בָּלַס

«בָּלַס» in the Tanakh dictionary: gather figs — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

Used: 1 times · Key: 1103 · BDB: בָּלַס

Glosses

a.fig.picker (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

gather figs tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

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)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «בָּלַס» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Amos 7:14

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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