יָקֹשׁ (yāqōš) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning lay a bait. It appears
8 times
in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H3369).
Also rendered
to snare
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 906)
Range of meaning (TWOT 906)lay a bait, lure, lay snares; bait-layers, fowlers; be caught by bait, ensnared; entrapped; ensnare; fowler snare
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
יָקֹשׁverb: lay a bait, lure, lay snares
Qallay snares; participle as substantive bait-layers, fowlers
Niphalbe caught by bait, ensnared
Pualentrapped
Strong's H3369יָקֹשׁ: to ensnare (literally or figuratively) KJV:fowler (lay a) snare.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.