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Oneאֶחָדbasketהַדּוּדhad veryמְאֹדgoodטֹבוֹתfigs,תְּאֵנִיםlike the figsכִּתְאֵנֵיof the first ripening;הַבַּכֻּרוֹתand the otherוְהַ אֶחָדbasketדּוּדveryמְאֹדbadרָעוֹתfigs,תְּאֵנִיםwhichאֲשֶׁרcould notלֹאbe eatenתֵאָכַלְנָהfor badness.מֵרֹעַ
Jeremiah 24:2
Study it in the app“One basket had very good figs, like the figs of the first ripening; and the other basket very bad figs, which could not be eaten for badness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 24:2, word by word
- Oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- basketדּוּדdud
basket
A woven basket for carrying things, like fruit or earth.
Where else “dud” appears- had veryמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- goodטֹבוֹתtovot
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tovot” appears- figsתְּאֵנִיםteenim
fig
The fruit of the fig tree, eaten fresh or pressed into cakes.
Where else “teenim” appears- of the first ripeningבַּכֻּרוֹתbakurot
early fig
Early fig, the first to ripen.
Where else “bakurot” appears- badרָעוֹתraot
bad
Poor in quality, unpleasant to look at, or downcast.
Where else “raot” appears- be eatenתֵאָכַלְנָהteachalna
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “teachalna” appears- for badnessרֹעַroa
ugliness
Poor quality, unpleasant look.
Where else “roa” appears
The context
1YHWH showed me, and look, two baskets of figs placed before the temple of YHWH, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried into exile Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, and the craftsmen and the smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
2 · This verse (above)
3And YHWH said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, which cannot be eaten for badness.”