Study it in the app“Israel is a luxuriant vine; he produces fruit for himself; according to the abundance of his fruit, he has multiplied the altars; according to the goodness of his land, they have improved the standing stones.”
Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלis a luxuriantבּוֹקֵקvine;גֶּפֶןhe producesיְשַׁוֶּהfruitפְּרִיfor himself;לּוֹaccording to the abundanceכְּרֹבof his fruit,לְפִרְיוֹhe has multipliedהִרְבָּהthe altars;לַמִּזְבְּחוֹתaccording to the goodnessכְּטוֹבof his land,לְאַרְצוֹthey have improvedהֵיטִיבוּthe standing stones.מַצֵּבוֹת
Israel
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” appearsluxuriant
Full of branches and leaves.
Where else “bokek” appearsvine
Vine: the plant that bears grapes.
Where else “gefen” appearsset
To put something in a place, for example before oneself.
Where else “yeshave” appearsfruit
What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.
Where else “peri” appearsabundance
A great amount, so large that it is not measured.
Where else “rov” appearsincrease
To make an amount larger, adding and adding.
Where else “hirba” appearsaltar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbchot” appearsgood
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arts” appearsbe glad
For the heart to be glad, or to do something with care.
Where else “hetivu” appearsstanding stone
Standing stone: a stone set upright as a memorial of something, of a meeting with God or of a covenant. Later laws forbid the standing stones of Canaanite worship, which were objects of worship.
Where else “matsevot” appears“Luxuriant”: the verb can also mean “empty.”
1 · This verse (above)
2Their heart is divided; now they will be found guilty; he will break the neck of their altars, he will destroy their standing stones.
