לָקַט lâqaṭ — properly, to pick up, i.e. (generally) to gather
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
Wayyiqtol 5Imperfect (yiqtol) 4Participle (active) 3Infinitive construct 3Perfect (qatal) 3Cohortative 2Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
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.
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.
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.
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 3Infinitive construct 3Imperative 2Sequential perfect (weqatal) 2Wayyiqtol 2Perfect (qatal) 2
And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
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.
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.
Hitpa'el
Wayyiqtol 1
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.
Pu'al
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
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.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›
