bik.ku.rah denotes a desired early fig, used in images of first sight and of fruit that is absent.

The term is used for an early fig: Hosea 9:10 compares the fathers to such a fig seen at a fig tree's beginning, while Micah 7:1 laments that no such desired fruit is available.

1. Early fig in figurative comparison · dominant

   In Hosea 9:10, the feminine singular absolute form occurs in a comparison in which the fathers are likened to a fig at a tree's beginning; the APB renders the clause "like an early fig in a fig tree at its beginning I saw your fathers." In Micah 7:1, the same form names the fruit the speaker's soul desired but did not find; the APB renders "nor an early fig that my soul desired."

   Hosea 9:10Micah 7:1

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses "early fig" in both Hosea 9:10 and Micah 7:1, respectively within a comparison and a lament over its absence. This reflects the clauses rather than a guaranteed token-level rendering.