לקיחה f. (לקח) 1) taking, seizing. Succ. 37a (ref. to
Lev. XXIiIi, 4o) תמה ל׳ בעינן a real taking in hand is
required. Ib. אחר דבר ע״י ל׳ an indirect taking (with lov-
ed hand, by a string &c.). Ib. 11b וכ׳ ל׳ ל׳ יליף he com-
pares the expression לקח (in Ex. XII, 22 a. Lev. l. c.); a.
fr. -- 2) purchase, acguisition. Ex. R. s. 28, beg. (ref. to
Ps. LXVIII, 19) לו נתנה בל׳ he gave the Law to him as an
absolute acqnisition. -- Esp. taking a wife, betrothal, Y.
Soh. IX, beg. 26d; Y. Yeb. XI, 11 top (ref. to Lev. XX, 14)
וכ׳ ל׳ כתיב וכאן שכיבה כתיב בכולהון in all the other laws
ofincest the verb shakhab is used, but here laka is chosen,
to intimate that one of the two must have been legally
betrothed to him. Y. ib. VI, 7b bot.; (Bab. ib. 55b קיחה);
a. e. --3) taking aaway by death. Gen. R. s. 2b, beg.
לקיט, לקיט. v. לקט.
לקיט m. (לקט) gleaner, asort of client, retainer. Shebu. 46b מאי זלקיטו שכידו how about his hired laborer or his client (may they take the oath) - Y. Erub. VI, 23c top ולקיטו שמשו his (the gentile's) attendant or client. Keth. 54a בל׳ וחילופה (Ar. בלקוט) and the reverse is the law (as to deducting from his wages the outlay for his garments) concerning the client; בל׳ וכן the same is the law &c.
*לקיט I ch. same, esp. beggar. - Pl. לקיטיא. Y. Taan. IV, 69a bot. לל׳ (ed. לקייטא, corr. acc.); Lam. R. to II, 2 quot. in Arab. s. v. גרב; v. מרקוע I.
לקיט II m. (part. pass. of לקט) pinched out, chiselled, in bass-relief (cmp. Syr. לקטא embroidery, P. Sm. 19a0). Targ. IKings VII, 19. Ib. 26; Targ. II Ohr. IV, 5 כשושנתא ל׳ chiselled in the shape of a rose.
לקיטה f. (לקט) picking, collecting, harvesting. Peah I, 4 כאחת ולקיטתו and such fruits as are harvested all at once (not singly as they become ripe). R. Hash. 14b בשעת עישורו לקיטתו the duty of giving tithes begins when it is being cut. Ib. 15a; Tosef. Shebi. IV, 21 למעשר לקיטתו אחר after it is harvested begins the duty &c.; Succ. 40a אחר לקיטה (בת). Ib. 11b עשייתן היא לקיטתן the cutting them is their making (preparing for the religious cere- mony); a. fr.
לקינא, לקנא m. (לקק, cmp. לגין a. Greek ~~~~ד) botttle, flask. Targ. Jud. VI, 38 לקנא ed. Lag. (Var. לקי׳, לגינא, Ar. לקונא; h. text ספל). - Sabb. 12a דמיא ללקי׳ Ar. (Ms. M. ללקנא; ed. לקנא, corr. acc.) into a fask filled with water. Ib. 143a (Ms. M. לנקא, corr. acc.; Rashi Ms. לקונא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 100). Ber. 62a בלקנא . . . מקרקשא (Ms. O). בלקונה) clappered.. . . with a nut in a fask. B. Kam. 113b, v. פליזא. -- Pl. לקינין, לקנין. Targ. Job XXXh, 19, v. לגינא. --Gen. R. s. 13, v. next w.
