וּבֹ֥סֶר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּבֹ֥סֶר

   u-VO-ser

   and unripe grape or sour grape
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּבֹ֥סֶר גֹּמֵ֖ל

   u-VO-ser go-MEL

   and unripe grape or sour grape ripening or maturing
3. clause🔊 כִּֽי־לִפְנֵ֤י קָצִיר֙ כְּתָם־פֶּ֔רַח וּבֹ֥סֶר גֹּמֵ֖ל יִֽהְיֶ֣ה נִצָּ֑ה

   ki-lif-NE ka-TSIR ke-tam-PE-rakh u-VO-ser go-MEL yih-ye ni-TSa

   for before harvest when blossom is complete or finished bloom and unripe grape or sour grape ripening or maturing it will be a blossom or flower
4. sentence🔊 כִּֽי־לִפְנֵ֤י קָצִיר֙ כְּתָם־פֶּ֔רַח וּבֹ֥סֶר גֹּמֵ֖ל יִֽהְיֶ֣ה נִצָּ֑ה וְכָרַ֤ת הַזַּלְזַלִּים֙ בַּמַּזְמֵר֔וֹת וְאֶת־הַנְּטִישׁ֖וֹת הֵסִ֥יר הֵתַֽז׃

   ki-lif-NE ka-TSIR ke-tam-PE-rakh u-VO-ser go-MEL yih-ye ni-TSa ve-kha-RAT ha-zal-za-LIM ba-maz-me-ROT ve-ET-ha-ne-ti-SHOT he-SIR he-TAZ

   for before harvest when blossom is complete or finished bloom and unripe grape or sour grape ripening or maturing it will be a blossom or flower and he will cut off the tendrils or shoots with pruning knives or pruning hooks and the spreading branches or the outgrowths he removed he cut off or lopped away

Exegesis

The next clause uvoser gomel yihyeh nitsah {וּבֹסֶר גֹּמֵל יִהְיֶה נִצָּה | û-bō-ser gō-mêl yih-yeh niṣ-ṣāh} ‘and-unripe-grape ripening will-be bud’ compresses process into a snapshot: the participle gōmêl portrays ripening in progress, while yihyeh links it to the emergent stage nitsah, emphasizing “just before fruition.”