H1154 H1154
unripe grapes, sour grapes (collectively: grapes not yet ripened or sweet)
This masculine noun (used collectively) denotes unripe or sour grapes, appearing in prophetic oracles and wisdom literature. Jeremiah 31:29-30 and Ezekiel 18:2 use the proverb about eating sour grapes and children's teeth being set on edge to discuss generational guilt. Job 15:33 employs it metaphorically for premature loss. The term contrasts with ripe, sweet fruit.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Refers to immature grapes in Job 15:33 with the third masculine singular suffix ('his unripe grapes'). The metaphor describes the wicked person who loses his fruit prematurely, like a vine dropping its unripe grapes before they can mature and ripen, symbolizing unfulfilled potential and divine judgment. 1×
AR["حِصْرِمَهُ"]·ben["তার-কাঁচা-ফল"]·DE["[בסרו]"]·EN["unripe-grapes-his"]·FR["son-בסרו-lui"]·heb["בוסרו"]·HI["अपने-कच्चे-फल"]·ID["buah-mentahnya"]·IT["unripe-grapes-his-suo"]·jav["woh-mentah-nipun"]·KO["그의-덕-익은-포도를"]·PT["suas-uvas-verdes"]·RU["незрелый-виноград-свой"]·ES["su-uva-verde"]·SW["zabibu-zake-mbichi"]·TR["korukunu"]·urd["اپنا-کچا-پھل"]
Related Senses
H3754 1. vineyard, cultivated grape plot (92×)H0730 1. cedar tree or wood (73×)H1612 1. vine, grapevine (55×)H3293a 1. forest, wood, thicket (55×)H5560 1. fine flour (53×)H5193 1. plant vegetation (48×)H2232 1. sow seed, plant crops (41×)H1715 1. grain, cereal crop (40×)H7114b 1. reap, harvest grain (36×)H2132 1. olive tree (34×)H8184 1. barley (34×)H2406 1. wheat (grain crop) (30×)H7070 1. reed, cane (plant) (30×)H7848 1. acacia (28×)H8328 1. root of a plant (28×)H8384 1. fig tree (25×)H5488 1. reeds, rushes (in 'Sea of Reeds') (24×)G0290 1. a vineyard (23×)G2325 1. reap, harvest a crop (21×)G4687 1. sow seed, plant (21×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בֹ֫סֶר n.m. Is 18:5 unripe or sour grapes coll. (NH id., Aramaic בּוּסְרָא, ܒܶܣܽܪܬܳܐ (PS; syllable ܒܶ uncertain [Nes, privately]; Polyglotts and Castell have ܒܣܰܪܬܳܐ); Arabic بُسْرٌ unripe dates)—בֹּסֶר Is 18:5 + 3 times, בִּסְרוֹ Jb 15:33;—unripe grapes Is 18:5 Jb 15:33; sour g. Je 31:29, 30 Ez 18:2.