Lexical Definition

‎כָּנַס‎ kânaç (kaw-nas') to gather ^H:V
a primitive root

gather (together), heap up, wrap self.

• to collect
• hence, to enfold

1) to gather, collect, wrap
1a) (Qal) to gather
1b) (Piel) to gather
1c) (Hithpael) to gather together, wrap oneself up

See Greek: συνάγω

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: ka.nash (‎כ‎ְּ‎נ‎ַ‎ש‎ׁ "to gather" כָּנַשׁ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎כָּנַס‎] verb gather, collect (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic ‎כְּנַס‎ (see also ‎כנשׁ‎); Ethiopic in derived conjugation assemble for worship, etc.; Arabic is sweep, sweep away, destroy) —

Qal (late) Perfect 1 singular ‎כָּנַסְתִּי‎ Eccl 2:8 Imperative ‎כְּנוֺס‎ Esth 4:16 Infinitive construct 1Chr 22:2 + 3 t.; Participle ‎כֹּנֵס‎ Ps 33:7 — gather people 1Chr 22:2; Esth 4:16 ‎כַּנֵּד מֵי הַיָּ֑ם נֹתֵן בְּאוֺצָרוֺת תְּהוֺמוֺת‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Ps 33:7 (read perhaps, for ‎כַּנֵּד‎, ‎כַּנּאֹד‎ as in a wine skin, see ‎נאד‎, ‎נד‎); gather, collect portions of harvest for priests and Levites Neh 12:44 stones Eccl 3:5 (opposed to ‎השׁליך‎); silver and gold = amass wealth Eccl 2:8 absolute vEccl 2:26 (|| ‎אסף‎). Pi`el Perfect 1 singular ‎וְכִנַּסְתִּ֫י אֶתְכֶם‎ Ezek 22:21 and I will gather you together (for punishment; Co translates to vEzek 22:20 and reads for ‎וְהִנַּחְתִּ֫י‎; || ‎קבץ‎ vEzek 22:19 vEzek 22:20); of restoration ‎וְכִנַּסְתִּים אֶלאַֿדְמָתָם‎ Ezek 39:28, and ‎יְכַנֵּס‎ Ps 147:2. Hithpa`el Infinitive construct ‎כְּהִתְכַּנֵּסוְהַמַּסֵּכָה צָרָה‎ Isa 28:20 and the covering is (too) narrow when one gathers oneself together (|| ‎מֵהִשְׂתָּרֵעַקָצַר הַמַּצָּע‎), i.e. the bed is too short to stretch oneself at full length, and when one (perforce) draws up the feet, the covering becomes too narrow.

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