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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. Deuteronomy 7:25

    The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire; thou shalt not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein; for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.

    וְלָקַחְתָּ֣ (לָקַחְתָּ֣) la.kach.Ta “you will take [it]”

  2. Deuteronomy 9:21

    And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and beat it in pieces, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust; and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.--

    לָקַחְתִּי֮ la.kach.Ti “I took”

  3. Deuteronomy 10:17

    For the LORD your God, He is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awful, who regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward.

    יִקַּ֖ח yi.Kach “he takes”

  4. Deuteronomy 15:17

    then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear and into the door, and he shall be thy bondman for ever. And also unto thy bondwoman thou shalt do likewise.

    וְלָקַחְתָּ֣ (לָקַחְתָּ֣) la.kach.Ta “you will take”

  5. Deuteronomy 19:12

    then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

    וְלָקְח֥וּ (לָקְח֥וּ) la.ke.Chu “they will take”

  6. Deuteronomy 21:3

    And it shall be, that the city which is nearest unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke.

    וְלָֽקְח֡וּ (לָֽקְח֡וּ) la.ke.Chu “they will take”

  7. Deuteronomy 21:11

    and seest among the captives a woman of goodly form, and thou hast a desire unto her, and wouldest take her to thee to wife;

    וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ (לָקַחְתָּ֥) la.kach.Ta “you will take [her]”

  8. Deuteronomy 22:6

    If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young;

    תִקַּ֥ח ti.Kach “you will take”

  9. Deuteronomy 22:7

    thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, but the young thou mayest take unto thyself; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.

    תִּֽקַּֽח־ ti.kach- “you will take”

  10. Deuteronomy 22:13

    If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,

    יִקַּ֥ח yi.Kach “he will take”

  11. Deuteronomy 22:15

    then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate.

    וְלָקַ֛ח (לָקַ֛ח) la.Kach “he will take”

  12. Deuteronomy 22:18

    And the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him.

    וְלָֽקְח֛וּ (לָֽקְח֛וּ) la.ke.Chu “they will take”

  13. Deuteronomy 23:1

    A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt.

    יִקַּ֥ח yi.Kach “he will take”

  14. Deuteronomy 24:1

    When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it cometh to pass, if she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he writeth her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his hous

    יִקַּ֥ח yi.Kach “he will take”

  15. Deuteronomy 24:3

    and the latter husband hateth her, and writeth her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife;

    לְקָחָ֥הּ (לְקָחָ֥) le.ka.Cha “he has taken”

  16. Deuteronomy 24:19

    When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go back to fetch it; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hands.

    לְקַחְתּ֔וֹ (קַחְתּ֔) kach.T “fetch”

  17. Deuteronomy 26:2

    that thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which thou shalt bring in from thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee; and thou shalt put it in a basket and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to cause His na

    וְלָקַחְתָּ֞ (לָקַחְתָּ֞) la.kach.Ta “you will take”

  18. Deuteronomy 26:4

    And the priest shall take the basket out of thy hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God.

    וְלָקַ֧ח (לָקַ֧ח) la.Kach “he will take”

  19. Deuteronomy 27:25

    Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say: Amen.

    לֹקֵ֣חַ lo.Ke.ach “[one who] takes”

  20. Deuteronomy 29:7

    And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of the Manassites.

    וַנִּקַּח֙ (נִּקַּח֙) ni.Kach “we took”

  21. Deuteronomy 30:4

    If any of thine that are dispersed be in the uttermost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will He fetch thee.

    יִקָּחֶֽךָ׃ (יִקָּחֶֽ) yi.ka.Che. “he will bring”

  22. Deuteronomy 31:26

    'Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.

    לָקֹ֗חַ la.Ko.ach “take”

  23. Deuteronomy 32:11

    As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, hovereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her pinions--

    יִקָּחֵ֔הוּ (יִקָּחֵ֔) yi.ka.Che. “it takes”

  24. Joshua 2:4

    And the woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said: 'Yea, the men came unto me, but I knew not whence they were;

    וַתִּקַּ֧ח (תִּקַּ֧ח) ti.Kach “she took”

  25. Joshua 3:12

    Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.

    קְח֤וּ ke.Chu “take”