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Lexicon :: Strong's H3947 - lāqaḥ

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לָקַח
Transliteration
lāqaḥ
Pronunciation
law-kakh'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1124

Strong’s Definitions

לָקַח lâqach, law-kakh'; a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications):—accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, × many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 965x

The KJV translates Strong's H3947 in the following manner: take (747x), receive (61x), take away (51x), fetch (31x), bring (25x), get (6x), take out (6x), carry away (5x), married (4x), buy (3x), miscellaneous (26x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 965x
The KJV translates Strong's H3947 in the following manner: take (747x), receive (61x), take away (51x), fetch (31x), bring (25x), get (6x), take out (6x), carry away (5x), married (4x), buy (3x), miscellaneous (26x).
  1. to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away

    1. (Qal)

      1. to take, take in the hand

      2. to take and carry along

      3. to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away

      4. to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept

      5. to take up or upon, put upon

      6. to fetch

      7. to take, lead, conduct

      8. to take, capture, seize

      9. to take, carry off

      10. to take (vengeance)

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be captured

      2. to be taken away, be removed

      3. to be taken, brought unto

    3. (Pual)

      1. to be taken from or out of

      2. to be stolen from

      3. to be taken captive

      4. to be taken away, be removed

    4. (Hophal)

      1. to be taken unto, be brought unto

      2. to be taken out of

      3. to be taken away

    5. (Hithpael)

