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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. Ezekiel 16:39

    I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and break down thy lofty places; and they shall strip thee of thy clothes, and take thy fair jewels; and they shall leave thee naked and bare.

    וְלָקְח֖וּ (לָקְח֖וּ) la.ke.Chu “they will take”

  2. Ezekiel 16:61

    Then shalt thou remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder sisters and thy younger; and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not because of thy covenant.

    בְּקַחְתֵּ֗ךְ (קַחְתֵּ֗) kach.Te “receive”

  3. Ezekiel 17:3

    and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar;

    וַיִּקַּ֖ח (יִּקַּ֖ח) i.yi.Kach “it took”

  4. Ezekiel 17:5

    He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside many waters, he set it as a slip.

    וַיִּקַּח֙ (יִּקַּח֙) i.yi.Kach “it took”קָ֚ח kach “<you> take [it]”

  5. Ezekiel 17:12

    'Say now to the rebellious house: Know ye not what these things mean? tell them: Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and brought them to him to Babylon;

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

  6. Ezekiel 17:13

    and he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him, and brought him under an oath, and the mighty of the land he took away;

    וַיִּקַּח֙ (יִּקַּח֙) i.yi.Kach “he took”לָקָֽח׃ la.Kach “he took”

  7. Ezekiel 17:22

    Thus saith the Lord GOD: Moreover I will take, even I, of the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it upon a high mountain and eminent;

    וְלָקַ֣חְתִּי (לָקַ֣חְתִּי) la.Kach.ti “I will take”

  8. Ezekiel 18:8

    he that hath not given forth upon interest, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true justice between man and man,

    יִקָּ֔ח yi.Kach “he took”

  9. Ezekiel 18:13

    hath given forth upon interest, and hath taken increase; shall he then live? he shall not live--he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely be put to death, his blood shall be upon him.

    לָקַ֖ח la.Kach “he has taken”

  10. Ezekiel 18:17

    that hath withdrawn his hand from the poor, that hath not received interest nor increase, hath executed Mine ordinances, hath walked in My statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

    לָקָ֔ח la.Kach “he has taken”

  11. Ezekiel 19:5

    Now when she saw that she was disappointed, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

    וַתִּקַּ֛ח (תִּקַּ֛ח) ti.Kach “she took”

  12. Ezekiel 22:12

    In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by oppression, and hast forgotten Me, saith the Lord GOD.

    לָֽקְחוּ־ la.ke.chu- “they have taken”לָקַ֗חַתְּ la.Ka.chat “you have taken”

  13. Ezekiel 22:25

    There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls, they take treasure and precious things, they have made her widows many in the midst thereof.

    יִקָּ֔חוּ yi.Ka.chu “they have been taking”

  14. Ezekiel 23:10

    These uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters, and her they slew with the sword; and she became a byword among women, for judgments were executed upon her.

    לָקָ֔חוּ la.Ka.chu “they took”

  15. Ezekiel 23:25

    And I will set My jealousy against thee, and they shall deal with thee in fury; they shall take away thy nose and thine ears, and thy residue shall fall by the sword; they shall take thy sons and thy daughters, and thy residue shall be devoured by the fi

    יִקָּ֔חוּ yi.Ka.chu “they will take”

  16. Ezekiel 23:26

    They shall also strip thee of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels.

    וְלָקְח֖וּ (לָקְח֖וּ) la.ke.Chu “they will take away”

  17. Ezekiel 23:29

    and they shall deal with thee in hatred, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare; and the nakedness of thy harlotries shall be uncovered, both thy lewdness and thy harlotries.

    וְלָקְחוּ֙ (לָקְחוּ֙) la.ke.Chu “they will take”

  18. Ezekiel 24:5

    Take the choice of the flock, and pile also the bones under it; make it boil well, that the bones thereof may also be seethed in the midst of it.

    לָק֔וֹחַ la.Ko.ach “take”

  19. Ezekiel 24:16

    'Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke; yet neither shalt thou make lamentation nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.

    לֹקֵ֧חַ lo.Ke.ach “[am] about to take”

  20. Ezekiel 24:25

    And thou, son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their stronghold, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and the yearning of their soul, their sons and their daughters,

    קַחְתִּ֤י (קַחְתִּ֤) kach.T “take”

  21. Ezekiel 27:5

    Of cypress-trees from Senir have they fashioned all thy planks; they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.

    לָקָ֔חוּ la.Ka.chu “they took”

  22. Ezekiel 30:4

    And a sword shall come upon Egypt, and convulsion shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt; and they shall take away her abundance, and her foundation shall be broken down.

    וְלָקְח֣וּ (לָקְח֣וּ) la.ke.Chu “people will take away”

  23. Ezekiel 33:2

    'Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them: When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man from among them, and set him for their watchman;

    וְלָקְח֨וּ (לָקְח֨וּ) la.ke.Chu “they will choose”

  24. Ezekiel 33:4

    then whosoever heareth the sound of the horn, and taketh not warning, if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head;

    וַתִּקָּחֵ֑הוּ (תִּקָּחֵ֑) ti.ka.Che. “it took”

  25. Ezekiel 33:6

    But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the horn, and the people be not warned, and the sword do come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.

    וַתִּקַּ֥ח (תִּקַּ֥ח) ti.Kach “it took”נִלְקָ֔ח nil.Kach “he was taken”