Lexicon
בִּכּוּרָה
bak.ku.rah
H1073
H:N-F Hebrew

firstfruit

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bak.ku.rah denotes figs characterized as firstfruits in the contrast between a good and a bad basket.

The attested use describes figs characterized as firstfruits: in Jeremiah 24:2, the feminine plural noun occurs in the comparison of very good figs with figs too bad to eat.

Senses in use

  1. Figs characterized as firstfruits · dominant

    In Jeremiah 24:2, the plural feminine noun occurs in the clause comparing very good figs to firstfruits figs, while the other basket contains bad figs. The APB renders the comparison as “like firstfruits figs.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Jeremiah 24:2, the APB presents the term within the comparison “like firstfruits figs.” This rendering confirms the clause’s presentation without isolating every element of the Hebrew expression.

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