בַּכֻּרוֹת
bik.ku.rah (H1063)
early fig
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# Bikkurah (בַּכֻּרוֹת): Early Figs in Biblical Text The Hebrew word *bikkurah* refers specifically to early figs—the first figs of the season that ripened before the main harvest. Based on its four occurrences in the biblical text, this term designates a particular agricultural product distinguished by its timing rather than a different variety. The word's specificity suggests that early figs held distinct value in ancient Israelite agriculture, likely due to their scarcity and the delayed availability of fruit during the year. The limited number of attestations (only four biblical occurrences) indicates that *bikkurah* was a specialized term, used only when the early-season timing of the figs was relevant to the narrative or legal context. This selective usage implies that early figs occupied a noteworthy place in ancient economy and diet—valuable enough to be named distinctly from ordinary figs, yet not so common that they appeared frequently in preserved texts. The term appears to carry no abstract or metaphorical meaning, remaining tied to its concrete agricultural reference throughout its biblical usage.
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The fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley, shall be like the first-ripe fig before the summer; which someone picks and eats as soon as he sees it.
One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the first ripe in the fig tree at its first season; but they came to Baal Peor, and consecrated themselves to the shameful thing, and became abominable like that which they loved.
Misery is mine! Indeed, I am like one who gathers the summer fruits, as gleanings of the vineyard: There is no cluster of grapes to eat. My soul desires to eat the early fig.