This participial form appears only in Hosea 10:1, where Israel is compared to a 'luxuriant vine' (gefen boqeq) that produces fruit for itself. The root means to be profuse or abundant, related to Arabic cognates describing overflow and plenty. Hosea uses the image of a spreading, fruit-laden vine to criticize Israel's religious prosperity that led to multiplying altars and idols. The more abundant the harvest, the more they increased their false worship—a bitter irony in the prophet's agricultural metaphor.