      1. to take hold of oneself

      2. to flash about (of lightning)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לָקַח lâqach, law-kakh'; a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications):—accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, × many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
STRONGS H3947: Abbreviations
לָקַח965 verb take (Late Hebrew id., especially buy, and (Niph.) be taken in marriage; MI17; 20 Imperfect ואקח; Phoenician לקח; Assyrian liḳû, laḳû DlHWB 384; Arabic bdb054206 conceive (of female), IV. impregnate; Ethiopic bdb054207 receive; Zinjirli לקח DHMSendsch. 59; Aramaic also Inscription of Carpentras3 (Imperative קחי); compare CookGloss Aramaic Inscr); —
Qal Perfect ל׳ Genesis 2:22 +, לָקָח֑ Genesis 27:36 + (קָח Ezekiel 17:5 is textual error; omitted by Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Co, compare Ges§ 19, 3. a); suffix לְקָחַנִי Genesis 24:7, לְקָחָם Jeremiah 27:20 (for קָחָם Hosea 11:3 read probably אֶקָּחֵם Greek Version of the LXX Targum Ew St Sta§ 384, 4 Now Che Or We); 2nd person masculine singular לָקַחְתָּ Genesis 20:3 +, etc.; Imperfect יִקַּח Exodus 21:10 +, וַיִּקַּח (Numbers 16:1 read וַיָּקָם Bö We Di Dr 2 Samuel 18:18; 1 Samuel 30:20 read וַיִּקְחוּ We Dr Kit Bu); suffix יִקָּחֵנִי 2 Samuel 22:27 +; יִקָּחֲךָ Job 15:12; 3rd person feminine singular תִּקַּח Genesis 38:23 +; 1st person singular אֶקַּח Genesis 14:23 +, וָאֶקְחָה Zechariah 11:13; 1st person plural נִקַּח Genesis 34:6 +, נִקְחָה 1 Samuel 4:3 +; וַנִּקַּח Deuteronomy 3:8; Deuteronomy 29:7; Imperative לְקַח Exodus 29:1; Proverbs 20:16 + Ezekiel 37:16 (Co וְלָקַחְתָּ֫, after Greek Version of the LXX); feminine singular לִקְחִי 1 Kings 17:11; usually קַח Genesis 6:21 +, קְחָה Genesis 15:9, suffix 3rd person masculine singular, קָחֶנּוּ 1 Samuel 16:11 + 2 times; suffix 3rd person feminine singular קָחֶנָּה Jeremiah 36:14; suffix 3rd person masculine plural קָחֶםנָֿא Genesis 48:9 (compare Köi. 330 Ges§ 61, 2); feminine singular קְחִי Isaiah 23:16 + 3 times; masculine plural קְחוּ Genesis 42:33 +, suffix 3rd person masculine singular קָחֻהוּ 1 Kings 20:33; Infinitive absolute לָקוֺחַ Jeremiah 32:14 + 2 times, לָקֹחַ Deuteronomy 31:26; construct קַחַת Jeremiah 5:3 +; קְחַתֿ 2 Kings 12:9 (Köi. 318); usually with preposition לָקַ֫חַת Genesis 4:11 +, מִקַּ֫חַת 1 Kings 22:3 +, etc.; suffix קַחְתִּי Ezekiel 24:25, קַחְתֵּךְ Genesis 30:15 +, etc.; Participle active לֹקֵחַ Genesis 27:46 +, etc.; passive plural לְקֻחִים Proverbs 24:11; —
1. take, take in the hand, followed by accusative of thing, Exodus 7:15 (J), Exodus 17:5 (E), Numbers 25:7 (P), 2 Kings 4:29 (all with בְּיַד) 2 Samuel 18:14 (with בְּכַף), compare Genesis 8:9 (J), Exodus 4:17; Exodus 12:22 (JE), Deuteronomy 15:17 + often; Genesis 40:11 (E; of plucking grapes. 2 Samuel 4:6 read סֹקְלָה for לֹקְחֵי, see חִטָּה, above, and סקל). This easily passes into
2. take and carry along with oneself, כֶּסֶף קְחוּ בְיֶדְכֶם Genesis 43:12 (J), Joshua 9:11 (JE), 1 Kings 14:3; 2 Kings 5:5; 2 Kings 8:8, 9; 2 Kings 9:1 all Proverbs 7:20 (all with בְּיַד); Genesis 43:15; Joshua 9:4 (both J E), +.
3.
a. take from, or out of, followed by active of thing or person, + מִן local: Genesis 2:22 (rib from man), Genesis 3:22 (man from ground; both J); Deuteronomy 19:12; 1 Samuel 17:49; 1 Kings 17:19 +; וַיִּקַּ ח אֶתהַֿחֶרֶב מֵעַל יֶרֶךְ יִמִינוֺ Judges 3:21 (i.e. drew it); with ב instrumental בְּמֶלְקָחַיִם מֵעַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ ל׳ Isaiah 6:6; followed by מִן partitive 2 Samuel 12:4.
b. take, carry away: Ezekiel 3:14 sprit lifited me up and carried me away; figurative of passion carrying one away Job 15:12.
