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H3947Gלָקַחla.qach

to take: takePart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 112
  2. 66
  3. 46
  4. 55
  5. 32
  6. 20
  7. 34
  8. 3
  9. 68
  10. 36
  11. 27
  12. 55
  13. 11
  14. 12
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. 4
  17. 6
  18. 13
  19. 7
  20. 9
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 19
  24. 54
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 59
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. 5
  29. 1
  30. 6
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. 1
  33. 2
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. 1
  38. 7
  39. Malachi: 0

Renderings

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Other meanings of H3947

  • H3947Hלָקַחla.qachto take: recieveH:VOccurrences: 77
  • H3947Iלָקַחla.qachto take: marryH:VOccurrences: 64
  • H3947Jלָקַחla.qachto take: bringH:VOccurrences: 49
  • H3947Kלָקַחla.qachto take: buyH:VOccurrences: 3
  • H3947Lלָקַחla.qachto take: fireH:VOccurrences: 2

771 occurrences in 733 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Numbers 21:25

    And Israel took all these cities; and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the towns thereof.

    וַיִּקַּח֙ (יִּקַּח֙) i.yi.Kach “it took”

  2. Numbers 21:26

    For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto the Arnon.

    וַיִּקַּ֧ח (יִּקַּ֧ח) i.yi.Kach “he had taken”

  3. Numbers 22:41

    And it came to pass in the morning that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into Bamoth-baal, and he saw from thence the utmost part of the people.

    וַיִּקַּ֤ח (יִּקַּ֤ח) i.yi.Kach “he took”

  4. Numbers 23:11

    And Balak said unto Balaam: 'What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.'

    לְקַחְתִּ֔יךָ (לְקַחְתִּ֔י) le.kach.Ti. “I took”

  5. Numbers 23:14

    And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

    וַיִּקָּחֵ֙הוּ֙ (יִּקָּחֵ֙) i.yi.ka.Che. “he took”

  6. Numbers 23:27

    And Balak said unto Balaam: 'Come now, I will take thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.'

    אֶקָּ֣חֲךָ֔ (אֶקָּ֣חֲ) 'e.Ka.cha. “let me take”

  7. Numbers 23:28

    And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.

    וַיִּקַּ֥ח (יִּקַּ֥ח) i.yi.Kach “he took”

  8. Numbers 25:4

    And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up unto the LORD in face of the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may turn away from Israel.'

    קַ֚ח kach “take”

  9. Numbers 25:7

    And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand.

    וַיִּקַּ֥ח (יִּקַּ֥ח) i.yi.Kach “he took”

  10. Numbers 27:18

    And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is spirit, and lay thy hand upon him;

    קַח־ kach- “take”

  11. Numbers 27:22

    And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation.

    וַיִּקַּ֣ח (יִּקַּ֣ח) i.yi.Kach “he took”

  12. Numbers 31:11

    And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of beast.

    וַיִּקְחוּ֙ (יִּקְחוּ֙) i.yik.Chu “they took”

  13. Numbers 31:29

    take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, as a portion set apart for the LORD.

    תִּקָּ֑חוּ ti.Ka.chu “you will take [it]”

  14. Numbers 31:30

    And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, even of all the cattle, and give them unto the Levites, that keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD

    תִּקַּ֣ח׀ ti.Kach “you will take”

  15. Numbers 31:47

    even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, that kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.

    וַיִּקַּ֨ח (יִּקַּ֨ח) i.yi.Kach “he took”

  16. Numbers 34:18

    And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to take possession of the land.

    תִּקְח֖וּ tik.Chu “you will take”

  17. Deuteronomy 1:15

    So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and full of knowledge, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, tribe by tribe.

    וָאֶקַּ֞ח (אֶקַּ֞ח) 'e.Kach “I took”

  18. Deuteronomy 1:23

    And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe;

    וָאֶקַּ֤ח (אֶקַּ֤ח) 'e.Kach “I took”

  19. Deuteronomy 1:25

    And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us back word, and said: 'Good is the land which the LORD our God giveth unto us.'

    וַיִּקְח֤וּ (יִּקְח֤וּ) i.yik.Chu “they took”

  20. Deuteronomy 3:4

    And we took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we took not from them; threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

    לָקַ֖חְנוּ la.Kach.nu “we took”

  21. Deuteronomy 3:8

    And we took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan, from the valley of Arnon unto mount Hermon--

    וַנִּקַּ֞ח (נִּקַּ֞ח) ni.Kach “we took”

  22. Deuteronomy 3:14

    Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth-jair, unto this day.--

    לָקַח֙ la.Kach “he took”

  23. Deuteronomy 4:20

    But you hath the LORD taken and brought forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto Him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.

    לָקַ֣ח la.Kach “he took”

  24. Deuteronomy 4:34

    Or hath God assayed to go and take Him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you

    לָקַ֨חַת (קַ֨חַת) Ka.chat “take”

  25. Deuteronomy 7:3

    neither shalt thou make marriages with them: thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

    תִקַּ֥ח ti.Kach “you will take”