לֹקְחֵ֣י

𐤋𐤒𐤇𐤉

loqechey

who were taking

a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.

H3947

Genesis 19:14 · Word #6

Lexicon H3947

Lemmaלָקַח
Lemma (Paleo)𐤋𐤒𐤇
Transliterationlâqach
Strong'sH3947
In-contextwho were taking

Morphology HVqrmpc All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan q — Qal — Simple active
Conjugation r — Participle Active — The one doing the action
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number p — Plural — Plural
State c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word

SIBI-P1 H3947-35

takers of

Morphological NotesQal active participle, masculine plural, construct form of לָקַח. The construct state links it to a following noun ("takers of …").
Rendering RationaleThe form is a Qal active participle masculine plural in construct, indicating "those who are taking" in relation to something that follows. "Takers of" preserves the active, ongoing sense of the Qal stem and reflects the masculine plural participial form in construct relationship.

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Words from Root לקח (taking, grasping, seizing, receiving, acquiring)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H4457-01 bemeleqachayim with the pair of grasping-tongs
H3947-01 beqachetekhe when you take
H3947-02 beqacheto in his taking him

Word Usage (967 occurrences of H3947)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 2:15 וַ/יִּקַּ֛ח vayiqach and took
Genesis 2:21 וַ/יִּקַּ֗ח vayiqach and he took
Genesis 2:22 לָקַ֥ח laqach he had taken
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