c. take away from, so as to deprive of, followed by accusative Genesis 42:36 (E); followed by accusative + מִן, Genesis 44:29 (מֵעִם; J), 1 Kings 11:34; Psalm 51:13; לֹקֵחַ אֶתֿ י׳ אֲדֹנֶיךָ מֵעַל ראֹשֶׁ֑ךָ 2 Kings 2:3 י׳ is about to take away thy lord from over thy head, so 2 Kings 2:5; compare absolute אֵינֶנּוּ אֹתוֺ אלהים כִּילֿ׳ Genesis 5:24 (P); more often without מִן, Genesis 27:36 (twice in verse); Genesis 30:15 (twice in verse); Genesis 31:1 (all J), Judges 11:13, 15; Judges 15:6; Judges 18:24; 1 Samuel 12:3 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 12:4; 1 Kings 11:34; Job 12:20; absolute Job 1:21; אֶתֶּןלְֿךָ מֶלֶךְ בְּאַמִּי וְאֶקַּח בְּעֶבְרָתִי Hosea 13:11; of the sword, taking away its victims Ezekiel 33:4, 6; figurative of taking away understanding Hosea 4:11.
d. especially take away life 1 Kings 19:10, 14; Psalm 31:14; Proverbs 1:19; Jonah 4:3.
4. take to or for a person:
a. for oneself, followed by accusative + לְ, = appropriate to oneself Deuteronomy 7:25; Numbers 8:16 (P), Deuteronomy 22:7; 2 Kings 12:6; with לְ as dativus commodi [dative of benefit], Zechariah 11:7; אֶתשְֿׁנֵי יְלָדַי לוֺ לַעֲבָדִים ל׳ 2 Kings 4:1 to take my two sons for himself for slaves; so (without לְ reflexive), תִּקָּחֶנּוּ לְעֶבֶד עוֺלָם Job 40:28 wilt thou take him as slave for ever?
b. = procure, get, followed by accusative + לְ, קְחוּ לָכֶם תֶּבֶן Exodus 5:11 (J) get you straw; לֹקֵחַ לוֺ קָלוֺן Proverbs 9:7 getteth to himself shame; so often, especially קַח לְךָ, etc., Genesis 6:21; Genesis 12:19; Genesis 16:21; Genesis 45:19 +; without לְ, Nehemiah 5:2 let us procure corn, and eat and live; of acquiring a field Proverbs 31:16.
c. take possession of, followed by accusative, of land Deuteronomy 29:7; Joshua 11:16, 23 (all D), 2 Chronicles 16:5; compare מְּקֻדָּתוֺ יִקַּח אַחֵר Psalm 109:8 his office let another take; figurative הַלַּיְלָה הַהוּא יִקָּחֵהוּ אֹפֶל Job 3:6 that night — let darkness take possession of it!
d. = select, choose, י׳ וְאֶתְכֶם ל׳ Deuteronomy 4:20, compare Deuteronomy 4:34)+ לוֺ), 1 Kings 11:37; of men Deuteronomy 1:15; Joshua 3:12 (J E; + לָכֶם); + מִן Deuteronomy 1:23; Joshua 4:2 (JE).
e. especially take in marriage:
(1) for another, especially a son, with לְ, וְלָקַחְתָּ֫ אִשָּׁה לִבְנִי, Genesis 24:4 and thou shalt take a wife for my son, so Genesis 24:7; Genesis 24:38; Genesis 24:40; Genesis 24:48 (all J), Genesis 21:21 (E), Jeremiah 29:6b;
(2) more often for oneself, usually with לְ reflexive (sometimes + לְאִשָּׁה), Genesis 4:19; Genesis 6:2; Genesis 11:29; Genesis 12:19 (all J), + often; without לְ Genesis 20:2, 3(E), etc.
f. = receive, accept, especially a bribe, gift, ransom, etc., 1 Samuel 8:3c; 1 Samuel 12:4 (both followed by מִן), Amos 5:12; 2 Kings 5:15, 16, 20, 23, 26 (twice in verse); Psalm 15:5; interest-money Ezekiel 18:13, 17; Ezekiel 22:12; inheritance Joshua 13:8; Joshua 18:7(both D), Numbers 34:14 (twice in verse); Numbers 34:15 (P); of earth, receiving Abel's blood Genesis 4:11 (J); chastisement Isaiah 40:2; of perceiving a sound, Job 4:11 mine ear received a whisper of it; receive mentally: וְלָקַח בְּעָלָיו Exodus 22:10 (E) i.e. shall accept the oath as satisfactory; בָּרֵךְ לָקַחְתִּי Numbers 23:20 (JE), i.e. I have received (commandment by revelation) to bless; receive instruction Proverbs 24:32; Jeremiah 2:30 +; entanglements of temptation Proverbs 22:25.
g. take, as preliminary to further action: Genesis 31:34 (E), she took them and put them; Judges 3:25 take key and open; Joshua 2:4 she took the two men and hid them; 1 Kings 18:4 Obadiah took 100 prophets and hid them; 1 Kings 19:21 Elisha took the yoke of oxen and slew them, compare 2 Samuel 17:19; 2 Samuel 18:18; sometimes wholly redundant, קְחוּ וַעֲשׂוּ עֲגָלָה חֲדָשָׁה 1 Samuel 6:7 take and prepare a new cart, etc.; somewhat different is הַלֹּקְחִים לְשׁוֺנָם וַיִּנְאֲמוּ נְאֻם Jeremiah 23:31, i.e. they take (= make use of) their own tongues, and talk oracles.
5. take up, upon = put upon, followed by ׃עַל וַתִּקַּת תָּמָר אֵפֶר עַלרֿאֹשָׁהּ 2 Samuel 13:19 and Tamar put ashes upon her head; וַיִּקָּחֶהָ עַלהַֿחֲמוֺר Judges 19:28; compare יִפְרשֹׁ כְּנָפָיו יִקָּחֵהוּ Deuteronomy 32:11 he spreadeth his wings, he taketh him up.
