Lexical Definition

‎לֶקַח‎ leqach (leh'-kakh) teaching ^H:N-M
from ‎לָקַח‎

doctrine, learning, fair speech.

• properly, something received, i.e. (mentally) instruction (whether on the part of the teacher or hearer)
• also (in an active and sinister sense) inveiglement

1) learning, teaching, insight
1a) instruction (obj)
1b) teaching (thing taught)
1b1) teaching-power
1b2) persuasiveness

See Greek: ἀκούω · δῶρον · εἰρήνη · ἔργον · ὁμιλία

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎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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