summer
qa.yits denotes the summer season and, in gathering contexts, the fruit associated with it.
The term most often marks the summer season, especially in contrast with winter or harvest and in references to seasonal conditions. In a substantial group of gathering and basket contexts, it designates summer fruit or produce.
Senses in use
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The summer season · dominant
In Genesis 8:22 the noun occurs in the enduring sequence of seedtime, harvest, cold, heat, summer, winter, day, and night; the APB renders the sequence with “summer and winter.” Amos 3:15 contrasts a winter house with a summer house, while Proverbs 6:8 places food preparation in summer and gathering in harvest.
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Summer fruit or gathered produce · common
In 2 Samuel 16:1 and 2 Samuel 16:2, the noun belongs to provisions carried for people to eat; the APB renders this item “summer fruit.” Amos 8:1 and Amos 8:2 place it in a basket, and Jeremiah 40:12 describes people gathering it in abundance alongside wine.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the seasonal use as “summer,” including contrasts with winter and harvest, while gathering contexts are rendered “summer fruit.” These renderings confirm the verse contexts rather than establish a separate English equivalent in every clause.