6. = fetch: קְחִינָֿא לִי מְעַטמַֿיִם 1 Kings 17:10 fetch me, pray, a little water, compare 1 Kings 17:11; 1 Kings 17:11, 2 Kings 2:20; 2 Kings 4:41; וְקַחלִֿי מִשָּׁם שְׁנֵי גְּדָיֵי עִוִּים Genesis 27:9 and fetch me thence two kids, compare Genesis 27:13 (J); + בְּיָדִי 1 Samuel 21:9; an offering Leviticus 12:8 (P; || הֵבִיא Leviticus 12:6); with human object often nearly = summon, לָקֹב אֹיְבַי לְקַחְתִּיךָ Numbers 33:11 (JE) to curse mine enemies did I summon thee, Judges 11:5; 1 Samuel 16:11; שְׁלַח וְקַח אֹתוֺ אֵלַי 1 Samuel 20:31 send and bring him unto me; 2 Kings 3:15; 2 Kings 6:13 +; of י׳, summoning his people from exile, מִשָּׁם יְקָּחֶ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 30:4.
7. take=lead, conduct (with or without contact): וַיִּקַּח אֶתשְֿׁנֵי בָנָיו עִמּוֺ Genesis 48:1; גַּם בְּקַרְכֶם קְחוּ Exodus 12:32 (both E); וְאֶתעַֿמּוֺ לָקַח עִמּוֺ Exodus 14:6 (J) and his people he took with him; compare Exodus 14:7 (J), Joshua 8:1 (JE), Judges 4:6; אֶקָּֽחֲךָ אֶלמָֿקוֺם אַחֵר Numbers 23:27 I will take thee unto another place, compare Numbers 23:14; Numbers 23:28 (all J E); י׳ subject, וָאֶקַּח אֶתאֲֿבִיכֶם Joshua 24:3 (E) and I took your father Abraham from beyond the river; לַמָּוֶת הַצֵּל לְקֻחִים rescue those led to death.
8. take = capture, seize: לָקַחְתִּי בְחָזְקָה 1 Samuel 2:16 I will take by force, that is, flesh; of spoils, בֶּצַע כֶּסֶף לֹא ל׳ Judges 5:19 gain of silver they took not; of capture of ark 1 Samuel 5:1; bronze 2 Samuel 8:3, etc.; territory Genesis 48:22 (E), Deuteronomy 3:14; cities Numbers 21:25 (JE), Deuteronomy 3:14; Joshua 11:19 (D), 1 Samuel 7:14; 2 Samuel 8:1; of capture of hippopotamus Job 40:24; of seductions of woman, בְּעַפְעַפֶּיהָ וְאַל־תִּקָֽחֲךָ Proverbs 6:25 and let her not capture thee with her eyelids.
9. take = carry off:
a. as booty Genesis 14:11; 1 Samuel 27:9; 1 Samuel 30:16, 18, 19, 20; 1 Kings 14:26 (twice in verse).
10. in phrase take vengeance: וְנִקְחָה נִקְמָתֵנוּ מִמֶּנּוּ Jeremiah 20:10 and we will take our vengeance upon him; absolute נָקָם אֶקַּח Isaiah 47:3 vengeance will I take.
Niph. Perfect נִלְקַח 1 Samuel 4:22; נִלְקָ֑ח 1 Samuel 4:11; Ezekiel 33:6; 3rd person feminine singular נִלְקָ֑חָה 1 Samuel 4:17; Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular וַתִּלָּקַח Esther 2:8, 16; 1st person singular אֶלָּקַח 2 Kings 2:9; Infinitive construct הִלָּקַח 1 Samuel 4:19, 21, suffix הִלָּֽקְחוֺ 1 Samuel 21:7; —
1. be captured, of ark 1 Samuel 4:11, 17, 19, 21, 22.
2. be taken away, removed, of shewbread 1 Samuel 21:7; of removal by death Ezekiel 33:6; of translation of Elijah 2 Kings 2:9 (with מֵעִם person)
3. be taken, brought unto (אֶלֿ), only Esther 2:8, 16.
Pu. Perfect לֻקַּח Genesis 3:23 +, 3rd person feminine singular לְֻקָֿחָהֿ Genesis 2:23, 2nd person masculine singular לֻקָּ֑חְתָּ Genesis 3:19, etc.; —
1. be taken from, out of (מִן of source) Genesis 2:23; Genesis 3:19, 23 (all J); compare וְלֻקַּח מֵהֶם קְלָלָה Jeremiah 29:22 and there shall be taken from them)derived from their case) a curse-formula.
2. = be stolen from, Judges 17:2 (ל person)
3. be taken captive, Jeremiah 48:46, compare Isaiah 52:5.
4. be taken away, removed (= Niph. 2), of Elijah's translation 2 Kings 2:10 (with מֵאֵת person), of death Isaiah 53:8 (with מִן, probably instrumental)
Hoph. Imperfect יֻקַּח Genesis 18:4 +, etc.; —
1. be taken, brought unto Genesis 12:15 (J; followed by בֵּית to the house of), Genesis 18:4 (absolute)
2. be taken out of Job 28:2 (מִן of source), from, of Ezekiel 15:3 (מִן partitive)
3. be taken away from Isaiah 49:24 (מִן person); absolute Isaiah 49:25.
Hithp. Participle feminine singular אֵשׁ מִתְלַקַּ֫חַת literally fire taking hold of itself, of lightning Exodus 9:24 (JE), Ezekiel 1:4, exact significance dubious; in close succession, incessant Di Sm, infolding itself, i.e. a mass of fire, Thes Rob-Ges A VB SS, > of quivering flashes Buhl, of forked or zigzag lightning Da.
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Genesis

