Lexical Definition

‎בָּלַס‎ bâlaç (baw-las') to gather/tend figs ^H:V
a primitive root

gatherer.

• to pinch sycamore figs (a process necessary to ripen them)

1) (Qal) to gather figs, tend sycamore trees

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎בָּלַס‎] verb denominative gather figs, tend fig-trees, sycamores (ᵐ5 κνίζων, ᵑ9 vellicans, probably properly to nip the sycamore fruit to fit it for eating, see Tristr^{Nat. Hist. Bib. 399} Bo^{ii. cap. 39, p. 383 f.}; Theodoret in Fi^{Hexapl. on the passage} Theophr^{iv. 2}) —

Qal Participle ‎בּוֺלֵס‎, Amos 7:14 ‎שִׁקְמִים‎ ‎׳‎‎בּ‎.

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