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title: לֶקַח — learning · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לֶקַח (3948), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: learning. BDB 1906: n.m. learning, teaching. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לֶקַח

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«לֶקַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **learning** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 9 times · **Key:** 3948 · **BDB:** לֶ֫קַח

### Glosses

teaching (3); learning (2); persuasiveness (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

learning [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3948/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. learning, teaching [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3948/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Pr 4:2 learning, teaching (concrete; prob. what is received);—ל׳ abs. Is 29:24 + 5 times; sf. לִקְחִי Dt 32:2 Jb 11:4; לִקְחָהּ Pr 7:21;— instruction, subjective, as personal acquirement; יִלְמְדוּ לֶ֑קַח Is 29:24; they shall learn instruction (‖ בִּינָה); וְיוֹסֶף לֶ֑קַח Pr 1:5 a wise man will hear and will increase (his) learning, so 9:9. teaching, obj., as thing taught, יַעֲרֹף כַּמָּטָר לִקְחִי Dt 32:2 (‖ אִמְרָתִי), Jb 11:4; ל׳ טוֹב נָתַתִּי לָכֶם Pr 4:2; also = teaching-power, persuasiveness, מֶתֶק שְׂפָתַיִם יוֹסִיף ל׳ Pr 16:21 sweetness of lips increaseth persuasiveness (v. מתק), וְעַל שְׂפָתָיו יוֹסִיף לָקַח v 23; in bad sense, of seductive words of adulteress, בְּרֹב ל׳ Pr 7:21 (‖ בְּחֵלֶק שְׂפָתֶיהָ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לֶקַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3948/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 1:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.1.5/)

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יִשְׁמַ֣ע חָ֭כָם וְי֣וֹסֶף לֶ֑קַח וְ֝נָב֗וֹן תַּחְבֻּל֥וֹת יִקְנֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* let.him.listen a.prudent.\[one\] and let.him.increase learning and \[one.who\].has.understanding guidance(s) let.him.get

*JPS 1917:* That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and the man of understanding may attain unto wise counsels;

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[Isaiah 29:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.29.24/)

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וְיָדְע֥וּ תֹֽעֵי־ר֖וּחַ בִּינָ֑ה וְרוֹגְנִ֖ים יִלְמְדוּ־לֶֽקַח׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.know \[those.who\].go.astray of.spirit understanding and \[those.who\].murmur they.will.learn insight

*JPS 1917:* They also that err in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmur shall learn instruction.

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