Lexical Definition

‎לָכַד‎ lâkad (law-kad') to capture ^H:V
a primitive root

[idiom] at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.

• to catch (in a net, trap or pit)
• generally, to capture or occupy
• also to choose (by lot)
• figuratively, to cohere

1) to capture, take, seize
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to capture, seize
1a2) to capture (of men) (fig.)
1a3) to take (by lot)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be captured
1b2) to be caught (of men in trap, snare) (fig.)
1c) (Hithpael) to grasp each other

See Greek: ἀγρεύω · ἁρπάζω · δεικνύω · ἐνδείκνυμι · καταλαμβάνω · κατέχω · κληρονομέω · κληρόω · κρατέω · κυριεύω · λαγχάνω · λαμβάνω · πατάσσω · συλλαμβάνω · συνέχω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎לָכַד‎₁₂₁ verb capture, seize, take (by lot) (Phoenician ‎לכד‎ take out, choose (?); ᵑ7 ‎לְכַד‎ as Biblical Hebrew; Arabic is strike, push, with the hand, etc., pestle, compare modern attack Wetzst^{ZMG xxii. 1868, 140}; stick or cleave to); —

Qal Perfect ‎׳‎‎ל‎ Josh 8:1 +, ‎לָכַדְתִּי‎ 2Sam 12:27 etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִלְכּוֺד‎ Amos 3:5 ‎וַיִּלְכֹּד‎ Judg 8:12 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular suffix ‎לָכְדָהּ‎ 2Sam 12:28, masculine plural ‎לִכְדוּ‎; Infinitive absolute ‎לָכוֺד‎ Amos 3:5 construct suffix ‎לְלָכְדֵנִי‎ Jer 18:22, ‎לְלָכְדָהּ‎ Jer 32:24 Participle ‎לֹכֵד‎ Job 5:13; Prov 16:32 —

1. capture, seize (not in P) with accusative, usually a city or town, in war Judg 1:8; Judg 1:12; Josh 8:21; Josh 10:1 (JE), Deut 2:35 + 48 t. (but Judg 1:18 strike out as gloss Bu Kit GFM and others); land Josh 10:42 (D), Dan 11:18 water-courses (fords), Judg 3:28; Judg 7:24 (twice in verse); Judg 12:8 object men (usually princes, kings) in battle Judg 7:25; Judg 8:12; Judg 8:14; Josh 11:12; Josh 11:17 (D), 2Chr 22:9; 2Chr 33:11 captives and spoils 2Sam 8:4 = 1Chr 18:4 of Saul's seizing the kingdom (‎הַמְּלוּכָה‎), i.e. acquiring it actually by force of arms 1Sam 14:47 also of Samson's catching the foxes Judg 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 Jer 5:26; Ps 35:8, compare Prov 5:22; Job 5:13 and (of a pit) Jer 18:22.

3. of taking by lot Josh 7:14 (3 t. in verse); Josh 7:17 (J E; see Niph`al 3).

Niph`al Perfect ‎נִלְכַּד‎ Lam 4:20 3 feminine singular ‎נִלְכְּדָה‎ 1Kgs 16:18 +, etc.; Imperfect ‎יִלָּכֵד‎ Isa 24:18; Jer 48:44 ‎יִלָּ֫כֶד כָּהּ‎ Eccl 7:26 ‎וַיִּלָּכֵד‎ Josh 7:16 +, etc.; Participle ‎נִלְכָּד‎ Josh 7:15 —

1. be captured in war, of city 1Kgs 16:18; 2Kgs 18:10; Jer 38:28 (twice in verse); Jer 48:1; Jer 48:41; Jer 50:2; Jer 50:9; Jer 50:24; Jer 51:31; Jer 51:41; Zech 14:2 of men Jer 51:56; Lam 4:20 (compare Qal 1).

2. of men, be caught, namely, in a snare or trap, only figurative, usually by divine judgment Isa 8:15; Isa 24:18; Isa 28:13; Ps 9:16*; Ps 59:13*; Prov 6:2; Prov 11:6; Jer 6:11; Jer 8:9 so of Moab Jer 48:7; Jer 48:44 of being ensnared by a woman Eccl 7:26 of being caught by cords of distress, ‎בְּחַבְלֵי עֹ֑נִי‎, Job 36:8.

3. be taken by lot Josh 7:15; Josh 7:16; Josh 7:17; Josh 7:18 (all J E), 1Sam 10:20; 1Sam 10:21 (twice in verse); 1Sam 14:41; 1Sam 14:42 (compare Qal 3).

Hithpa`el Imperfect 3 masculine plural; ‎יִתְלַכְּדוּ וְלֹא יִתְפָּרָ֑דוּ‎ Job 41:9* they grasp each other, and cannot be separated, of crocodile's scales (|| ‎אִישׁ בְּאָחִיהוּ‎ ‎יְדֻבָּ֑קוּ‎); ‎פְּנֵי תְהוֺם יִתְלַכָּ֑דוּ‎ 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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