H3664

כָּנַס

ka.nasH:V

to gather

1) to gather, collect, wrap 1a) (Qal) to gather 1b) (Piel) to gather 1c) (Hithpael) to gather together, wrap oneself up Aramaic equivalent: ka.nash (כְּנַשׁ "to gather" H3673)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[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.

[כְּנַשׁ] verb gather (ᵑ7 id.; Old Aramaic Palmyrene בנש Lzb²⁹⁸; Syriac ; see also Biblical Hebrew [כָּנַס); —

Pe`al Infinitive, לְמִכְנַשׁ, followed by ל accusative of person Dan 3:2. Hithpa. Participle plural מִתְכַּנְּשִׁין (were) assembled Dan 3:3; Dan 3:27.

9 occurrences

I Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (1), Esther (1), Psalms (1), Ecclesiastes (3), Ezekiel (2)