{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H3948",
  "lemma": "לֶקַח",
  "transliteration": "leqach",
  "definition": "properly, something received, i.e. (mentally) instruction (whether on the part of the teacher or hearer); also (in an active and sinister sense) inveiglement",
  "kjv": "doctrine, learning, fair speech.",
  "occurrences": 9,
  "language": "Hebrew",
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    {
      "id": "H3947",
      "lemma": "לָקַח",
      "transliteration": "lâqach",
      "meaning": "to take",
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    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "לֶ֫קַח n.m. learning, teaching (concrete; prob. what is received)",
    "1. instruction, subjective, as personal acquirement",
    "2. teaching, obj., as thing taught; also = teaching-power, persuasiveness"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 32:2",
      "text": "My doctrine will drop as the rain. My speech will condense as the dew, as the misty rain on the tender grass, as the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/32?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 29:24",
      "text": "They also who err in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will receive instruction.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/29?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 1:5",
      "text": "that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel;",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/1?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 4:2",
      "text": "for I give you sound learning. Don’t forsake my law.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/4?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 7:21",
      "text": "With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/7?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 9:9",
      "text": "Instruct a wise person, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous person, and he will increase in learning.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/9?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 16:21",
      "text": "The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/16?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 16:23",
      "text": "The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/16?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Job 11:4",
      "text": "For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.’",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/11?v=4"
    }
  ],
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