Form 1لَقِفَهُ1 sense
Core sense — he seized it, or took it quicklygenerated
1.1
He seized it, or took it quickly — a thing thrown to him with the hand, or said to him.
See also the last sentence of Form 1 in art. حنك.
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 1 shown of 3
26:45
فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَThen Moses threw his rod, when, behold, it straightway swallows up all the falsehoods which they fake!
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He seized it, or took it quickly; (S, M, K;) namely, a thing thrown to him with the hand, or said to him. (M, TA.) See also last sentence of 1 in art. حنك .