לקט

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Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ל־ק־ט (l-q-ṭ)

Noun

לֶקֶט (léketm (plural indefinite לְקָטִים, singular construct לֶקֶט־)

  1. 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)

  1. to gather
    • Tanach, Exodus 16:22, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַיְהִי בַּיּוֹם הַשִּׁשִּׁי לָקְטוּ לֶחֶם מִשְׁנֶה
      And it came to pass that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread

Conjugation

Verb

לִקֵּט (likét) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of ליקט

Verb

לֻקַּט (lukát) (pu'al construction)

  1. defective spelling of לוקט

References

  • לקט” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language