Study it in the app“Woe is me! For I have become like the gatherings of summer fruit, like the gleanings of the grape harvest; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that my soul desired.”
Woe is me!אַלְלַי לִיForכִּיI have becomeהָיִיתִיlike the gatheringsכְּאָסְפֵּיof summer fruit,קַיִץlike the gleaningsכְּעֹלְלֹתof the grape harvest;בָּצִירthere is noאֵיןclusterאֶשְׁכּוֹלto eat,לֶאֱכוֹלno early figבִּכּוּרָהthat my soulנַפְשִׁיdesired.אִוְּתָה
woe, alas
Alas: a cry of grief, "woe is me."
Where else “allay” appearsbecome
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayiti” appearsgathering (of fruit)
The gathering of fruit at harvest.
Where else “aspe” appearssummer fruit
The fruits that ripen in summer, like figs and grapes.
Where else “kayits” appearsgleanings
Gleanings: the little that is left in the vineyard or the field after the harvest and is gathered at the end (Leviticus 19:10).
Where else “ollot” appearsgrape harvest
Grape harvest: the gathering of the grapes.
Where else “batsir” appearscluster
Cluster of grapes or other fruit.
Where else “eshkol” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “echol” appearsearly fig
The early fig, the first ripe fig of the season.
Where else “bikura” appearsappetite
Hunger or craving; the throat.
Where else “nafshi” appearscrave, desire
Desire strongly, crave something.
Where else “ivta” appears1 · This verse (above)
2The faithful one has perished from the earth, and there is no upright one among human beings; all of them lie in wait for blood; each hunts his brother with a net.
