בָּלַס

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1103

gather figs — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

gather figs tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

בָּלַס: vb. denom. gather figs tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. denom. gather figs, tend figtrees, sycamores (𝔊 κνίζων, 𝔙 vellicans, prob. properly to nip the sycamore fruit to fit it for eating, v. TristrNat. Hist. Bib. 399 Böii. cap. 39, p. 383 f.; Theodoret ap. FiHexapl. ad. loc. Theophrastiv. 2)— Pt. בּוֹלֵס, Am 7:14 בּ׳ שִׁקְמִים.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a fig picker (1).

In the verses

Amos 7:14 · tree →

וַיַּ֤עַן עָמוֹס֙ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֶל־אֲמַצְיָ֔ה לֹא־נָבִ֣יא אָנֹ֔כִי וְלֹ֥א בֶן־נָבִ֖יא אָנֹ֑כִי כִּֽי־בוֹקֵ֥ר אָנֹ֖כִי וּבוֹלֵ֥ס שִׁקְמִֽים׃

Word for word: and he.answered Amos and he.said to Amaziah not [am].a.prophet I and not [am].a.son of.a.prophet I (dm) [was].a.herdsman I and a.fig.picker of.sycamores

JPS 1917: Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah: 'I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdman, and a dresser of sycamore-trees;

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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