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Take the law into one's own hands in Hebrew is לָקַח אֶת הַחֹק לַיָּדַיִם (lakákh et hakhók layadáyim).

Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.

לָקַח אֶת הַחֹק לַיָּדַיִם
lakákh et hakhók layadáyim
verb · masculine
In English

take the law into one's own hands

The stress falls on the vowel in colour.

English words in HebrewWords starting with T

These are the Hebrew words for take the law into one's own hands as a verb.

punish someone according to one's own idea of justice

  • לָקַח אֶת הַחֹק לַיָּדַיִםלקח את החק לידיםlakákh et hakhók layadáyimmasculine

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These are the questions people ask about ⁨take the law into one's own hands⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨take the law into one's own hands⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨take the law into one's own hands⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨לָקַח אֶת הַחֹק לַיָּדַיִם⁩, said lakákh et hakhók layadáyim. Without vowel points it is written ⁨לקח את החק לידים⁩.

The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry take the law into one's own hands and its entries for the Hebrew words, read on 5 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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