לָקַט

vb. pick or gather up, specif. glean (NH id. and נָקַט; Arabic لَقَطَ pick up (as a bird, grains, etc.); Aramaic לְקַט, and נְקַט; ܠܩܰܛ; Mand. לגט (NöM 54, also on Talm. נקט); cf. Assyrian laḳâtu DlHWB 385 (but ט = t?));— Pf. 3 pl. לָֽקְטוּ Ex 16:22 Nu 11:8, וְל׳ consec. Ex 16:4, לָקָ֑טוּ Ex 16:18; Impf. 3 mpl. יִלְקְטוּ Ex 16:5, יִלְקֹט֑וּן ψ 104:28, וַיִּלְקְטוּ Ex 16:17, 21; 2 mpl. sf. סְחָרוּהָ Ex 16:26; Imv. mpl. לִקְטוּ Gn 31:46 Ex 16:16; Inf. cstr. לִלְקֹט Ex 16:27 + 2 times;— pick up, gather, c. acc., stones Gn 31:46 (J), lilies Ct 6:2; usually the manna: Ex 16:4, 5, 26 (J), v 21, 22 (P); sq. מִן partit. v 16 (P); so abs. v 27 Nu 11:8 (both JE), Ex 16:17, 18 (P); of animals gathering food תִּתֵּן לָהֶם יִלְקֹט֑וּן ψ 104:28. specif. glean, abs., Ru 2:8 (c. בְּ loc.; usually Pi. in this sense). Pf. 3 fs. וְלִקְּטָה consec. Ru 2:16, לִקֵּ֑טָה Ru 2:17, 18; 2 fs. לִקַּטְתְּ Ru 2:19; Impf. וַיְלַקֵּט Gn 47:14 + 2 times; 3 fs. תְּלַקֵּט Ru 2:15, וַתּ׳ Ru 2:3, 17; 2 ms. תְּלַקֵּט Lev 19:9 + 2 times; 1 s. אֲלַקְּטָה Ru 2:2, 7 (cf. BaNB 152, 489); Inf. cstr. לְלַקֵּט Ru 2:15 + 2 times; Pt. מְלַקֵּט Is 17:5, pl. מְלַקְּטִים Ju 1:7 Je 7:18;— gather, gather up, fallen grapes, Lv 19:10 (H), arrows 1 S 20:38, (fire-)wood Je 7:18; abs. (food from ground) Ju 1:7 (cf. GFM); = pick, pick off, 2 K 4:39(×2) (+ מִן of source). fig. collect (money) Gn 47:14 (J). specif. glean, after the reapers, usually abs. Ru 2:3, 7 (‖ אָסַף), v 17 (all c. בְּ loc.), v 15 (בֵּין loc.), v 19 (adv. loc.), also v 2 (where בְּ may be loc. or partit., cf. Be), also v 15, 16, 23; c. acc. Is 17:5 (שִׁבֳּלִים, sim. of devastation of land; ‖ אָסַף קָצִיר), Ru 2:17, 18; c. acc. cogn. לֶקֶט Lv 19:9 = 23:22 (H). Impf. 2 mpl. תְּלֻקְּטוּ Is 27:12 ye shall be picked up (of Isr. under fig. of grains or berries, after the threshing process of י׳’s judgment). Impf. וַיִּתְלַקְּטוּ Ju 11:3 and there collected themselves worthless men unto (אֶל) Jephthah (were raked together GFM).