la.qach describes taking or receiving persons and things, including goods, wives, territory, and royal authority.

The sampled clauses most often show the acquisition or handling of a concrete object: valuables, food, animals, implements, or a child are taken, carried, or received. The same verb also appears for taking persons, taking a woman as wife, gaining places or royal rule from another hand, and, in passive forms, being captured.

1. Taking or receiving tangible things · dominant

   Qal forms occur with items brought into someone’s possession or grasp: David takes gold shields in 1 Chronicles 18:7, Solomon’s workers take gold in 1 Kings 9:28, and the priest takes what the fork brings up in 1 Samuel 2:14. Imperatives likewise direct the handling or receipt of things, as in 1 Chronicles 21:23, where the APB renders the clause, “Take it,” and 1 Samuel 10:4, where bread is to be accepted from another’s hand.

   1 Chronicles 18:71 Kings 9:281 Samuel 2:141 Chronicles 21:231 Samuel 10:41 Kings 17:10
2. Taking or bringing a person · common

   The Qal forms can mark taking a person into one’s movement, care, or custody. In 1 Kings 11:18 the APB renders men being taken along from Paran; in 1 Kings 17:19, a child is taken from his mother’s bosom and carried upstairs; and 1 Kings 22:26 commands that Micaiah be taken back to city officials.

   1 Kings 11:181 Kings 17:191 Kings 22:261 Kings 3:201 Kings 20:331 Samuel 26:22
3. Taking a woman as wife · occasional

   In genealogical and royal marriage clauses, Qal forms mark a man’s taking of a woman as wife. The APB renders Caleb’s action as taking Ephrathah for himself in 1 Chronicles 2:19 and explicitly identifies Jezebel as taken “as wife” in 1 Kings 16:31.

   1 Chronicles 2:191 Chronicles 2:211 Chronicles 4:181 Chronicles 14:31 Kings 16:31
4. Seizing places or rule from another · occasional

   The verb occurs where control is removed from one party and obtained by another. In 1 Chronicles 18:1 the APB renders David’s taking of Gath and its dependent towns from Philistine control; in 1 Kings 11:35, kingship is taken from Solomon’s son and given to Jeroboam.

   1 Chronicles 18:11 Chronicles 2:231 Kings 11:341 Kings 11:351 Kings 14:26
5. Being taken or captured · rare

   Niphal perfect forms present the affected party as taken rather than the actor as taking. In 1 Samuel 4:11 and 1 Samuel 4:17, the APB renders the ark of God as “captured” and “taken” after Israel’s defeat.

   1 Samuel 4:111 Samuel 4:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these clauses, the APB commonly uses “took,” while also using “accept,” “purchased,” and “captured” in particular contexts. These English choices confirm the clauses’ actions rather than supplying separate definitions.