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Lexicon :: Strong's H3920 - lāḵaḏ

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לָכַד
Transliteration
lāḵaḏ
Pronunciation
law-kad'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1115

Strong’s Definitions

לָכַד lâkad, law-kad'; a primitive root; to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere:—× at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 121x

The KJV translates Strong's H3920 in the following manner: take (112x), catch (5x), at all (1x), frozen (1x), holden (1x), stick together (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 121x
The KJV translates Strong's H3920 in the following manner: take (112x), catch (5x), at all (1x), frozen (1x), holden (1x), stick together (1x).

  1. to capture, take, seize

    1. (Qal)

      1. to capture, seize

      2. to capture (of men) (fig.)

      3. to take (by lot)

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be captured

      2. to be caught (of men in trap, snare) (fig.)

    3. (Hithpael) to grasp each other

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לָכַד lâkad, law-kad'; a primitive root; to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere:—× at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.
STRONGS H3920: Abbreviations
לָכַד 121 verb capture, seize, take (by lot) (Phoenician לכד take out, choose (?); Targum לְכַד as Biblical Hebrew; Arabic bdb053907 is strike, push, with the hand, etc., bdb053908 pestle, compare modern bdb053909 attack WetzstZMG xxii. 1868, 140; bdb054001 stick or cleave to); —
Qal Perfect ל׳ Joshua 8:1 +, לָכַדְתִּי 2 Samuel 12:27 etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִלְכּוֺד Amos 3:5; וַיִּלְכֹּד Judges 8:12 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular suffix לָכְדָהּ 2 Samuel 12:28, masculine plural לִכְדוּ; Infinitive absolute לָכוֺד Amos 3:5; construct suffix לְלָכְדֵנִי Jeremiah 18:22, לְלָכְדָהּ Jeremiah 32:24; Participle לֹכֵד Job 5:13; Proverbs 16:32; —
1. capture, seize (not in P) with accusative, usually a city or town, in war Judges 1:8, 12; Joshua 8:21; Joshua 10:1 (JE), Deuteronomy 2:35 + 48 times (but Judges 1:18 strike out as gloss Bu Kit GFM and others); land Joshua 10:42 (D), Daniel 11:18; water-courses (fords), Judges 3:28; Judges 7:24 (twice in verse); Judges 12:8; object men (usually princes, kings) in battle Judges 7:25; Judges 8:12, 14; Joshua 11:12, 17 (D), 2 Chronicles 22:9; 33:11; captives and spoils 2 Samuel 8:4 = 1 Chronicles 18:4; of Saul's seizing the kingdom (הַמְּלוּכָה), i.e. acquiring it actually by force of arms 1 Samuel 14:47; also of Samson's catching the foxes Judges 15:4; of a lion catching his prey Amos 3:4; of a trap, snare, לָכוֺד יִלְכּוֺד Amos 3:5.
†2. figurative of entrapping men Jeremiah 5:26; Psalm 35:8, compare Proverbs 5:22; Job 5:13 and (of a pit) Jeremiah 18:22.
†3. of taking by lot Joshua 7:14 (3 times in verse); Joshua 7:17 (J E; see Niph. 3).
† Niph. Perfect נִלְכַּד Lamentations 4:20; 3rd person feminine singular נִלְכְּדָה 1 Kings 16:18 +, etc.; Imperfect יִלָּכֵד Isaiah 24:18; Jeremiah 48:44; יִלָּ֫כֶד כָּהּ Ecclesiastes 7:26; וַיִּלָּכֵד Joshua 7:16 +, etc.; Participle נִלְכָּד Joshua 7:15; —
1. be captured in war, of city 1 Kings 16:18; 2 Kings 18:10; Jeremiah 38:28 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 48:1, 41; Jeremiah 50:2, 9, 24; Jeremiah 51:31, 41; Zechariah 14:2; of men Jeremiah 51:56; Lamentations 4:20 (compare Qal 1).
2. of men, be caught, namely, in a snare or trap, only figurative, usually by divine judgment Isaiah 8:15; Isaiah 24:18; Isaiah 28:13; Psalm 9:16; Psalm 59:13; Proverbs 6:2; Proverbs 11:6; Jeremiah 6:11; Jeremiah 8:9; so of Moab Jeremiah 48:7, 44; of being ensnared by a woman Ecclesiastes 7:26; of being caught by cords of distress, בְּחַבְלֵי עֹ֑נִי, Job 36:8.
3. be taken by lot Joshua 7:15, 16, 17, 18 (all J E), 1 Samuel 10:20, 21 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 14:41, 42 (compare Qal 3).
† Hithp. Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural; יִתְפָּרָ֑דוּ וְלֹא יִתְלַכְּדוּ Job 41:9 they grasp each other, and cannot be separated, of crocodile's scales (|| אִישׁ בְּאָחִיהוּ יְדֻבָּ֑קוּ); יִתְלַכָּ֑דוּ תְהוֺם פְּנֵי Job 38:30 the face of the deep compacts (of freezing; || כָּאֶבֶן מַיִם יִתְחַבָּ֑אוּ; verbs transposed, plausibly, by Me Bi Siegf Bu).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

