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לָקַט lâqaṭ — properly, to pick up, i.e. (generally) to gather

pronounced law-kat' · Strong's H3950 · 37 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 4 stems: Pi'el, Qal (Pa'al), Hitpa'el, Pu'al

Translated in the KJV as gather, glean.

a primitive root; properly, to pick up, i.e. (generally) to gather; specifically, to glean.

lâqaṭ in each stem

Pi'el 21×

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Wayyiqtol 5Imperfect (yiqtol) 4Participle (active) 3Infinitive construct 3Perfect (qatal) 3Cohortative 2Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1

וַיְלַקֵּ֣ט Gen 47:14 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine singular

And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house. (KJV)

תְלַקֵּֽט Lev 19:9 Imperfect (yiqtol), 2nd person masculine singular

And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. (KJV)

תְלַקֵּ֑ט Lev 19:10 Imperfect (yiqtol), 2nd person masculine singular

And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the Lord your God. (KJV)

Qal (Pa'al) 14×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Imperfect (yiqtol) 3Infinitive construct 3Imperative 2Sequential perfect (weqatal) 2Wayyiqtol 2Perfect (qatal) 2

לִקְט֣וּ Gen 31:46 Imperative, 2nd person masculine plural

And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap. (KJV)

וְלָֽקְטוּ֙ Exod 16:4 Sequential perfect (weqatal), 3rd person common plural

Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no. (KJV)

יִלְקְט֖וּ Exod 16:5 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural

And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily. (KJV)

Hitpa'el

Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves

Wayyiqtol 1

וַיִּֽתְלַקְּט֤וּ Judg 11:3 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine plural

Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him. (KJV)

Pu'al

Intensive · passive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject has it done to them

Imperfect (yiqtol) 1

תְּלֻקְּט֛וּ Isa 27:12 Imperfect (yiqtol), 2nd person masculine plural

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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