Strong's Lexicon

H3952

H3952 — לָקַק

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewlaqaqverb-stemOccurrences: 7TWOT: 1126

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3952
Word:	לָקַק
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	7
Transliteration:	laqaq
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	law-kak'
Meaning:	1. to lick or lap
KJV Renderings:	lap, lick.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4461

[לָקַק] verb lap, lick (Late Hebrew id., Pi`el; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2852] lick, lap of dog (Wahrm)); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular לָֽקְקוּ 1Kgs 21:19 Imperfect 3 masculine singular יָלֹק Judg 7:5 (twice in verse); 3 masculine plural יָלֹ֫קּוּ 1Kgs 21:19, וַיָּלֹ֫קּוּ 1Kgs 22:38 — lap, יָלֹק בִּלְשׁוֺנוֺ מִןֿ הַמַּיִם Judg 7:5, like of dog v Judg 7:5 (absolute); of dogs lapping up blood (accusative), 1Kgs 21:19 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 22:38.

Pi`el Participle plural with article הַמְֿלַקְקִים Judg 7:6 ( בְּיָדָם אֶלפִּֿיהֶם is erroneous gloss, see GFM), Judg 7:7 in both = lap, lap up (= Qal Judg 7:5).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

לקק (lah-kak’)

1 Kings 21:19

KJV: And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.

EHCC: where dogs licked the blood of Naboth

Judges 7:5

KJV: So he brought down the people unto the water: and the Lord said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.

EHCC: Every one that leppeth

Judges 7:6

KJV: And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.

EHCC: the number of them 4