2:35

Joshua

7:14; 7:15; 7:15; 7:16; 7:16; 7:17; 7:17; 7:18; 8:1; 8:21; 10:1; 10:42; 11:12; 11:17

Judges

1:8; 1:12; 1:18; 3:28; 7:24; 7:25; 8:12; 8:12; 8:14; 12:8; 15:4

1 Samuel

10:20; 10:21; 14:41; 14:42; 14:47

2 Samuel

8:4; 12:27; 12:28

1 Kings

16:18; 16:18

2 Kings

18:10

1 Chronicles

18:4

2 Chronicles

22:9; 33:11

Job

5:13; 5:13; 36:8; 38:30; 41:9

Psalms

9:16; 35:8; 59:13

Proverbs

5:22; 6:2; 11:6; 16:32

Ecclesiastes

7:26; 7:26

Isaiah

8:15; 24:18; 24:18; 28:13

Jeremiah

5:26; 6:11; 8:9; 18:22; 18:22; 32:24; 38:28; 48:1; 48:7; 48:41; 48:44; 48:44; 50:2; 50:9; 50:24; 51:31; 51:41; 51:56

Lamentations

4:20; 4:20

Daniel

11:18

Amos

3:4; 3:5; 3:5; 3:5

Zechariah

14:2

H3920

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Strong's Number H3920 matches the Hebrew לָכַד (lāḵaḏ),
which occurs 121 times in 112 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (2Sa 12:28–Jer 50:2)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:28 - “Now therefore, gather the rest of the people together and camp against the city and capture H3920 it, or I will capture H3920 the city myself and it will be named after me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:29 - So David gathered all the people and went to Rabbah, fought against it and captured H3920 it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:16 - For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and captured H3920 Gezer and burned it with fire, and killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and had given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:18 - When Zimri saw that the city was taken, H3920 he went into the citadel of the king’s house and burned the king’s house over him with fire, and died,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:17 - Then Hazael king of Aram went up and fought against Gath and captured H3920 it, and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:6 - In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured H3920 Samaria and carried Israel away into exile to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:10 - At the end of three years they captured H3920 it; in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was captured. H3920

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:5 - The inhabitants of Jebus said to David, “You shall not enter here.” Nevertheless David captured H3920 the stronghold of Zion (that is, the city of David).

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:4 - David took H3920 from him 1,000 chariots and 7,000 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers, and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved enough of them for 100 chariots.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:4 - He captured H3920 the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:19 - Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured H3920 from him several cities, Bethel with its villages, Jeshanah with its villages and [fn]Ephron with its villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:8 - Now when Asa heard these words and the [fn]prophecy which Azariah the son of Oded the prophet spoke, he took courage and removed the abominable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities which he had captured H3920 in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD which was in front of the porch of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:2 - He placed troops in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim which Asa his father had captured. H3920

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:9 - He also sought Ahaziah, and they caught H3920 him while he was hiding in Samaria; they brought him to Jehu, put him to death and buried him. For they said, “He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.” So there was no one of the house of Ahaziah to retain the power of the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:18 - The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the [fn]lowland and of the Negev of Judah, and had taken H3920 Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, and Soco with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages, and they settled there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:18 - They called this out with a loud voice in the language of Judah to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them, so that they might take H3920 the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:11 - Therefore the LORD brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria against them, and they captured H3920 Manasseh with [fn]hooks, bound him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:25 - “They captured H3920 fortified cities and a [fn]fertile land.
They took possession of houses full of every good thing,
Hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive groves,
Fruit trees in abundance.
So they ate, were filled and grew fat,
And reveled in Your great goodness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:13 - “He captures H3920 the wise by their own shrewdness,
And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:8 - “And if they are bound in fetters,
And are caught H3920 in the cords of affliction,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:30 - “Water [fn]becomes hard like stone,
And the surface of the deep is imprisoned. H3920

