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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

JPS Tanakh 1917 is not aligned yet, so there are no renderings to show.

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. Isaiah 47:3

    Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen; I will take vengeance, and will let no man intercede.

    אֶקָּ֔ח 'e.Kach “I will take”

  2. Isaiah 49:24

    Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the captives of the victorious be delivered?

    הֲיֻקַּ֥ח (יֻקַּ֥ח) yu.Kach “will it be taken”

  3. Isaiah 49:25

    But thus saith the LORD: even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; and I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.

    יֻקָּ֔ח yu.Kach “he will be taken”

  4. Isaiah 51:22

    Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of His people: behold, I have taken out of thy hand the cup of staggering; the beaker, even the cup of My fury, thou shalt no more drink it again;

    לָקַ֛חְתִּי la.Kach.ti “I have taken”

  5. Isaiah 52:5

    Now therefore, what do I here, saith the LORD, seeing that My people is taken away for nought? They that rule over them do howl, saith the LORD, and My name continually all the day is blasphemed.

    לֻקַּ֥ח lu.Kach “it was taken”

  6. Isaiah 53:8

    By oppression and judgment he was taken away, and with his generation who did reason? for he was cut off out of the land of the living, for the transgression of my people to whom the stroke was due.

    לֻקָּ֔ח lu.Kach “he was taken away”

  7. Isaiah 56:12

    'Come ye, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.'

    אֶקְחָה־ 'ek.chah- “let me take”

  8. Isaiah 57:13

    When thou criest, let them that thou hast gathered deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away, a breath shall bear them off; but he that taketh refuge in Me shall possess the land, and shall inherit My holy mountain.

    יִקַּח־ yi.kach- “it will take [them] away”

  9. Isaiah 66:21

    And of them also will I take for the priests and for the Levites, saith the LORD.

    אֶקַּ֛ח 'e.Kach “I will take”

  10. Jeremiah 2:30

    In vain have I smitten your children--they received no correction; your sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

    לָקָ֑חוּ la.Ka.chu “they accepted”

  11. Jeremiah 3:14

    Return, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am a lord unto you, and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion;

    וְלָקַחְתִּ֨י (לָקַחְתִּ֨י) la.kach.Ti “I will take”

  12. Jeremiah 5:3

    O LORD, are not Thine eyes upon truth? Thou hast stricken them, but they were not affected; Thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction; they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

    קַ֣חַת Ka.chat “to accept”

  13. Jeremiah 13:4

    'Take the girdle that thou hast gotten, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Perath, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.'

    קַ֧ח kach “take”

  14. Jeremiah 13:6

    And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me: 'Arise, go to Perath, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.'

    וְקַ֤ח (קַ֤ח) Kach “take”

  15. Jeremiah 13:7

    Then I went to Perath, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

    וָֽאֶקַּח֙ (אֶקַּח֙) 'e.Kach “I took”

  16. Jeremiah 15:15

    Thou, O LORD, knowest; remember me, and think of me, and avenge me of my persecutors; take me not away because of Thy long-suffering; know that for Thy sake I have suffered taunts.

    תִּקָּחֵ֑נִי (תִּקָּחֵ֑) ti.ka.Che. “you take away”

  17. Jeremiah 20:5

    Moreover I will give all the store of this city, and all the gains thereof, and all the wealth thereof, yea, all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, who shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Babylo

    וּלְקָח֔וּם (לְקָח֔וּ) le.ka.Chu “they will take”

  18. Jeremiah 20:10

    For I have heard the whispering of many, terror on every side: 'Denounce, and we will denounce him'; even of all my familiar friends, them that watch for my halting: 'Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take ou

    וְנִקְחָ֥ה (נִקְחָ֥ה) nik.Chah “we will take”

  19. Jeremiah 23:31

    Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use there tongues and say: 'He saith.'

    הַלֹּקְחִ֣ים (לֹּקְחִ֣ים) lo.ke.Chim “take”

  20. Jeremiah 25:15

    For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto me: Take this cup of the wine of fury at My hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.

    קַ֠ח kach “take”

  21. Jeremiah 25:17

    Then took I the cup of the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:

    וָאֶקַּ֥ח (אֶקַּ֥ח) 'e.Kach “I took”

  22. Jeremiah 27:20

    which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;

    לְקָחָ֗ם (לְקָחָ֗) le.ka.Cha “he took”

  23. Jeremiah 28:3

    Within two full years will I bring back into this place all the vessels of the LORD'S house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon;

    לָקַ֜ח la.Kach “he took”

  24. Jeremiah 28:10

    Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke it.

    וַיִּקַּ֞ח (יִּקַּ֞ח) i.yi.Kach “he took”

  25. Jeremiah 29:6

    take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply ye there, and be not diminished.

    קְח֣וּ ke.Chu “take”וּקְח֨וּ (קְח֨וּ) ke.Chu “take”