bik.kur denotes early produce, especially as harvest produce brought or presented in offerings, and can picture a readily eaten early fig.

The term most often denotes early harvest produce in contexts of harvest observance, offerings, and produce brought to the house of God or assigned to priests. In two comparisons, it describes an early ripe fig that is quickly consumed or falls readily to the eater.

1. Early harvest produce for observance or offering · dominant

   Plural forms occur with harvest work and produce: in Exodus 23:16 the APB renders the clause "the firstfruits of your work that you sow in the field," and in Exodus 34:22 it speaks of "the firstfruits of the wheat harvest." The same plural usage is attached to bringing produce to God's house in Exodus 23:19 and Exodus 34:26, to priestly entitlement in Numbers 18:13, and to a new offering on the day named in Numbers 28:26.

   Exodus 23:16Exodus 23:19Exodus 34:22Exodus 34:26Numbers 18:13Numbers 28:26
2. Early ripe fig in figurative comparison · rare

   In Isaiah 28:4 the singular absolute form occurs in a comparison to "the first ripe fig before summer," which a person sees and immediately swallows. In Nahum 3:12 the plural absolute form compares fortifications to figs that, when shaken, fall "upon the lip of the eater."

   Isaiah 28:4Nahum 3:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term with "firstfruits" in harvest, offering, and priestly contexts, while Isaiah 28:4 uses "first ripe fig." Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these renderings confirm the verse contexts without fixing a separate English equivalent in every clause.