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Lexicon :: Strong's H3952 - lāqaq

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לָקַק
Transliteration
lāqaq
Pronunciation
law-kak'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1126

Strong’s Definitions

לָקַק lâqaq, law-kak'; a primitive root; to lick or lap:—lap, lick.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H3952 in the following manner: lap (4x), lick (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H3952 in the following manner: lap (4x), lick (3x).
  1. to lap, lick, lap up

    1. (Qal) to lap, lap up

    2. (Piel) to lap up

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לָקַק lâqaq, law-kak'; a primitive root; to lick or lap:—lap, lick.
STRONGS H3952: Abbreviations
† [לָקַק] verb lap, lick (Late Hebrew id., Pi.; Arabic bdb054501 lick, lap of dog (Wahrm)); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular לָֽקְקוּ 1 Kings 21:19; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָלֹק Judges 7:5 (twice in verse); 3rd person masculine plural יָלֹ֫קּוּ 1 Kings 21:19, וַיָּלֹ֫קּוּ 1 Kings 22:38; — lap, יָלֹק בִּלְשׁוֺנוֺ מִןֿ הַמַּיִם Judges 7:5, like of dog Judges 7:5 (absolute); of dogs lapping up blood (accusative), 1 Kings 21:19 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 22:38.
Pi. Participle plural with article הַמְֿלַקְקִים Judges 7:6 (אֶל־פִּיהֶם בְּיָדָם is erroneous gloss, see GFM), Judges 7:7; in both = lap, lap up (= Qal Judges 7:5).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

7:5; 7:5; 7:5; 7:5; 7:6; 7:7

1 Kings

21:19; 21:19; 21:19; 22:38; 22:38

H3952

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3952 matches the Hebrew לָקַק (lāqaq),
which occurs 7 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:5 - When Gideon took his warriors down to the water, the LORD told him, “Divide the men into two groups. In one group put all those who cup water in their hands and lap it up with their tongues like dogs. In the other group put all those who kneel down and drink with their mouths in the stream.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:6 - Only 300 of the men drank from their hands. All the others got down on their knees and drank with their mouths in the stream.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:7 - The LORD told Gideon, “With these 300 men I will rescue you and give you victory over the Midianites. Send all the others home.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:19 - Give him this message: ‘This is what the LORD says: Wasn’t it enough that you killed Naboth? Must you rob him, too? Because you have done this, dogs will lick your blood at the very place where they licked the blood of Naboth!’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:38 - Then his chariot was washed beside the pool of Samaria, and dogs came and licked his blood at the place where the prostitutes bathed,[fn] just as the LORD had promised.
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