A verbal form in Jeremiah 16:16, where Yahweh promises to send 'fishermen' who will 'fish them' (the scattered Israelites), followed by hunters who will hunt them from every mountain and hill. The fishing metaphor suggests capture and gathering, here with ominous overtones—these fishermen work for judgment, not rescue. The verb may be qal or an abbreviated hiphil, but the sense is clear: systematic searching and seizing of the exiled people.