לֶקַח
Used: 9 times · Key: 3948 · BDB: לֶ֫קַח
Glosses
teaching (3); learning (2); persuasiveness (2)
Meaning (OSHB)
learning tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.m. learning, teaching tree →
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).
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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
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;
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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