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:17 - “They are joined one to another;
They clasp H3920 each other and cannot be separated.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:15 - The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught. H3920

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:8 - Let destruction come upon him unawares,
And let the net which he hid catch H3920 himself;
Into that very destruction let him fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:12 - [fn]On account of the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips,
Let them even be caught H3920 in their pride,
And on account of curses and [fn]lies which they utter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:22 - His own iniquities will capture H3920 the wicked,
And he will be held with the cords of his sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:2 - If you have been snared with the words of your mouth,
Have been caught H3920 with the words of your mouth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:6 - The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,
But the treacherous will be caught H3920 by their own greed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:32 - He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
And he who rules his spirit, than he who captures H3920 a city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:26 - And I discovered more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, whose hands are chains. One who is pleasing to God will escape from her, but the sinner will be captured H3920 by her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:15 - “Many will stumble over them,
Then they will fall and be broken;
They will even be snared and caught.” H3920

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:1 - In the year that the [fn]commander came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him and he fought against Ashdod and captured H3920 it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:18 - Then it will be that he who flees the [fn]report of disaster will fall into the pit,
And he who [fn]climbs out of the pit will be caught H3920 in the snare;
For the windows [fn]above are opened, and the foundations of the earth shake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:13 - So the word of the LORD to them will be,
“[fn]Order on order, order on order,
Line on line, line on line,
A little here, a little there,”
That they may go and stumble backward, be broken, snared and taken H3920 captive. H3920

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:26 - ‘For wicked men are found among My people,
They watch like fowlers [fn]lying in wait;
They set a trap,
They catch H3920 men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:11 - But I am full of the wrath of the LORD;
I am weary with holding it in.
“Pour it out on the children in the street
And on the [fn]gathering of young men together;
For both husband and wife shall be taken, H3920
The aged [fn]and the very old.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:9 - “The wise men are put to shame,
They are dismayed and caught; H3920
Behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD,
And what kind of wisdom do they have?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:22 - May an outcry be heard from their houses,
When You suddenly bring raiders upon them;
For they have dug a pit to capture H3920 me
And hidden snares for my feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:3 - because Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, “Why do you prophesy, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Behold, I am about to give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will take H3920 it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:24 - ‘Behold, the siege ramps have reached the city to take H3920 it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword, the famine and the pestilence; and what You have spoken has come to pass; and behold, You see it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:28 - Therefore thus says the LORD, “Behold, I am about to give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will take H3920 it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:22 - ‘Behold, I am going to command,’ declares the LORD, ‘and I will bring them back to this city; and they will fight against it and take H3920 it and burn it with fire; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:8 - “The Chaldeans will also return and fight against this city, and they will capture H3920 it and burn it with fire.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:3 - “Thus says the LORD, ‘This city will certainly be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon and he will capture H3920 it.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:28 - So Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guardhouse until the day that Jerusalem was captured. H3920

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:1 - Concerning Moab. Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel,
“Woe to Nebo, for it has been destroyed;
Kiriathaim has been put to shame, it has been captured; H3920
The lofty stronghold has been put to shame and [fn]shattered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:7 - “For because of your trust in your own achievements and treasures,
Even you yourself will be captured; H3920
And Chemosh will go off into exile
Together with his priests and his princes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:41 - “Kerioth has been captured H3920
And the strongholds have been seized,
So the hearts of the mighty men of Moab in that day
Will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:44 - “The one who flees from the terror
Will fall into the pit,
And the one who climbs up out of the pit
Will be caught H3920 in the snare;
For I shall bring upon her, even upon Moab,
The year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:2 - “Declare and proclaim among the nations.
Proclaim it and lift up a standard.
Do not conceal it but say,
‘Babylon has been captured, H3920
Bel has been put to shame, [fn]Marduk has been [fn]shattered;
Her images have been put to shame, her idols have been shattered.’

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