2:22; 2:22; 2:23; 2:23; 3:19; 3:19; 3:22; 3:23; 3:23; 4:11; 4:11; 4:19; 5:24; 6:2; 6:21; 6:21; 8:9; 11:29; 12:15; 12:19; 12:19; 14:11; 14:12; 14:23; 15:9; 18:4; 18:4; 20:2; 20:3; 20:3; 21:21; 24:4; 24:7; 24:7; 24:38; 24:40; 24:48; 27:9; 27:13; 27:36; 27:36; 27:46; 30:15; 30:15; 31:1; 31:34; 34:6; 38:23; 40:11; 42:33; 42:36; 43:12; 43:15; 44:29; 45:19; 48:1; 48:9; 48:22

Exodus

4:17; 5:11; 7:15; 9:24; 12:22; 12:32; 14:6; 14:7; 17:5; 21:10; 22:10; 29:1

Leviticus

12:6; 12:8

Numbers

8:16; 16:1; 21:25; 23:14; 23:20; 23:27; 23:28; 25:7; 33:11; 34:14; 34:15

Deuteronomy

1:15; 1:23; 3:8; 3:14; 3:14; 4:20; 4:34; 7:25; 15:17; 19:12; 22:7; 29:7; 29:7; 30:4; 31:26; 32:11

Joshua

2:4; 3:12; 4:2; 8:1; 9:4; 9:11; 11:16; 11:19; 11:23; 13:8; 18:7; 24:3

Judges

3:21; 3:25; 4:6; 5:19; 11:5; 11:13; 11:15; 15:6; 17:2; 18:24; 19:28

1 Samuel

2:16; 4:3; 4:11; 4:11; 4:17; 4:17; 4:19; 4:19; 4:21; 4:21; 4:22; 4:22; 5:1; 6:7; 7:14; 8:3; 12:3; 12:4; 16:11; 16:11; 17:49; 20:31; 21:7; 21:7; 21:9; 27:9; 30:16; 30:18; 30:19; 30:20; 30:20

2 Samuel

4:6; 8:1; 8:3; 12:4; 12:4; 13:19; 17:19; 18:14; 18:18; 18:18; 22:27

1 Kings

11:34; 11:34; 11:37; 14:3; 14:26; 17:10; 17:11; 17:11; 17:11; 17:19; 18:4; 19:10; 19:14; 19:21; 20:33; 22:3

2 Kings

2:3; 2:5; 2:9; 2:9; 2:10; 2:20; 3:15; 4:1; 4:29; 4:41; 5:5; 5:15; 5:16; 5:20; 5:23; 5:26; 6:13; 8:8; 8:9; 9:1; 12:6; 12:9; 18:32; 23:34

