ya.qush denotes a person portrayed as setting snares or capturing prey, especially birds.

The term consistently designates a person associated with trapping or capture: wicked people lie in wait and capture others in Jeremiah 5:26, while Proverbs 6:5 and Psalm 91:3 use the figure in appeals for escape or rescue from a bird-catcher's danger.

1. A person who sets snares or captures prey · dominant

   In Jeremiah 5:26, the plural form occurs in a comparison with wicked people who lie in wait, set destruction, and capture men; the APB renders the comparison "like fowlers crouching." The singular form appears in Proverbs 6:5 and Psalm 91:3 within images of escape from a bird-catcher's hand or snare; in Psalm 91:3 the APB renders the clause "from the snare of the fowler."

   Jeremiah 5:26Proverbs 6:5Psalm 91:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term through trapping imagery, using "fowlers" in Jeremiah 5:26 and "fowler" in Psalm 91:3. Proverbs 6:5 includes both "hunter's hand" and "fowler," so the translation does not by itself isolate the term's precise English counterpart.