לקח

Hebrew

Root
ל־ק־ח‎

Etymology

Related to Arabic لَحِقَ‎ (laḥiqa, “to stick together”) through metathesis.

Noun

לֶקַח • (lékakh) m

  1. lesson, moral
  2. cake.

Declension

Declension of לֶקַח
Number Isolated forms With possessive pronouns
State Form Person singular plural
m. f. m. f.
singular indefinite לֶקַח first לִקְחִי‎ לִקְחֵנוּ‎
definite הַלֶּקַח‎ second לִקְחֲךָ‎ לִקְחֵךְ‎ לִקְחֲכֶם‎ לִקְחֲכֶן‎
construct לֶקַח־ third לִקְחוֹ‎ לִקְחָהּ‎ לִקְחָם‎ לִקְחָן‎
plural indefinite לְקָחִים‎ first לקחיי \ לְקָחַי‎ לְקָחֵינוּ‎
definite הַלְּקָחִים‎ second לְקָחֶיךָ‎ לקחייך \ לְקָחַיִךְ‎ לִקְחֵיכֶם‎ לִקְחֵיכֶן‎
construct לִקְחֵי־‎ third לְקָחָיו‎ לְקָחֶיהָ‎ לִקְחֵיהֶם‎ לִקְחֵיהֶן‎

Verb

לָקַח • (lakákh) (pa'al construction, infinitive לָקַחַת‎, present לוֹקֵחַ‎, future ייקח \ יִקַּח‎, imperative קַח‎, passive counterpart לוקח \ לֻקַּח‎ or נִלְקַח‎)

  1. to take (grasp with the hands)
  2. to take (carry somewhere)
  3. to take (get possession of)
  4. to take (last or expend an amount of time)
  5. to take (ingest or inject a drug)
  6. to take (enroll in a course of study)
  7. to take (capture a photograph)

Usage notes

  • Unlike English take, לקח is not typically used as a light verb; for example, “to take a shower” is simply התקלח‎ (hitkaléakh) or התרחץ‎ (hitrakhétz).

Conjugation

Conjugation of לָקַח (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: ליקוח \ לִקֹּחַ‎
  • action noun: לְקִיחָה‎
  • passive participle: לָקוּחַ‎
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first לָקַחְתִּי‎ לָקַחְנוּ‎
second לָקַחְתָּ‎ לָקַחְתְּ‎ לְקַחְתֶּם‎1 לְקַחְתֶּן‎1
third לָקַח לָקְחָה‎ לָקְחוּ‎
present לוֹקֵחַ‎ לוֹקַחַת‎ לוֹקְחִים‎ לוֹקְחוֹת‎
future first אֶקַּח‎ ניקח \ נִקַּח‎
second תיקח \ תִּקַּח‎ תיקחי \ תִּקְּחִי‎ תיקחו \ תִּקְּחוּ‎ תיקחנה \ תִּקַּחְנָה‎2
third ייקח \ יִקַּח‎ תיקח \ תִּקַּח‎ ייקחו \ יִקְּחוּ‎ תיקחנה \ תִּקַּחְנָה‎2
imperative לְקַח לִקְחִי‎ לִקְחוּ‎ לְקַחְנָה‎2
notes
  1. Pronounced לָקַחְתֶּם‎ and לָקַחְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Uncommon in Modern Hebrew.

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