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Hebrew
Etymology
Noun
לֶקֶט • (léket) m (plural indefinite לְקָטִים, singular construct לֶקֶט־)
- gleaning
Tanach, Leviticus 23:22, with translation of the King James Version:וּבְקֻצְרְכֶם אֶת קְצִיר אַרְצְכֶם לֹא תְכַלֶּה פְּאַת שָׂדְךָ בְּקֻצְרֶךָ וְלֶקֶט קְצִירְךָ לֹא תְלַקֵּט לֶעָנִי וְלַגֵּר תַּעֲזֹב אֹתָם- And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger
Verb
לָקַט • (lakát) (pa'al construction)
- to gather
Conjugation
Verb
לִקֵּט • (likét) (pi'el construction)
- defective spelling of ליקט
Verb
לֻקַּט • (lukát) (pu'al construction)
- defective spelling of לוקט
References
- “לקט” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language