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title: בִּכּוּרָה — first ripe fig · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בִּכּוּרָה (1063), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: first ripe fig. BDB 1906: n.f. first ripe fig, early fig. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בִּכּוּרָה

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«בִּכּוּרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **first ripe fig** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 1063 · **BDB:** בִּכּוּרָה

### Glosses

an.early.fig (3); the.early.figs (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

first ripe fig [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1063/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. first ripe fig, early fig [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1063/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. first ripe fig, early fig (regarded as a delicacy) (Löw391; cf. Arabic بَاكُورَة, Span. albacora, Moorish bokkôre) Mi 7:1; Ho 9:10; sf. בִּכּוּרָהּ = בִּכּוּרָתָהּ (read בִּכּוּרָה Di), Is 28:4; pl. בַּכֻּרוֹת Je 24:2. בַּכֻּרוֹת Je 24:2 prob. a diff. word, pl. abstr. = early ripeness, cf. Du.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בִּכּוּרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1063/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Micah 7:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.7.1/)

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אַ֣לְלַי לִ֗י כִּ֤י הָיִ֙יתִי֙ כְּאָסְפֵּי־קַ֔יִץ כְּעֹלְלֹ֖ת בָּצִ֑יר אֵין־אֶשְׁכּ֣וֹל לֶאֱכ֔וֹל בִּכּוּרָ֖ה אִוְּתָ֥ה נַפְשִֽׁי׃

*Word for word:* woe! to me (dm) I.have.become like gathering(s) of.summer.fruit like gleanings of.\[the\].grape.harvest there.\[is\].not a.cluster.of.grapes to eat an.early.fig it.craves appetite my

*JPS 1917:* Woe is me! for I am as the last of the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage; there is no cluster to eat; nor first-ripe fig which my soul desireth.

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[Jeremiah 24:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.24.2/)

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הַדּ֣וּד אֶחָ֗ד תְּאֵנִים֙ טֹב֣וֹת מְאֹ֔ד כִּתְאֵנֵ֖י הַבַּכֻּר֑וֹת וְהַדּ֣וּד אֶחָ֗ד תְּאֵנִים֙ רָע֣וֹת מְאֹ֔ד אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־תֵֽאָכַ֖לְנָה מֵרֹֽעַ׃ס

*Word for word:* the basket one \[was\].figs good very like the.figs of the.early.figs and the basket one \[was\].figs bad very which not they.will.be.eaten from badness

*JPS 1917:* One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

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