Original Language Studio
Nehemiah 9:25
“And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H3920 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- [idiom] at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.
- Grammar
- וַֽ — conjunction
- יִּלְכְּד֞וּ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 121 times in the Hebrew Bible.Numbers 21:32Numbers 32:39Numbers 32:41Numbers 32:42Deuteronomy 2:34
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 לָכַד here.
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.