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H3950

לָקַט

la.qatH:V

to gather

1) to pick up, gather, glean, gather up 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pick up, gather 1a2) to glean 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to gather, gather up 1b2) to collect (money) 1b3) to glean 1c) (Pual) to be picked up 1d) (Hithpael) to collect oneself

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[לָקַט] verb pick or gather up, specifically glean ( Late Hebrew id. and נָקַט; Arabic pick up (as a bird, grains, etc.); Aramaic לְקַט, and נְקַט; ; Mandean לגט (NöM 54, also on Talmud נקט); compare Assyrian lakâtu DlHWB 385 (but ט = t?)); —

Qal Perfect 3 plural לָֽקְטוּ Exod 16:22; Num 11:8, ׳וְל consecutive Exod 16:4, לָקָ֑טוּ Exod 16:18 Imperfect 3 masculine plural יִלְקְטוּ Exod 16:5, יִלְקֹט֑וּן Ps 104:28, וַיִּלְקְטוּ Exod 16:17; Exod 16:21 2 masculine plural suffix תִּלְקְטֻהוּ Exod 16:26 Imperative masculine plural לִקְטוּ Gen 31:46; Exod 16:16 Infinitive construct לִלְקֹט Exod 16:27 + 2 t.; —
1. pick up, gather, with accusative, stones Gen 31:46 (J), lilies Song 6:2 usually the manna: Exod 16:4; Exod 16:5; Exod 16:26 (J), vExod 16:21 vExod 16:22 (P); followed by מִן partitive vExod 16:16 (P); so absolute vExod 16:27; Num 11:8 ( both J E ), Exod 16:17; Exod 16:18 (P); of animals gathering food תִּתֵּן לָהֶם יִלְקֹט֑וּן Ps 104:28.
2. specifically glean, absolute, Ruth 2:8 (with בְּ local; usually Pi`el in this sense ). Pi`el Perfect 3 feminine singular וְלִקְּטָה consecutive Ruth 2:16, לִקֵּ֑טָה Ruth 2:17; Ruth 2:18 2 feminine singular לִקַּטְתְּ Ruth 2:19 Imperfect וַיְלַקִּט Gen 47:14 + 2 t.; 3 feminine singular תְּלַקִּט Ruth 2:15, ׳וַתּ Ruth 2:3; Ruth 2:17 2 masculine singular תְּלַקִּט Lev 19:9 + 2 t.; 1 singular אֲלַקֳּטָה Ruth 2:2; Ruth 2:7 (compare BaNB 152, 489); Infinitive construct לְלַקִּט Ruth 2:15 + 2 t.; Participle מְלַקִּט Isa 17:5, plural מְלַקְּטִים Judg 1:7; Jer 7:18 —
1. gather, gather up, fallen grapes, Lev 19:10 (H), arrows 1Sam 20:38, (fire-)wood Jer 7:18 absolute (food from ground) Judg 1:7 (compare GFM); = pick, pick off, 2Kgs 4:39 (twice in verse) (+ מִן of source ).
2. figurative collect (money) Gen 47:14 (J).
3. specifically glean, after the reapers, usually absolute Ruth 2:3; Ruth 2:7 (|| אָסַף), vRuth 2:17 (all with בְּ local), vRuth 2:15 (בֵּין location), vRuth 2:19 (adverb location), also vRuth 2:2 (where בְּ may be local or partitive, compare Be), also vRuth 2:15 vRuth 2:16 vRuth 2:23 with accusative Isa 17:5 (שִׁבֳּלִים, simile of devastation of land; || אָסַף קָצִיר), Ruth 2:17; Ruth 2:18 with accusative of congnate meaning with verb לֶקֶט Lev 19:9 = Lev 23:22 (H). Pu`al Imperfect 2 masculine plural תְּלֻקְּטוּ Isa 27:12 ye shall be picked up (of Israel under figure of grains or berries, after the threshing process of ׳י's judgment). Hithpa`el Imperfect וַיִּתְלַקְּטוּ Judg 11:3 and there collected themselves worthless men unto (אֶל) Jephthah (were raked together GFM).

31 occurrences

Genesis (2), Exodus (8), Leviticus (2), Numbers (1), Judges (2), Ruth (9), I Samuel (1), II Kings (1), Psalms (1), Song of Solomon (1), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (1)