Lexical 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.) |
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