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title: לַהֲקָה — band · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לַהֲקָה (3862), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: band. BDB 1906: n.f. band, company. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לַהֲקָה

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«לַהֲקָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **band** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 3862 · **BDB:** לַהֲקָה

### Glosses

the.company (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

band [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3862/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. band, company [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3862/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. dub.; according to 𝔊𝔖𝔗 Aq Symm band, company (perhaps by transp. from קְהִלָּה, cf. Thes (קַהֲלָה) The Klo Bu; v. also HPS).—לַהֲקַת הַנְּבִיאִים 1 S 19:20.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לַהֲקָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3862/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 19:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.19.20/)

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וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח שָׁא֣וּל מַלְאָכִים֮ לָקַ֣חַת אֶת־דָּוִד֒ וַיַּ֗רְא אֶֽת־לַהֲקַ֤ת הַנְּבִיאִים֙ נִבְּאִ֔ים וּשְׁמוּאֵ֕ל עֹמֵ֥ד נִצָּ֖ב עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם וַתְּהִ֞י עַֽל־מַלְאֲכֵ֤י שָׁאוּל֙ ר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים וַיִּֽתְנַבְּא֖וּ גַּם־הֵֽמָּה׃

*Word for word:* and he.sent Saul messengers to fetch (et) David and he.saw (et) the.company of the.prophets prophesying and Samuel \[was\].standing chief over them and it.was on the.messengers of.Saul the.spirit of.God and they.prophesied also they

*JPS 1917:* And Saul sent messengers to take David; and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them, the spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.

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