*lVḳVḥ-: 'to take, receive' 1, 'offering, receipt' 2

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*lVḳVḥ-
Meaning'to take, receive' 1, 'offering, receipt' 2
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Arabiclaqiḥa "to conceive" (BK 2, 1012); laqqaḥa "to pollinate"BK 2, 1012
Akkadianleqû, laqû (CAD L 138; AHw. 547); liqtuCAD L 138; AHw. 547gloss withheld
Ugariticlqḥ 1 (DULAT 496); /maqqaḥu/, du. /maqqaḥā/ 1 (UVST 143)DULAT 496; UVST 143gloss withheld
Geezlaqḥa (LGz. 312); laqqəḥa, ʾalaqqəḥa, talaqqəḥa (LGz. 317)LGz. 312; LGz. 317gloss withheld
Tigreʾalaqḥa (LGz. 317)LGz. 317gloss withheld
Tigrinyaʾaläqqəḥa (LGz. 317)LGz. 317
Amharicläqqa (LGz. 317)LGz. 317
Harari(a)lēqäḥa; alēḥaqa (LGz. 317)LGz. 317
Phoenicianlqḥ (T 160)T 160gloss withheld
Hebrewlāqaḥ (BDB 542; HALOT 534); leqaḥ; miqqāḥBDB 542; HALOT 534gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabianlqḥ (SD 82)SD 82gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaiclqḥ Ithpe. "to be taken, married" (Ja. 717)Ja. 717
AramaicLQḤ 'take'Anderson–Moser 2024 root lqḥ
Puniclqḥ; yqḥ 1 (Krahmalkov 263); Neo-Punic nlqḥʾ 1 (Krahmalkov 264)Krahmalkov 263; Krahmalkov 264; Anderson–Moser 2024 root lqḥgloss withheld
CanaaniteMoab lḳḥ (DNWSI 581)DNWSI 581gloss withheld
Eblaitica-a-da-ga-si /l-q-ḥ/ 1 (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 13); a-a-da-ga-si [layltaqqaḥši] /la-yiltaqqaḥ-ši/ (ARET XI 1; Fronzaroli 1995, 62)Sanmartín GlOS 2, 13; ARET XI 1; Fronzaroli 1995, 62gloss withheld

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Notes

PES *lqḥ 'to lend' (Gez. laqqəḥa, Tna. ʾaläqqəḥe, Amh. aläqqa, Har. alēqäḥa), intensive or causative throughout, is PS *lqḥ 'to take' as 'to let one take' (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §4.1 no. 6).

Updated 22 October 2026

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