Although the grapes served mainly for making wine, the Israelites also ate fresh grapes or dried them as raisins, which they might make into cakes. ​ — 2 Samuel 6: 19; 1 Chronicles 16: 3.
Kuigi iisraellased valmistasid viinamarjadest põhiliselt veini, söödi neid ka värskelt ning kuivatati rosinateks, millest tehti kooke.