לקיניתא, לוקניתא f. (preced.) a little fask. Koh. R. to I, 7וכ׳ לגווה יהבין והוו מים לוק׳ מלוון (not בגויה) they filled a flask with (Ocean) water and added water there-- to, and it absorbed it. -- Pl. לקינייאתא. Gen. R. s. 13 יהבוון וכ׳ ל׳ מלא ליה (Ar, לקונין מלא) they handed him faskfuls &c.; (Yalk. Koh. 967 לגינתא מינה מלון).
לקיש, לקישא IIpr. n. m. Lakish, Lkisha; שמעון רבי ׳ בן, abbrev. ׳ דיש, רל R. Simeon ben Lakish (Resh Lakish) an Amora, contemporary and brother-in-daw of R. Iohanan by whom he was converted from a awless life. Hull. 56a. Gitt. 47a; a. fr. - B. Mets. 84a לקישא בר; a. e.
לקיש II, לקיש m. לקישא s. (לקש) stne, lat (in the season); late rain late-born (cmp. אפיל). Targ. Deut. XI, 14 (ed. Bel. לק׳). Targ. Y. Lev. XXVI, 4. Targ. Hos. VI, 3; a. fr. -- Snh. 18b, a. e., v. בעיר. Koh. R. to VII, 26 לסטים ל׳, v. בכיר. - Pl..לקישין, לקישיא, לקי׳; f לקישן. Targ. Y. I Deut. XXXII, 2 לקו׳. Targ. Gen. XXX, 42 (ed. Am. לע׳; h. text העטפים). Targ. Y. Ex. IX, 32. -- Gen. R. s. 73, end (ref. to העטפגים, v. supra) דלבן ל׳ the late-born were Laban's; Lev. R. s. 30 לקישא (corr. acc).
לקישותא, לקי׳ f. (preced.) lateness, retardation. Targ. O. Gon. XXX, 42 ענא בל׳ (ed. Bel. לקישות, v. Beml. Targ. O. II, p. 11; ed. Amst. לקשות) when the sheep were late (tired).
נקן m. (לקי; transl. of ~~~~~) a very small copper coin. Y. Maas. Sh. IV, beg. 54d ו׳ אלפין בתרין ובארבאל (not ילל׳ . , . ובאדבאל) and in Arbela tthe Denar is worth ttwo thousand P'rutahs and one Lakan. -- Y. B. Mets. IV, beg. 9c אסיר בל׳ ל׳ to lend money on Lakan against L. (counting Lakans in place of Denars) is forbidden.
לקנא, v. לקינא.
לקני Lakni, name of a bird. Hull. 63a.
לקק (b. h.; cmp. להך) to lap, lick. Pesik. Zakh. p. 26b וכ׳ ללוק שבאה אומה (not שבא); Tanh. Ki Thetse 9; Yalk. Deut. 938, v. לק. Pi. ליקק same. Snh. 68a וכ׳ המלקק ככלב, v. חסר. Hif. הלק same. Par. IX, 3 מלקת שהיא מפני (ed. Dehr. מלקה) because it (the weasel) laps (lets the water drip back out of its mouth).
לקש (b. h.) to e slow, late. Hif. הלקיש 1) to retard. Num. R. s. 1, beg. (ref. to מאפליה, Jer. II, 31; cmp. אפיל) אותה והלקשתי. . . . מא did I ever promise . . . and retard it?; Tanh. B'midb. 2; Yalk. Jer. 267; Num. R. s. 23 אתכם והלקשתי . . שמא did I promise to bring you . . . and keep you back? - 2) to do a thing late, fnish in a hurry, in a state of exhaustion. Lev. R. s. 30 (interpret. יעטף, Ps. CII, 1, with ref. to Gen. XXX, 42) וילקישנה קימעה מממלאכתו לכשיפליג. . . חפועל מה בסוף (not מלאכתו) as a iaborer sits waitiing for the tirmג when he may rest a while from his labor, and finally finishes it in a hurry (when it is ate).
לקש ch. same, Pa. לקיש to be late, tired. Targ. Y. Gen. XXX, 42 לקושי (infin., not ל׳), v. לקישותא. 1
