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H0891 H0891
N-mp  |  2× in 1 sense
wild grapes, worthless grapes; sour or inedible fruit from untended vines
A term describing the inferior, worthless fruit produced by a vineyard despite careful cultivation. Isaiah uses this in his allegory of Yahweh's vineyard, where despite every advantage, Israel produced wild or stinking grapes instead of good fruit. The word emphasizes the corrupt or worthless nature of what grew, perhaps stinking or sour grapes in contrast to cultivated varieties.

Senses
1. sense 1 Both occurrences appear in Isaiah's vineyard song (5:2, 4), where God planted a choice vineyard with every advantage but 'it yielded wild grapes' instead of good fruit. The Hebrew may derive from a root meaning 'stink' or 'be worthless,' suggesting grapes that are rotten, sour, or otherwise inedible. Translations consistently render this as 'wild grapes' (English, Spanish 'uvas silvestres'), distinguishing cultivated from wild varieties. The allegory makes Israel's moral failure vivid: despite divine care, they produced corrupt fruit—injustice instead of justice, outcry instead of righteousness. The term captures both the unexpectedness and the worthlessness of what resulted.
ECONOMICS_PROPERTY Value Worthlessness and Vanity
AR["حِصرِمًا"]·ben["বুনো-আঙুর"]·DE["[באשים]"]·EN["wild-grapes"]·FR["[באשים]"]·heb["באושים"]·HI["जंगली-अंगूर"]·ID["buah-busuk"]·IT["uva-selvatica"]·jav["woh-anggur-kecut"]·KO["들포도를"]·PT["uvas-bravas"]·RU["дикие-ягоды"]·ES["uvas-silvestres"]·SW["zabibu-mwitu"]·TR["yabani-uzum"]·urd["خراب"]

Related Senses
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
בְּאֻשִׁים n.[m.]pl. stinking or worthless things, wild grapes (NH n. unit. בְּאוּשָׁה) (perhaps adj. om. עֲנָבִים cf. Di) Is 5:2, 4 of Yahweh’s vineyard, 𝔙 labruscae (v. further De).