לֶקֶט

לֶקֶטm. (b. h.; preced. wds.) 1) gleanings; the poor mans share in the crop (Lev. 19:9). Peah IV, 3. Ib. 10 איזהו ל׳ הנושרוכ׳ what is called lekeṭ (the poor mans share)? That which drops Ib. 11 ספק ל׳ ל׳ where there is a doubt about leḳet, it is leḳet, i. e. the poor man has the benefit of the doubt. Ib. V, 1 אומדין אותה כמה ל׳וכ׳ we calculate how much it would ordinarily give out for the poor man. Y. ib. V, beg.18d שגדשע״ג לִיקְטָן שלוכ׳ for he piled up the stack over the poor mans share; a. fr. 2) pucker, seam. M. Kat. 26b הקורע … מתוך הל׳ he who rends his garment … in a place which has been mended by a pucker (after having been rent for a death).