2 Chronicles

16:5; 36:4

Nehemiah

5:2

Esther

2:8; 2:8; 2:16; 2:16

Job

1:21; 3:6; 4:11; 12:20; 15:12; 15:12; 28:2; 40:24

Psalms

15:5; 31:14; 51:13; 109:8

Proverbs

1:19; 6:25; 7:20; 9:7; 20:16; 22:25; 24:11; 24:32; 31:16

Isaiah

6:6; 23:16; 36:17; 40:2; 47:3; 49:24; 49:25; 52:5; 53:8

Jeremiah

2:30; 5:3; 20:10; 23:31; 27:20; 29:6; 29:22; 32:14; 36:14; 48:46

Ezekiel

1:4; 3:14; 15:3; 17:5; 18:13; 18:17; 22:12; 24:25; 33:4; 33:6; 33:6; 33:6; 37:16

Hosea

4:11; 11:3; 13:11

Amos

5:12

Jonah

4:3

Zechariah

11:7; 11:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3947 matches the Hebrew לָקַח (lāqaḥ),
which occurs 966 times in 909 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 19 (Gen 34:17–Exo 7:19)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:17 - “But if H518 you will not listen H8085 to us to be circumcised, H4135 then we will take H3947 our daughter H1323 and go.” H1980
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:21 - “These H428 men H376 are [fn]friendly H8003 with us; therefore let them [fn]live H3427 in the land H776 and trade H5503 in it, for behold, H2009 the land H776 is [fn]large H7342 H3027 enough H3027 for them. Let us take H3947 their daughters H1323 [fn]in marriage, H802 and give H5414 our daughters H1323 to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:25 - Now it came H1961 about on the third H7992 day, H3117 when they were in pain, H3510 that two H8147 of Jacob’s H3290 sons, H1121 Simeon H8095 and Levi, H3878 Dinah’s H1783 brothers, H251 each H376 took H3947 his sword H2719 and came H935 upon the city H5892 unawares, H983 and killed H2026 every H3605 male. H2145
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:26 - They killed H2026 Hamor H2544 and his son H1121 Shechem H7927 with the edge H6310 of the sword, H2719 and took H3947 Dinah H1783 from Shechem’s H7927 house, H1004 and went H3318 forth. H3318
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:28 - They took H3947 their flocks H6629 and their herds H1241 and their donkeys, H2543 and that which H834 was in the city H5892 and that which H834 was in the field; H7704
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:2 - Esau H6215 took H3947 his wives H802 from the daughters H1323 of Canaan: H3667 Adah H5711 the daughter H1323 of Elon H356 the Hittite, H2850 and Oholibamah H173 the daughter H1323 of Anah H6034 and the granddaughter H1323 of Zibeon H6649 the Hivite; H2340
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:6 - Then Esau H6215 took H3947 his wives H802 and his sons H1121 and his daughters H1323 and all H3605 [fn]his household, H1004 and his livestock H4735 and all H3605 his cattle H929 and all H3605 his goods H7075 which H834 he had acquired H7408 in the land H776 of Canaan, H3667 and went H1980 to another land H776 away from his brother H251 Jacob. H3290
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:24 - and they took H3947 him and threw H7993 him into the pit. H953 Now the pit H953 was empty, H7386 without H369 any water H4325 in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:31 - So they took H3947 Joseph’s H3130 tunic, H3801 and slaughtered H7819 a male H8163 goat H8163 and dipped H2881 the tunic H3801 in the blood; H1818
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:2 - Judah H3063 saw H7200 there H8033 a daughter H1323 of a certain H376 Canaanite H3669 whose name H8034 was Shua; H7770 and he took H3947 her and went H935 in to her.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:6 - Now Judah H3063 took H3947 a wife H802 for Er H6147 his firstborn, H1060 and her name H8034 was Tamar. H8559
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:20 - When Judah H3063 sent H7971 the [fn]young H1423 H5795 goat H1423 H5795 by his friend H7453 the Adullamite, H5726 to receive H3947 the pledge H6162 from the woman’s H802 hand, H3027 he did not find H4672 her.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:23 - Then Judah H3063 said, H559 “Let her [fn]keep H3947 them, otherwise H6435 we will become H1961 a laughingstock. H937 [fn]After H2009 all, H2009 I sent H7971 this H2088 young H1423 goat, H1423 but you did not find H4672 her.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:28 - Moreover, it took H1961 place H1961 while she was giving H3205 birth, H3205 one put H5414 out a hand, H3027 and the midwife H3205 took H3947 and tied H7194 a scarlet H8144 thread on his hand, H3027 saying, H559 “This H2088 one H2088 came H3318 out first.” H7223
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:20 - So Joseph’s H3130 master H113 took H3947 him and put H5414 him into the jail, H1004 H5470 the place H4725 where H834 the king’s H4428 prisoners H615 were confined; H631 and he was there H8033 in the jail. H1004 H5470
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:11 - “Now Pharaoh’s H6547 cup H3563 was in my hand; H3027 so I took H3947 the grapes H6025 and squeezed H7818 them into Pharaoh’s H6547 cup, H3563 and I put H5414 the cup H3563 into Pharaoh’s H6547 [fn]hand.” H3709
