a.gar denotes collecting produce or food, whether withheld from a vineyard or carried out during summer and harvest.

The attested use concerns collecting the yield or food associated with summer, harvest, and a vineyard: two verses describe such collection being done, while Deuteronomy 28:39 states that it will not occur despite planting and tending vineyards.

1. Collecting harvest produce or food · dominant

   In Proverbs 10:5, the Qal active participle describes a prudent son in the summer; the APB renders the clause “A prudent son gathers in summer.” Proverbs 6:8 uses a Qal perfect in the statement about preparing food in summer and collecting it in harvest, while Deuteronomy 28:39 uses a Qal imperfect in the denied outcome after vineyards are planted and served; the APB renders “you shall not drink wine nor gather.”

   Proverbs 10:5Proverbs 6:8Deuteronomy 28:39

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “gathers” for the summer and harvest clauses in Proverbs 10:5 and Proverbs 6:8, and “gather” in the vineyard warning of Deuteronomy 28:39. These are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.