BDB4451 [H3948]

לֶ֫קַח noun masculine^{Prov 4:2} learning, teaching ( concrete; probably what is received ); — ׳ל absolute Isa 29:24 + 5 t.; suffix לִקְחִי Deut 32:3; Job 11:4 לִקְחָהּ Prov 7:21 —

1. instruction, subjective, as personal acquirement; יִלְמְדוּ לֶ֑קַח Isa 29:24, they shall learn instruction (|| בִּינָה); וְיוֺסֶף לֶ֑קַח Prov 1:5 a wise man will hear and will increase (his) learning, so Prov 9:9.

2. teaching, object, as thing taught, יַעֲרֹף כַּמָּטָר לִקְחִי Deut 32:2 (|| אִמְרָתִי), Job 11:4 טוֺב נָתַתִּי לָכֶם ׳ל Prov 4:2 also = teaching-power, persuasiveness, ׳מֶתֶק שְׂפָתַיִם יוֺסִיף ל Prov 16:21 sweetness of lips increaseth persuasiveness (see מתק), וְעַל שְׂפָתָיו יוֺסִיף לֶקַח vProv 16:23 in bad sense, of seductive words of adulteress, ׳בְּרֹב ל Prov 7:21 (|| בְּחֵלֶק שְׂפָתֶיהָ).

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