Study it in the app““What do you mean, you who speak this proverb about the soil of Israel, saying, ‘The fathers eat unripe grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?”
“What do you mean,מַה לָּכֶםyouאַתֶּםwho speakמֹשְׁלִיםthisהַזֶּהproverbאֶת הַמָּשָׁלabout the soilעַל אַדְמַתof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלsaying,לֵאמֹר‘The fathersאָבוֹתeatיֹאכְלוּunripe grapes,בֹסֶרand the children’sהַבָּנִיםteethוְשִׁנֵּיare set on edge’?תִּקְהֶינָה
speak proverbs
To speak in sayings or pictures that people repeat.
Where else “moshlim” appearsproverb
A short, wise saying.
Where else “mashal” appearssoil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “admat” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avot” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochlu” appearsunripe grape
An unripe or sour grape.
Where else “voser” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appearstooth
The hard piece in the mouth used to bite and chew.
Where else “shine” appearsset on edge
Teeth feeling rough from something sour.
Where else “tikhena” appearsJeremiah 31:29-30 quotes the same proverb.
1And the word of YHWH came to me, saying,
2 · This verse (above)
3As I live, declares Adonai YHWH, you will surely not have occasion any longer to speak this proverb in Israel.
