--- title: קָבַץ — gather · The Tanakh dictionary description: קָבַץ (6908), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 127 times: gather. BDB 1906: vb. gather, collect Niph. 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[tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6908/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. gather, collect (syn. אָסַף) (Arabic قَبَضَ grasp, seize; Sab. קבץֿ harvest, in דֿק׳, attrib. of ʿAttar, according to FellZMG liv (1900), 237 f.; Ethiopic ቀብጸ: is fail, despair; NH קִבֵּץ = BH);— Pf. 3 ms. ק׳ 1 K 20:1; Impf. 3 ms. יִקְבָּץ־ ψ 41:7, וַיִּקְבֹּץ Gn 41:48 +, etc.; Imv. ms. קְבֹץ 1 K 18:19, mpl. קִבְצוּ 1 S 7:5 +; Inf. cstr. sf. לְקָבְצִי Zp 3:8; Pt. act. קֹבֵץ Ez 22:19; Pr 13:11; pass. pl. קְבוּצִים Ne 5:16;—gather, collect: c. acc. rei, grain Gn 41:35, 48 (E), booty Dt 13:17 (+ אֶל loc.), money 2 Ch 24:5 (+ מִן pers.), so Ez 16:31 (Gr Toy Krae, reading לִקְבֹּץ from לְקַלֵּס; v. p. 887); acc. om. קֹבֵץ Pr 13:11 one gathering by degrees; fig. לִבּוֹ וִק׳־אָוֶן לוֹ ψ 41:7 his heart gathereth wickedness to itself. usually c. acc. pers. gather, assemble, + ה loc. 1 S 7:5; 29:1 (for battle); + אֶל loc. 1 K 18:20; Ezr 8:15; Est 2:3; + אֶל pers. 2 S 3:21; Hb 2:5 (in fig.; ‖ אָסַף); + עַל (= אֶל) pers. 1 K 11:24; + אֶל pers. et loc. 1 K 18:19; 2 Ch 32:6; + מִן loc. 2 Ch 23:2, cf. Ezr 7:28; acc. pers. alone 1 K 22:6 = 2 Ch 18:5; 2 K 10:18; Ne 7:5 (+ inf. purpose), Jo 2:16 (‖ אָסַף), 2 Ch 15:9; 24:5; 25:5; pass. c. שָׁם + עַל of work Ne 5:16; for י׳’s judgment Zp 3:8 (‖ אָסַף), Ez 22:20 cf. v 19 (+ אֶל־תּוֹךְ fig. of metals into furnace); specif. for war, battle, Ju 12:4; 1 S 28:1; 2 S 2:30; 1 K 20:1; 2 K 6:24; + לַצָּבָא 1 S 28:1 (29:1 v. supr.). Pf. 3 pl. נִקְבְּצוּ Jos 10:6 +, etc.; Impf. 2 ms. תִּקָּבֵץ Ez 29:5; 3 mpl. וַיִּקָּֽבְצוּ 1 S 7:6 +, etc.; Imv. mpl. הִקָּֽבְצוּ Gn 49:2 +; Inf. cstr. הִקָּבֵץ Ezr 10:7 +; Pt. pl. נִקְבָּצִים Je 40:15, sf. נִקְבָּצָיו Is 56:8;— intrans. assemble, gather 1 S 25:1; Gn 49:2; Is 45:20; 48:14; 49:18; 60:4; Jo 4:11; 2 Ch 20:4 (+ inf. purpose) 32:4; for war 1 S 28:4; Jos 10:6 (c. אֶל against); c. ה loc. 1 S 7:6, acc. loc. Ezr 10:7, 9; 2 Ch 15:10; c. אֶל pers. unto Je 40:15 1 Ch 13:2; Ezr 10:1; Ne 4:14, cf. 2 Ch 13:7 (עַל for אֶל); אֶל pers. + ה loc. 1 Ch 11:1; c. יַחְדָּו Ho 2:2; Is 43:9 (‖ אָסַף), ψ 102:23; of birds and beasts Is 34:15 (c. שָׁם), Ez 39:17. pass. be gathered Is 60:7 (of flocks, + ל pers.), Est 2:8 (+ אֶל loc.), v 19; pt. c. sf. pers. Is 56:8; Ez 29:5 (‖ אסף) read תִּקָּכֵר Hi (not Sm) Co Berthol Toy Krae. Pf. 3 ms. sf. וְקִבֶּצְךָ Dt 30:3 consec., קִבְּצָם Mi 4:12 ψ 107:3, קִבְּצָן Is 34:16; 3 fs. קִבָּ֑צָה Mi 1:7, etc.; Impf. יְקַבֵּץ Is 11:12; 40:11, etc.; Imv. ms. sf. קַבְּצֵנוּ 