H6286b H6286b
to go over the boughs again, to glean (from a denominative verb related to 'branch')
A rare Piel verb appearing in Deuteronomy 24:20, instructing Israelites not to 'go over the boughs again' after the olive harvest—that is, not to strip the trees completely by gleaning a second time. This law protected the poor and sojourners by requiring landowners to leave some fruit for them. The verb is denominative, derived from a noun meaning 'bough' or 'branch,' and literally means to go over or among the branches to gather remaining fruit.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Means 'to go over the boughs again' or 'to glean' in the context of olive harvest. Deuteronomy 24:20 prohibits this practice, requiring Israelites to harvest once and leave remaining olives for the poor and stranger. The verb derives from a noun meaning 'branch,' creating the specific sense of repeatedly working through tree branches. Multilingual glosses (Spanish rebuscarás, French 'go over again') capture this sense of returning to glean what was left behind. 1×
AR["تُفَتِّشْ"]·ben["খুঁজবে"]·DE["du-soll-gehen-ueber-wieder"]·EN["you-shall-go-over-again"]·FR["tu-devra-aller-sur-encore"]·heb["תפאר"]·HI["दोबारा-झाड़ेगा"]·ID["memeriksa-kembali"]·IT["tu-dovra-andare-sopra-di-nuovo"]·jav["panjenengan-wangsul"]·KO["다시-치리라"]·PT["rebuscarás"]·RU["обирай-дочиста"]·ES["rebuscarás"]·SW["utapitia-tena"]·TR["geri-döneceksin"]·urd["چُن"]
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
† [פֵּאֵר] vb. denom. Pi. go over the boughs;—Impf. 2 ms. תְּפָאֵר Dt 24:20 thou shalt not go over the boughs after thee (i.e. glean).