To add from my hands-on experience, especially as a manual tester, knowing what is Gherkin is really helpful because you can write or review those scenarios without needing to work directly with Cucumber. Your Gherkin scenarios act like a bridge- manual testers use them to keep tests clear and structured, and later automation engineers can pick them up to automate. So mastering Gherkin not only improves your manual testing but also makes you a valuable part of the automation workflow if your team goes that route.