King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H811
Transliteration: eshkol
Phonetic Spelling: (esh-kole')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a cluster
Meaning: a bunch of grapes, other fruit
Word Summary
eshkol: a cluster
Original Word: אֶשְׁכּוֹלTransliteration: eshkol
Phonetic Spelling: (esh-kole')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a cluster
Meaning: a bunch of grapes, other fruit
Strong's Concordance
cluster of grapes Or meshkol {esh-kole'}; probably prolonged from 'eshek; a bunch of grapes or other fruit -- cluster (of grapes).
see HEBREW 'eshek
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H811. eshkol
אֶשְׁכּוֺל (אֶשְׁכֹּל Cant 7:8) noun masculineNumbers 13:23 cluster (Ethiopic , Arabic , Aramaic אִיתְכְּלָא; etymology dubious; Thes MV below √ שׁכל, but no suitable meaning proven; Sta§ 258; 300 derives from √ אשׁך with afformative ל) — ׳א absolute 13:24 +; construct 13:23 +; plural אַשְׁכֹּלוֺת Cant 7:8; construct אַשְׁכְּלֹת Deuteronomy 32:32, אֶשְׁכְּלוֺת Cant 7:9; suffix אַשְׁכְּלֹתֶיהָ Genesis 40:10; —
1 cluster of grapes, ׳א עֲנָבִים Numbers 13:23 compare 13:24; see also Genesis 40:10 ׳א עֲנָבִים הִבְשִׁילוּ its clusters ripened grapes; hence figurative of deeds of enemies of Israel, clusters of gall have they Deuteronomy 32:32 ("" רוֺשׁ עִנְבֵי); figurative of Israel Isaiah 65:8 בְּא הַתִּירוֺשׁ ׳יִמָּצֵא; Micah 7:1 לֶאֱכוֺל אֶשְׁכּוֺל אֵין figurative of desolation of Israel under Yahweh's judgment; Cant 7:9 in simile הַגֶּפֶן כְּאֶשְׁכְּלוֺת שָׁדַיִךְ compare Song of Solomon 7:8 (where Thes MV think of clusters of dates, see תָּמָר palm-tree, ib.)
2 cluster of henna-flowers, ׳א הַכֹּפֶר (see כפר), metaphor of the beloved one Song of Solomon 1:14. (compare GrünwaldIsrael. Letterbode, Amst., xi. 148 f.)