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RAISIN

Staple food in biblical lands made by drying grapes on housetops. Raisins were used as gifts (1 Sm 25:18; 2 Sm 16:1-3), sometimes offered to false gods (Hos 3:1), and considered a source of nourishment (1 Sm 30:12; 1 Chr 12:40).

Show passage in OET: SA1 25:18

OET-RV SA1 25:18

18 So Avigayil quickly collected two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five butchered sheep, a large basket of roasted grain, a hundred bunches of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs. She loaded it all on donkeys

OET-LV SA1 25:18

18 And_she _made _haste ʼAⱱīgayil and_she/it _took two _hundred bread[s] and_two jars _of wine and_five sheep prepared and_five seahs roasted _grain and_a _hundred bunches _of _raisins and_two _hundreds fig _cakes and_she _put_them on the_donkeys.

Show passage in OET: SA2 16:1–3

OET-RV SA2 16:1

16 David hadn’t gone far past the summit when, wow, he was meet by Mefiboshet’s servant Tsiva with a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred bread rolls, one hundred cakes of raisins, one hundred pieces of fresh fruit, and a leather container of wine.

OET-RV SA2 16:2

2 “What’s all that?” the king asked.
¶ “The donkeys are for the king’s family to ride,” Tsiva answered, “and the bread and fruits are for the young men to eat, and the wine is for the people to drink who feel faint in the wilderness.”

OET-RV SA2 16:3

3 “So where’s your master’s grandson Mefiboshet?” asked the king.
¶ Ha, he stayed in Yerushalem (Jerusalem) because he thought that the Israelis might give back control of his grandfather’s kingdom,” Tsiva lied.

OET-LV SA2 16:1

16 And_Dāvid he _passed _on a _little from_the_top and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE Tsīⱱāʼ/(Ziba) the _servant _of Mephi- boshet to_meet_him and_a _pair _of donkeys saddled and_were_on_them two _hundred bread[s] and_one _hundred bunches _of _raisins and_one _hundred summer _fruit and_a _jar _of wine.

OET-LV SA2 16:2

2 And_ the_king _he/it _said to Tsīⱱāʼ what are_these_things to_you and_ Tsīⱱāʼ _he/it _said the_donkeys are_for_the _household _of the_king to_ride and_the and_the _summer_fruit are_to_ the _young_men _eat and_the_wine is_to_ the _weary_person _drink in_wilderness.

OET-LV SA2 16:3

3 And_ the_king _he/it _said and_where is_the _son _of your(pl)_master(s)_of_your and_ Tsīⱱāʼ _he/it _said to the_king THERE he_is_remaining in_Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) if/because he _said the_day they _will _restore to_me the _house _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) DOM the _kingship _of my _father _of_my.

Show passage in OET: HOS 3:1

OET-RV HOS 3:1

3 Yahweh told me, “Go again and love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as Yahweh loves the Israeli people, even though they turn to other gods and honour them with raisin cakes.”

OET-LV HOS 3:1

3 And_ YHWH _he/it _said to_me again go love a _woman who_is_loved _of a _companion and_who_commits _adultery as_ YHWH _loves DOM the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_they are_turning to gods other and_they_are_loving _of (of)_cakes _of grapes.

Show passage in OET: SA1 30:12

OET-RV SA1 30:12

12 along with a slice of fig cake and two raisin clusters. He ate it and felt stronger again because he hadn’t eaten or drunk for three full days.

OET-LV SA1 30:12

12 And_they _gave to_him/it a _slice _of fig _cake and_two _of bunches _of _raisins and_he _ate and_ his/its_breath/wind/spirit _it _returned to_him/it if/because not he _had _eaten food and_not he _had _drunk water three days and_three nights.

Show passage in OET: CH1 12:40

OET-RV CH1 12:40

40 Also, people who lived near that area (even as far as the tribal areas belonging to Yisakar (Issachar), Zevulun, and Naftali (Naphtali)) were bringing bread on donkeys and camels, and on mules and on oxen: plentiful supplies of flour, fig cakes, raisin cakes, wine, and oil, as well as oxen and sheep, because Yisrael was celebrating.

OET-LV CH1 12:41

41  And_also the_people_near to_them to Issachar and_Zəⱱūlūn and_Naftali were_bringing food on_donkeys and_on_camels and_on_mules and_on_ox[en] food flour fig _cakes and_bunches _of _raisins and_wine and_oil and_ox[en] and_sheep to_increase _in _number if/because joy was_in_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel).

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See also Food and Food Preparation.