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:16 - “Send H7971 one H259 of you that he may get H3947 your brother, H251 while you remain confined, H631 that your words H1697 may be tested, H974 whether there is truth H571 in you. But if H518 not, by the life H2416 of Pharaoh, H6547 surely H3588 you are spies.” H7270
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:24 - He turned H5437 away H5437 from them and wept. H1058 But when he returned H7725 to them and spoke H1696 to them, he took H3947 Simeon H8095 from them and bound H631 him before their eyes. H5869
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:33 - “The man, H376 the lord H113 of the land, H776 said H559 to us, ‘By this H2088 I will know H3045 that you are honest H3651 men: H3651 leave H5117 one H259 of your brothers H251 with me and take H3947 grain for the famine H7459 of your households, H1004 and go. H1980
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:36 - Their father H1 Jacob H3290 said H559 to them, “You have bereaved H7921 me of my children: H7921 Joseph H3130 is no H369 more, H369 and Simeon H8095 is no H369 more, H369 and you would take H3947 Benjamin; H1144 all H3605 these things are against H5921 me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:11 - Then their father H1 Israel H3478 said H559 to them, “If H518 it must be so, H3651 then H645 do H6213 this: H2088 take H3947 some H4480 of the best H2173 products H2173 of the land H776 in your [fn]bags, H3627 and carry H3381 down H3381 to the man H376 as a present, H4503 a little H4592 [fn]balm H6875 and a little H4592 honey, H1706 [fn]aromatic H5219 gum H5219 and [fn]myrrh, H3910 pistachio H992 nuts H992 and almonds. H8247
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:12 - “Take H3947 double H4932 the money H3701 in your hand, H3027 and take H7725 back H7725 in your hand H3027 the money H3701 that was returned H7725 in the mouth H6310 of your sacks; H572 perhaps H194 it was a mistake. H4870
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:13 - “Take H3947 your brother H251 also, and arise, H6965 return H7725 to the man; H376
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:15 - So the men H376 took H3947 this H2088 present, H4503 and they took H3947 double H4932 the money H3701 in their hand, H3027 and Benjamin; H1144 then they arose H6965 and went H3381 down H3381 to Egypt H4714 and stood H5975 before H6440 Joseph. H3130
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:18 - Now the men H376 were afraid, H3372 because H3588 they were brought H935 to Joseph’s H3130 house; H1004 and they said, H559It is because H5921 H1697 of the money H3701 that was returned H7725 in our sacks H572 the first H8462 time H8462 that we are being brought H935 in, that he may [fn]seek H1556 occasion H1556 against H5921 us and fall H5307 upon us, and take H3947 us for slaves H5650 with our donkeys.” H2543
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:29 - ‘If you take H3947 this H2088 one H2088 also H1571 from [fn]me, and harm H611 befalls H7136 him, you will bring H3381 my gray H7872 hair H7872 down H3381 to Sheol H7585 in [fn]sorrow.’ H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:18 - and take H3947 your father H1 and your households H1004 and come H935 to me, and I will give H5414 you the [fn]best H2898 of the land H776 of Egypt H4714 and you will eat H398 the fat H2459 of the land.’ H776
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:19 - “Now you are ordered, H6680 ‘Do H6213 this: H2088 [fn]take H3947 wagons H5699 from the land H776 of Egypt H4714 for your little H2945 ones H2945 and for your wives, H802 and bring H5375 your father H1 and come. H935
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:6 - They took H3947 their livestock H4735 and their property, H7399 which H834 they had acquired H7408 in the land H776 of Canaan, H3667 and came H935 to Egypt, H4714 Jacob H3290 and all H3605 his [fn]descendants H2233 with him:
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:2 - He took H3947 five H2568 men H376 from among H7097 his brothers H251 and presented H3322 H6440 them to Pharaoh. H6547
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:1 - Now it came H1961 about after H310 these H428 things H1697 that [fn]Joseph H3130 was told, H559 “Behold, H2009 your father H1 is sick.” H2470 So he took H3947 his two H8147 sons H1121 Manasseh H4519 and Ephraim H669 with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:9 - Joseph H3130 said H559 to his father, H1 “They are my sons, H1121 whom H834 God H430 has given H5414 me here.” H2088 So he said, H559 “Bring H3947 them to me, please, H4994 that I may bless H1288 them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:13 - Joseph H3130 took H3947 them both, H8147 Ephraim H669 with his right H3225 hand H3225 toward H4480 Israel’s H3478 left, H8040 and Manasseh H4519 with his left H8040 hand H8040 toward H4480 Israel’s H3478 right, H3225 and brought H5066 them close H5066 to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:22 - “I give H5414 you one H259 [fn]portion H7926 more H5921 than H5921 your brothers, H251 which H834 I took H3947 from the hand H3027 of the Amorite H567 with my sword H2719 and my bow.” H7198
