{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H3947",
  "lemma": "לָקַח",
  "transliteration": "lâqach",
  "definition": "to take (in the widest variety of applications)",
  "kjv": "accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle…",
  "occurrences": 965,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "לָקַח 965 vb. take",
    "Qal",
    "1. take, take in hand",
    "2. take and carry along with oneself",
    "a. take from, or out of",
    "b. take, carry away",
    "c. take away from, so as to deprive of",
    "d. esp. take away life",
    "4. take to or for a person",
    "5. take up, upon = put upon",
    "6. = fetch",
    "7. take = lead, conduct (with or without contact)",
    "8. take = capture, seize",
    "9. take = carry off",
    "10. in phr. take vengeance",
    "Niph.",
    "1. be captured, of ark",
    "2. be taken away, removed",
    "3. be taken, brought unto",
    "Pu.",
    "1. be taken from, out of",
    "2. = be stolen from",
    "3. be taken captive",
    "4. be taken away, removed",
    "Hoph.",
    "1. be taken, brought unto",
    "2. be taken out of",
    "3. be taken away from",
    "Hithp. lit. fire taking hold of itself, of lightning"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 2:15",
      "text": "The LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 2:21",
      "text": "The LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. As the man slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 2:22",
      "text": "The LORD God made a woman from the rib which he had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 2:23",
      "text": "The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 3:6",
      "text": "When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/3?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 3:19",
      "text": "You will eat bread by the sweat of your face until you return to the ground, for you were taken out of it. For you are…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/3?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 3:22",
      "text": "The LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/3?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 3:23",
      "text": "Therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/3?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 4:11",
      "text": "Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/4?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 4:19",
      "text": "Lamech took two wives: the name of the first one was Adah, and the name of the second one was Zillah.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/4?v=19"
    }
  ],
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