1 Ch 16:35, ψ 106:47; Inf. abs. קַבֵּץ Mi 2:12; cstr. קַבֵּץ Is 66:18 etc.; Pt. מְקַבֵּץ Na 3:18 +, etc.;—gather together: usually of י׳ gathering his dispersed people (acc.), sometimes under fig. of flock: Mi 2:12 + inf. abs. (‖ אָסַף), 4:6 Zp 3:19, 20; Je 31:10; Zc 10:8; Is 54:7; 56:8a, cf. also 40:11; c. acc. + מִן loc. Dt 30:3, 4 Je 23:3; 29:14; 31:8; 32:37 Ez 11:17 + 6 times Ez + 37:21 (מִסָּבִיב), Is 11:12; 43:5; Zc 10:10; Ne 1:9 ψ 106:47 cf. ‖ 1 Ch 16:35, ψ 107:3; acc. + עַל pers. Is 56:8b (cf. Niph. Pt.); = (gather and) restrain Ho 8:10 (c. acc. alone); of י׳ gathering dispersed Egyptians, acc. + מִן loc. Ez 29:13; gathering the nations (acc.) for judgment Mi 4:12; Is 66:18; Jo 4:2; gathering lovers of Jerus. (under fig. of harlot) Ez 16:37(×2) (מִסָּבִיב + עַל pers. against); gathering beasts into Edom Is 34:16. men subj.: מִצְרַיִם תְּקַבְּצֵם מֹף תְּקַבְּרֵם Ho 9:6 (cf. Ez 29:5 Niph. supr.), Ne 13:11; c. acc. rei Mi 1:7 (+ מִן), Is 22:9; 62:9 Pr 28:8; אֵין מְקַבֵּץ none that gathereth Is 13:14 (acc. om.). Na 3:18 (id.), Je 49:5 (sq. לַנֹּדֵד, cf. ל 3 ad fin.). perhaps (gather and so) take away (= אָסַף 4), Na 2:11; Jo 2:6, v. פָּארוּר. Pt. מְקֻבֶּצֶת Ez 38:8 (c. מִן) of land (for people) of Isr. gather together (intrans.), be gathered together. Pf. 3 pl. הִתְקַבְּצוּ Ju 9:47; 1 S 7:7 (+ ה loc.); Impf. 3 mpl. וַיִּתְקַבְּצוּ 1 S 8:4; 22:2 (+ אֶל pers.), יִתְק׳ Is 44:11; for battle, war, Imv. mpl. הִתְקַבְּצוּ Je 49:14; Impf. also Jos 9:2 (c. יַחְדָּו, + inf. purpose), + אַחֲרֵי pers. 2 S 2:25. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 115 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 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 «קָבַץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6908/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Proverbs 13:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.13.11/) ה֭וֹן מֵהֶ֣בֶל יִמְעָ֑ט וְקֹבֵ֖ץ עַל־יָ֣ד יַרְבֶּֽה׃ *Word for word:* wealth from vanity it.will.become.small and \[one.who\].gathers on hand he.will.increase *JPS 1917:* Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; but he that gathereth little by little shall increase. [Joel 2:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.2.6/) מִפָּנָ֖יו יָחִ֣ילוּ עַמִּ֑ים כָּל־פָּנִ֖ים קִבְּצ֥וּ פָארֽוּר׃ *Word for word:* from before it they.are.in.anguish peoples all faces they.gather a.glow *JPS 1917:* At their presence the peoples are in anguish; all faces have gathered blackness. - ← previous: [קֻבַּעַת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6907.md) - next →: [קַבְצְאֵל](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6909.md) - ↑ back to [ק](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1511.md)