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:1 - Now a man H376 from the house H1004 of Levi H3878 went H1980 and [fn]married H3947 a daughter H1323 of Levi. H3878
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:3 - But when she could H3201 hide H6845 him no H3808 longer, H5750 she got H3947 him a [fn]wicker H1573 [fn]basket H8392 and covered H2560 it over with tar H2564 and pitch. H2203 Then she put H7760 the child H3206 into it and set H7760 it among the reeds H5488 by the bank H8193 of the Nile. H2975
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:5 - The daughter H1323 of Pharaoh H6547 came H3381 down H3381 to bathe H7364 at the Nile, H2975 with her maidens H5291 walking H1980 alongside H5921 H3027 the Nile; H2975 and she saw H7200 the [fn]basket H8392 among H8432 the reeds H5488 and sent H7971 her maid, H519 and she brought H3947 it to her.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:9 - Then Pharaoh’s H6547 daughter H1323 said H559 to her, “Take H1980 this H2088 child H3206 away and nurse H3243 him for me and I will give H5414 you your wages.” H7939 So the woman H802 took H3947 the child H3206 and nursed H5134 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:9 - “But if H518 they will not believe H539 even H1571 these H428 two H8147 signs H226 or heed H8085 what H6963 you say, H6963 then you shall take H3947 some H4480 water H4325 from the Nile H2975 and pour H8210 it on the dry H3004 ground; H3004 and the water H4325 which H834 you take H3947 from the Nile H2975 will become H1961 blood H1818 on the dry H3006 ground.” H3006
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:17 - “You shall take H3947 in your hand H3027 this H2088 staff, H4294 with which H834 you shall perform H6213 the signs.” H226
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:20 - So Moses H4872 took H3947 his wife H802 and his sons H1121 and mounted H7392 them on a donkey, H2543 and returned H7725 to the land H776 of Egypt. H4714 Moses H4872 also took H3947 the staff H4294 of God H430 in his hand. H3027
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:25 - Then Zipporah H6855 took H3947 a flint H6864 and cut H3772 off H3772 her son’s H1121 foreskin H6190 and [fn]threw H5060 it at Moses’ feet, H7272 and she said, H559 “You are indeed H3588 a bridegroom H2860 of blood H1818 to me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:11 - ‘You go H1980 and get H3947 straw H8401 for yourselves wherever H4480 H834 you can find H4672 it, but none H369 of your labor H5656 will be reduced.’” H1639
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:7 - ‘Then I will take H3947 you [fn]for My people, H5971 and I will be [fn]your God; H430 and you shall know H3045 that I am the LORD H3068 your God, H430 who brought H3318 you out from under H8478 the burdens H5450 of the Egyptians. H4714
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:20 - Amram H6019 [fn]married H3947 H802 his father’s H1733 sister H1733 Jochebed, H3115 and she bore H3205 him Aaron H175 and Moses; H4872 and the [fn]length H8141 of Amram’s H6019 life H2416 was one hundred H3967 and thirty-seven H7970 H7651 years. H8141
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:23 - Aaron H175 [fn]married H3947 H802 Elisheba, H472 the daughter H1323 of Amminadab, H5992 the sister H269 of Nahshon, H5177 and she bore H3205 him Nadab H5070 and Abihu, H30 Eleazar H499 and Ithamar. H385
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:25 - Aaron’s H175 son H1121 Eleazar H499 [fn]married H3947 H802 one H4480 of the daughters H1323 of Putiel, H6317 and she bore H3205 him Phinehas. H6372 These H428 are the heads H7218 of the fathers’ H1 households of the Levites H3881 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:9 - “When H3588 Pharaoh H6547 speaks H1696 to you, saying, H559[fn]Work H5414 a miracle,’ H4159 then you shall say H559 to Aaron, H175 ‘Take H3947 your staff H4294 and throw H7993 it down H7993 before H6440 Pharaoh, H6547 that it may become H1961 a serpent.’” H8577
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15 - “Go H1980 to Pharaoh H6547 in the morning H1242 [fn]as he is going H3318 out to the water, H4325 and station H5324 yourself H5324 to meet H7122 him on the bank H8193 of the Nile; H2975 and you shall take H3947 in your hand H3027 the staff H4294 that was turned H2015 into a serpent. H5175
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:19 - Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses, H4872 “Say H559 to Aaron, H175 ‘Take H3947 your staff H4294 and stretch H5186 out your hand H3027 over H5921 the waters H4325 of Egypt, H4714 over H5921 their rivers, H5104 over H5921 their [fn]streams, H2975 and over H5921 their pools, H98 and over H5921 all H3605 their reservoirs H4723 of water, H4325 that they may become H1961 blood; H1818 and there will be blood H1818 throughout all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt, H4714 both in vessels of wood H6086 and in vessels of stone.’” H68

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