H6014a H6014a
one who binds sheaves, a gatherer during harvest
This Piel participle describes the agricultural worker who binds cut grain into sheaves for transport and storage. It appears in Psalm 129:7, parallel to 'the reaper,' depicting harvest activity as a metaphor for those who would curse Zion. The denominative verb derives from the noun for sheaf, and the participle indicates one whose characteristic action is sheaf-binding.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The one who binds sheaves in Psalm 129:7, appearing in a curse formula against Israel's enemies. The image draws from harvest labor: after the reaper cuts the grain, the gatherer binds it into manageable bundles. Spanish preserves the full semantic content with 'el que ata gavillas' (the one who binds sheaves), while English shortens to 'gatherer,' focusing on the collection aspect of the action. 1×
AR["جَامِعُ-الحُزَمِ"]·ben["আঁটিবাঁধা।"]·DE["der-gatherer"]·EN["the-gatherer"]·FR["de-gerbe"]·heb["מעמר"]·HI["बाँधने-वाला"]·ID["pengikat-berkas"]·IT["[מעמר]"]·jav["tukang-ngulet"]·KO["단-묶는-자-가"]·PT["o-que-ata-feixes"]·RU["вяжущий-снопы"]·ES["el-que-ata-gavillas"]·SW["mfungaji"]·TR["demet-yapan"]·urd["باندھنے-والے-نے"]
Related Senses
H3754 1. vineyard, cultivated grape plot (92×)H0730 1. cedar tree or wood (73×)H1612 1. vine, grapevine (55×)H3293a 1. forest, wood, thicket (55×)H5560 1. fine flour (53×)H5193 1. plant vegetation (48×)H2232 1. sow seed, plant crops (41×)H1715 1. grain, cereal crop (40×)H7114b 1. reap, harvest grain (36×)H2132 1. olive tree (34×)H8184 1. barley (34×)H2406 1. wheat (grain crop) (30×)H7070 1. reed, cane (plant) (30×)H7848 1. acacia (28×)H8328 1. root of a plant (28×)H8384 1. fig tree (25×)H5488 1. reeds, rushes (in 'Sea of Reeds') (24×)G0290 1. a vineyard (23×)G2325 1. reap, harvest a crop (21×)G4687 1. sow seed, plant (21×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [עִמֵּר] vb.Pi.denom. bind sheaves (NH id., so 𝔗 ψ 129:7, cf. ChrPal Aramaic SchwallyIdiot. 69);—Pt. מְעַמֵּר ψ 129:7 (in sim.; ‖ קוֹצֵר).