[בָּלַס] verb denominative gather figs, tend fig-trees, sycamores (ᵐ5 κνίζων, ᵑ9 vellicans, probably properly to nip the sycamore fruit to fit it for eating, see Tristr^{Nat. Hist. Bib. 399} Bo^{ii. cap. 39, p. 383 f.}; Theodoret in Fi^{Hexapl. on the passage} Theophr^{iv. 2}) —

Qal Participle בּוֺלֵס, Amos 7:14 שִׁקְמִים ׳בּ.