, 2:14, 21:9, 16:13, 17:17, 17:18, 6:7, 7:9, 11:7, 16:20, 26:22, 25:43, 8:3, 21:10, 25:11, 4:3, 16:2, 4:21, 20:21, 26:12, 2:15, 2:16, 4:19, 6:10, 9:22, 12:4, 24:3, 27:9, 30:11, 31:12, 14:32, 30:16, 6:8, 16:11, 16:23, 17:51, 19:13, 4:11, 4:17, 4:22, 5:2, 15:21, 19:20, 21:7, 8:11, 10:1, 19:14, 25:35, 30:20, 7:14, 8:13, 28:24, 5:3, 30:18, 31:13, 17:31, 26:11, 30:19, 8:14, 8:16, 12:3, 10:23, 10:4 2 Samuel 2:21, 20:6, 18:14, 18:17, 18:18, 14:2, 12:30, 2:8, 4:12, 1:10, 19:31, 24:22, 12:9, 12:10, 4:6, 13:8, 13:10, 5:13, 7:8, 8:1, 21:8, 21:10, 3:15, 12:4, 13:9, 8:7, 11:4, 20:3, 12:11, 13:19, 17:19, 21:12, 4:7, 10:4, 8:8, 9:5, 23:6, 22:17 1 Kings 19:4, 20:34, 18:31, 1:33, 1:39, 11:37, 7:8, 9:28, 14:26, 15:18, 20:33, 4:15, 19:21, 16:31, 18:4, 18:26, 3:1, 11:18, 14:3, 17:10, 17:11, 17:19, 20:6, 22:3, 22:26, 11:31, 19:10, 19:14, 17:23, 3:20, 3:24, 10:28, 11:34, 7:13, 11:35 2 Kings 12:19, 13:25, 14:21, 23:30, 23:34, 15:29, 2:3, 2:5, 5:20, 10:6, 3:26, 2:8, 2:14, 14:14, 16:8, 12:9, 4:1, 6:2, 7:13, 9:1, 12:10, 25:19, 11:2, 7:14, 6:13, 2:10, 5:15, 12:8, 4:29, 5:26, 8:8, 9:13, 10:7, 11:9, 12:6, 23:16, 4:41, 18:32, 2:9, 2:20, 5:5, 5:23, 5:24, 8:9, 9:3, 11:4, 13:15, 24:12, 5:16, 6:7, 9:17, 13:18, 20:7, 3:27, 11:19, 24:7, 20:18, 25:14, 25:15, 19:14, 25:18, 25:20, 3:15, 8:15 Isaiah 44:15, 47:3, 14:2, 51:22, 6:6, 8:1, 36:17, 40:2, 44:14, 49:24, 49:25, 66:21, 53:8, 57:13, 39:7, 28:19, 37:14, 56:12, 47:2, 23:16, 52:5 Jeremiah 7:28, 48:46, 43:9, 43:10, 51:26, 33:26, 49:29, 20:10, 51:8, 20:5, 38:11, 13:4, 13:6, 13:7, 9:19, 17:23, 36:14, 36:21, 40:1, 35:3, 29:22, 3:14, 52:25, 39:14, 41:16, 39:5, 36:28, 36:32, 32:33, 38:6, 46:11, 35:13, 38:10, 41:12, 2:30, 15:15, 29:6, 38:14, 39:12, 25:9, 25:15, 25:17, 25:28, 28:3, 36:2, 40:2, 52:26, 44:12, 32:14, 5:3, 37:17, 43:5, 16:2, 27:20, 52:18, 52:19, 28:10, 32:11, 36:26, 52:24, 23:31 Ezekiel 18:17, 19:5, 17:3, 3:10, 4:1, 5:1, 24:16, 24:25, 33:2, 37:16, 36:24, 37:21, 17:22, 22:12, 37:19, 45:18, 10:6, 5:2, 4:3, 23:25, 4:9, 16:61, 46:18, 17:13, 16:32, 18:8, 16:20, 22:25, 5:4, 8:3, 10:7, 17:12, 43:20, 45:19, 18:13, 44:22, 15:3, 38:13, 27:5, 17:5, 1:4, 23:10, 16:17, 36:30, 5:3, 16:18, 16:39, 23:26, 33:4, 33:6, 43:21, 23:29, 16:16, 30:4, 24:5, 3:14 Hosea 1:2, 14:3, 11:3, 13:11, 10:6, 1:3, 2:11, 4:11 Joel 4:5 Amos 5:12, 7:15, 9:2, 9:3, 6:13, 5:11 Jonah 4:3 Micah 2:9, 1:11 Zephaniah 3:7, 3:2 Haggai 2:23 Zechariah 11:13, 11:15, 11:7, 6:10, 11:10, 14:21, 6:11 Malachi 2:13 Psalms 68:19, 49:18, 73:24, 109:8, 49:16, 51:13, 15:5, 75:3, 78:70, 50:9, 31:14, 6:10, 18:17 Proverbs 10:8, 22:27, 6:25, 8:10, 22:25, 2:1, 24:11, 4:10, 24:32, 1:19, 17:23, 20:16, 27:13, 7:20, 21:11, 31:16, 11:30, 9:7, 1:3 Job 28:2, 27:13, 35:7, 4:12, 42:8, 5:5, 3:6, 38:20, 1:21, 12:20, 1:17, 22:22, 1:15, 40:24, 2:8, 40:28, 15:12 Ruth 4:13, 4:16, 4:2 Esther 2:7, 2:15, 2:16, 6:11, 6:10, 2:8 Ezra 2:61 Nehemiah 5:15, 5:2, 5:3, 6:18, 10:31, 10:32, 7:63 1 Chronicles 2:21, 2:23, 4:18, 10:4, 20:2, 21:23, 7:15, 17:7, 18:1, 7:21, 2:19, 14:3, 18:7, 18:8, 19:4 2 Chronicles 26:1, 36:1, 11:20, 11:18, 16:6, 23:20, 8:18, 12:9, 36:4, 22:11, 23:8, 18:25, 23:1, 1:16

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