To gather together — people, grain, or nations. Used of Israel's exile-and-return theology: God scattered his people and will gather them again. Eschatological gathering is a major prophetic theme.
The ingathering of Israel is one of prophecy's great themes. God who scattered (H6327 puts) will gather (qabats). This finds partial fulfillment in the return from Babylon and ultimate fulfillment in the messianic age.
Paired with H6327 (puts — to scatter), the scatter/gather dynamic describes Israel's covenant history. NT applies the gathering motif to the church (John 11:52: 'gather into one the children of God').