to gather
ka.nas denotes bringing people or things together, and in one reflexive use drawing oneself in.
The dominant use describes bringing persons or material things together: people are assembled, valuables and prescribed portions are accumulated, and waters are put into a heap. One reflexive occurrence depicts a person drawing oneself in.
Senses in use
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Bringing people or things together · dominant
The Qal forms occur in commands and statements about assembling people or accumulating things: in Esther 4:16 the APB renders the instruction to assemble the Jews in Susa, while in Ecclesiastes 2:8 it renders the speaker's accumulation of silver, gold, and royal treasure. In Nehemiah 12:44, the infinitive concerns bringing prescribed portions from the fields into chambers; Psalm 33:7 applies the action to the waters of the sea.
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Drawing oneself in · rare
Isaiah 28:20 uses a Hithpael infinitive construct in the comparison of a bed that is too short and a covering too narrow; the APB renders the relevant situation as when “one gathers oneself.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB commonly uses “gather,” while Ecclesiastes 2:26 also uses “gathering and collecting.” In Isaiah 28:20 it renders the reflexive form as “one gathers oneself”; these are translation renderings rather than definitions.