Original Language Studio
Ruth 2:17
“So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
לָקַטlâqaṭ · law-kat'
H3950 · Hebrew
H3950 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to pick up, i.e. (generally) to gather; specifically, to glean
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- gather (up), glean.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- תְּלַקֵּ֥ט — verb Piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 37 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 31:46Genesis 47:14Exodus 16:4Exodus 16:5Exodus 16:16
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 לָקַט 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.