בָּלַס bâlaç

Meaning

to pinch sycamore figs (a process necessary to ripen them)

In the King James Version: gatherer.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Amos 7:14 “I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees.