לֶקַח

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3948

learning — used 9 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

learning tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

לֶ֫קַח: n.m. learning, teaching tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Pr 4:2 learning, teaching (concrete; prob. what is received);—ל׳ abs. Is 29:24 + 5 times; sf. לִקְחִי Dt 32:2 Jb 11:4; לִקְחָהּ Pr 7:21;— instruction, subjective, as personal acquirement; יִלְמְדוּ לֶ֑קַח Is 29:24; they shall learn instruction (‖ בִּינָה); וְיוֹסֶף לֶ֑קַח Pr 1:5 a wise man will hear and will increase (his) learning, so 9:9. teaching, obj., as thing taught, יַעֲרֹף כַּמָּטָר לִקְחִי Dt 32:2 (‖ אִמְרָתִי), Jb 11:4; ל׳ טוֹב נָתַתִּי לָכֶם Pr 4:2; also = teaching-power, persuasiveness, מֶתֶק שְׂפָתַיִם יוֹסִיף ל׳ Pr 16:21 sweetness of lips increaseth persuasiveness (v. מתק), וְעַל שְׂפָתָיו יוֹסִיף לָקַח v 23; in bad sense, of seductive words of adulteress, בְּרֹב ל׳ Pr 7:21 (‖ בְּחֵלֶק שְׂפָתֶיהָ).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: teaching (3); learning (2); persuasiveness (2).

In the verses

Proverbs 1:5 · tree →

יִשְׁמַ֣ע חָ֭כָם וְי֣וֹסֶף לֶ֑קַח וְ֝נָב֗וֹן תַּחְבֻּל֥וֹת יִקְנֶֽה׃

Word for word: let.him.listen a.prudent.[one] and let.him.increase learning and [one.who].has.understanding guidance(s) let.him.get

JPS 1917: That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and the man of understanding may attain unto wise counsels;

Isaiah 29:24 · tree →

וְיָדְע֥וּ תֹֽעֵי־ר֖וּחַ בִּינָ֑ה וְרוֹגְנִ֖ים יִלְמְדוּ־לֶֽקַח׃

Word for word: and they.will.know [those.who].go.astray of.spirit understanding and [those.who].murmur they.will.learn insight

JPS 1917: They also that err in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmur shall learn instruction.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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