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Strong's #3952 - לָקַק
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- to lap, lick, lap up
- (Qal) to lap, lap up
- (Piel) to lap up
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1261) hl (להה LHh) AC: Lick CO: Moist AB: ?: The pictograph l represents authority and the tongue as the authority, the h is a picture of wall that separates the inside from the outside. Combined these mean "tongue outside". When the lips are dry, the tongue licks the lips to moisten them. (eng: lick - an exchange for the ck and h; liquid - an exchange for the q and h and the addition of the uid.)
A) hl (להה LHh) AC: ? CO: Moist AB: ?: Anything that is moist or fresh.
Nm) hl (להה LHh) - Moist: KJV (7): green, moist - Strongs: H3892 (לַח), H3893 (לֵחַ)
fm) ihl (לההי LHhY) - Jaw: From the moist cheeks. KJV (21): cheek, jaw, jawbone, bone - Strongs: H3895 (לְחִי)
B) hhl (להההה LHhHh) AC: Lick CO: ? AB: ?
V) hhl (להההה LHhHh) - Lick: [df: qql Kxl]KJV (13): (vf: Paal, Piel) lap, lick - Strongs: H3897 (לָחַךְ), H3952 (לָקַק)
C) hla (אלהה ALHh) AC: Filthy CO: ? AB: ?: [Unknown connection to root]
V) hla (אלהה ALHh) - Filthy: KJV (3): (vf: Niphal) filthy - Strongs: H444 (אָלַח)
J) hfl (לוהה LWHh) AC: ? CO: Tablet AB: ?: A common writing material is wet clay. The letters can be easily inscribed and the clay hardens to preserve the record.
Nm) hfl (לוהה LWHh) - Tablet: KJV (43): table, board, plate - Strongs: H3871 (לֻחַ)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
lick, lap of dog (Wahrm)); — Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular לָֽקְקוּ 1 Kings 21:19; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יָלֹק Judges 7:5 (twice in verse); 3 masculine plural יָלֹ֫קּוּ 1 Kings 21:19, וַיָּלֹ֫קּוּ 1 Kings 22:38; — lap, יָלֹק בִּלְשׁוֺנוֺ מִןֿהַמַּיִם Judges 7:5, like of dog Judges 7:5 (absolute); of dogs lapping up blood (accusative), 1 Kings 21:19 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 22:38.
Pi`el Participle plural with article הַמְֿלַקְקִים Judges 7:6 (בְּיָדָם אֶלמִּֿיהֶם is erroneous gloss, see GFM), Judges 7:7; in both = lap, lap up (=
Oal Judges 7:5).
לקשׁ (√ of following; Late Hebrew לקשׁ be late (Hiph`il and derivatives ); Aramaic 
make or do late, לְקִישָׁא, 
late; vulgar Arabic 
be late (Hauran), Wetzst in De Job 24:6, so II. Wahrm; 
late, Dozy Suppl. ii. 543).
לָקַק fut. יָלק onomatopoet. to lick, to lap, used of dogs drinking by lapping, 1 Kings 21:19, 22:38 Judges 7:5. A kindred root is לִחֵךְ, which see; also page 434, B. Also Armen. ւակեւ lakiel, is to lap; Arab. لَقْلَقُ a tongue.
Piel, id. Judges 7:6, Judges 7:7.
