לֶקֶט
leket · gleanings
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3951 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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leket (לֶקֶט) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “gleanings”.
The ears of grain that fall at harvest, which were left for the poor.
How to say it
le·ket
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- What is left in the field after harvest, for the poor.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Leviticus 19:9
And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not finish reaping the edge of your field, and the gleanings of your harvest you shall not gather.
- Leviticus 23:22
And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not finish reaping the edge of your field, and the gleanings of your harvest you shall not gather; for the poor and for the resident alien you shall leave them. I am YHWH your Elohim.”