לקח

Hebrew

Root
ל־ק־ח‎

Etymology

Related to Arabic لَحِقَ‎ (laḥiqa, “to stick together”) through metathesis.

Noun

לֶקַח • (lékakh) m

lesson, moral
cake.

Declension

Declension of לֶקַח

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
	State	Form	Person	m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	לֶקַח	first	לִקְחִי‎		לִקְחֵנוּ‎
	definite	הַלֶּקַח‎	second	לִקְחֲךָ‎	לִקְחֵךְ‎	לִקְחֲכֶם‎	לִקְחֲכֶן‎
	construct	לֶקַח־	third	לִקְחוֹ‎	לִקְחָהּ‎	לִקְחָם‎	לִקְחָן‎
plural	indefinite	לְקָחִים‎	first	לקחיי \ לְקָחַי‎		לְקָחֵינוּ‎
	definite	הַלְּקָחִים‎	second	לְקָחֶיךָ‎	לקחייך \ לְקָחַיִךְ‎	לִקְחֵיכֶם‎	לִקְחֵיכֶן‎
	construct	לִקְחֵי־‎	third	לְקָחָיו‎	לְקָחֶיהָ‎	לִקְחֵיהֶם‎	לִקְחֵיהֶן‎

Verb

לָקַח • (lakákh) (pa'al construction, infinitive לָקַחַת‎, present לוֹקֵחַ‎, future ייקח \ יִקַּח‎, imperative קַח‎, passive counterpart לוקח \ לֻקַּח‎ or נִלְקַח‎)

to take (grasp with the hands)
to take (carry somewhere)
to take (get possession of)
to take (last or expend an amount of time)
to take (ingest or inject a drug)
to take (enroll in a course of study)
to take (capture a photograph)

Usage notes

Unlike English take, לקח is not typically used as a light verb; for example, “to take a shower” is simply התקלח‎ (hitkaléakh) or התרחץ‎ (hitrakhétz).

Conjugation

Conjugation of לָקַח (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive: ליקוח \ לִקֹּחַ‎ action noun: לְקִיחָה‎ passive participle: לָקוּחַ‎
finite forms		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	לָקַחְתִּי‎		לָקַחְנוּ‎
	second	לָקַחְתָּ‎	לָקַחְתְּ‎	לְקַחְתֶּם‎¹	לְקַחְתֶּן‎¹
	third	לָקַח	לָקְחָה‎	לָקְחוּ‎
present		לוֹקֵחַ‎	לוֹקַחַת‎	לוֹקְחִים‎	לוֹקְחוֹת‎
future	first	אֶקַּח‎		ניקח \ נִקַּח‎
	second	תיקח \ תִּקַּח‎	תיקחי \ תִּקְּחִי‎	תיקחו \ תִּקְּחוּ‎	תיקחנה \ תִּקַּחְנָה‎²
	third	ייקח \ יִקַּח‎	תיקח \ תִּקַּח‎	ייקחו \ יִקְּחוּ‎	תיקחנה \ תִּקַּחְנָה‎²
imperative		לְקַח	לִקְחִי‎	לִקְחוּ‎	לְקַחְנָה‎²
notes		Pronounced לָקַחְתֶּם‎ and לָקַחְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew. Uncommon in Modern Hebrew.

References

H3947 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

Anagrams

חלק‎, חקל‎, קלח‎

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