לִיקּוּחַ, (לָקַח) purchase. Tosef. Bekh. VII, 5 איזוהי ל׳ what purchase is this (that exempts from tithes)?—Bekh. 56ᵃ מה בניך אין בל׳ … אינו בל׳ ובמתנה (Tosaf. מה בנך אינו) as thy children are not obtained by purchase or donation, so are thy sheep … not subject to tithes in the case of being obtained by purchase or donation. Ib. הל׳ חל על מחוסר זמן purchase takes effect (exempts from tithes) on that which is not yet subject to tithes because of lacking the required age; a. e.—Pl. לִיקּוּחִים, לִיקּוּחִין, לִקּ׳ esp. conducting a wife home, legal marriage, connubium (v. Deut. XXII, 13, a. e.). Sot. 12ᵃ (ref. to Ex. II, 1) שעשה לה מעשה ל׳ he (in taking her back) went through the regular ceremony of conducting a wife home; B. Bath. 120ᵃ, Ex. R. s. 1 (v. אַפִּרְיוֹן). Kidd. 22ᵃ (ref. to ולקחת, Deut. XXI, 11) ל׳ יש לך בה thy connection with her is a legal marriage. Ib. 50ᵇ ל׳ אפי׳ וכ׳ he dare not consummate marriage (no connubium can take place) even with one of the two (sisters whom he betrothed to himself at the same time).