Study it in the app“Like grapes in the wilderness I found Israel; like the early fruit on the fig tree in its first season I saw your fathers; they came to Baal-peor and consecrated themselves to the shame, and they became detestable things like what they loved.”
Like grapesכַּעֲנָבִיםin the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּרI foundמָצָאתִיIsrael;יִשְׂרָאֵלlike the early fruitכְּבִכּוּרָהon the fig treeבִתְאֵנָהin its first seasonבְּרֵאשִׁיתָהּI sawרָאִיתִיyour fathers;אֲבוֹתֵיכֶםtheyהֵמָּהcameבָּאוּto Baal-peorבַעַל פְּעוֹרand consecrated themselvesוַיִּנָּזְרוּto the shame,לַבֹּשֶׁתand they becameוַיִּהְיוּdetestable thingsשִׁקּוּצִיםlike what they loved.כְּאָהֳבָם
grape
Grape.
Where else “anavim” appearswilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appearsfind
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “matsati” 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” appearsearly fig
The early fig, the first ripe fig of the season.
Where else “vikura” appearsfig tree
The fig-bearing plant; sitting under one's own means living in peace.
Where else “teena” appearsbeginning
The beginning: "in the beginning".
Where else “reshita” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raiti” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bau” appearsBaal-peor
Baal-peor: the god Baal as the Moabites worshiped him on Mount Peor. The name means "lord of Peor."
Where else “vaal” appearsseparate
To keep at a distance from something, above all from what is holy or what turns one from God.
Where else “yinazru” appearsshame
The shame one suffers, or what causes it.
Where else “boshet” appearsbecome
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yihyu” appearsdetestable thing
Detestable thing: what is disgusting; said above all of idols.
Where else “shikutsim” appearslove
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ahova” appears“The shame”: it can be understood as a name for Baal (compare Jeremiah 3:24).
9They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; he will remember their iniquity, he will call to account their sins.
10 · This verse (above)
11Ephraim, like a bird their glory will fly away: no birth, and no womb, and no conception.
