לקח
Hebrew
| Root |
|---|
| ל־ק־ח (l-q-ḥ) |
Etymology
Related to Arabic لَحِقَ (laḥiqa, “to stick together”) through metathesis.
Noun
לֶקַח • (lékakh) m
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) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, infinitive לָקַחַת, present לוֹקֵחַ, future ייקח / יִקַּח, imperative קַח, passive counterpart לוקח / לֻקַּח or נִלְקַח)
- to take (grasp with the hands)
- to take (carry somewhere)
- to take (get possession of)
- to take (last or expend an amount of time)
- to take (ingest or inject a drug)
- to take (enroll in a course of study)
- 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 |
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| 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 | |
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