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title: אָגַר — gather · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָגַר (103), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: gather. BDB 1906: vb. gather. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָגַר

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«אָגַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **gather** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 103 · **BDB:** אָגַר

### Glosses

\[one.who\].gathers (1); it.gathers (1); you.will.gather (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

gather [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/103/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. gather [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/103/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. gather (food)—only —Pf. אָֽגְרָה, of ant Pr 6:8 (obj. מַאֲכָל; Impf. 2 ms. תֶּאֱגֹר of Isr. Dt 28:39 (obj. = grapes, not expr.); Pt. אֹגֵר בַּקַּיִץ subst. one who gathers (abs.) Pr. 10:5.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָגַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/103/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 6:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.6.8/)

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תָּכִ֣ין בַּקַּ֣יִץ לַחְמָ֑הּ אָגְרָ֥ה בַ֝קָּצִ֗יר מַאֲכָלָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* it.prepares in the summer food its it.gathers at the harvest food its

*JPS 1917:* Provideth her bread in the summer, and gatherest her food in the harvest.

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[Proverbs 10:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.5/)

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אֹגֵ֣ר בַּ֭קַּיִץ בֵּ֣ן מַשְׂכִּ֑יל נִרְדָּ֥ם בַּ֝קָּצִ֗יר בֵּ֣ן מֵבִֽישׁ׃

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].gathers in the summer \[is\].a.son \[who\].acts.prudently \[one.who\].sleeps at the harvest \[is\].a.son \[who\].acts.shamefully

*JPS 1917:* A wise son gathereth in summer; but a son that doeth shamefully sleepeth in harvest.

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