Words the Bible translates as pick up
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- laqatלָקַטto pick up scattered items one by one, gathering them off the ground or a surface
- qashashקָשַׁשׁto gather up what lies scattered, piece by piece: sticks, straw, or stubble picked off the ground, and once, a people told to gather itself.
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