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title: לֶכֶד — a taking · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לֶכֶד (3921), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: a taking. BDB 1906: taking, capture. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לֶכֶד

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«לֶכֶד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a taking** — 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:** 3921 · **BDB:** לֶ֫כֶד

### Glosses

capture (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a taking [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3921/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

taking, capture [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3921/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] a taking, capture (cf. ψ 9:16) וְשָׁמַר רַגְלְךָ מִלָּ֑כֶד Pr 3:26 (subj. י׳).

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לֶכֶד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3921/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 3:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.3.26/)

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כִּֽי־יְ֭הוָה יִהְיֶ֣ה בְכִסְלֶ֑ךָ וְשָׁמַ֖ר רַגְלְךָ֣ מִלָּֽכֶד׃

*Word for word:* (dm) Yahweh he.will.be (in) confidence your and he.will.keep foot your from capture

*JPS 1917:* For the LORD will be thy confidence, and will keep thy foot from being caught.

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