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Exodus 36:3

“And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

לָקַחlâqach · law-kakh'
H3947 · Hebrew
Definition
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
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.
Grammar
  • וַ — conjunction
  • יִּקְח֞וּ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Vqw3mp
Usage
Occurs 967 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:15Genesis 2:21Genesis 2:22Genesis 2:23Genesis 3:6

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read לָקַח here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.