Numbers 13:23:3Num.13.23.W3TAB
אֶשְׁכֹּ֗ל
eshkol
“Eshcol”
- Transliteration
- esh-KOL
- Extended
- esh-KOHL
- IPA
- /ʔɛʃˈkol/
Meaning by language
- English
- Eshcol
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
esh-KOL
- phraseyour reading level
ad-NA-khal esh-KOL
- clause
va-ya-VO-u ad-NA-khal esh-KOL va-yikh-RE-tu mi-SHAM ze-mo-RA ve-esh-KOL a-na-VIM e-KHAD va-yi-sa-U-hu ba-MOT bish-NA-yim
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u ad-NA-khal esh-KOL va-yikh-RE-tu mi-SHAM ze-mo-RA ve-esh-KOL a-na-VIM e-KHAD va-yi-sa-U-hu ba-MOT bish-NA-yim u-min-ha-ri-mo-NIM u-min-ha-te-e-NIM
Exegesis
The spatial phrase ad-nachal Eshkol {עַד־נַחַל אֶשְׁכֹּל | ʿad-nāḥāl ʾeškōl} orients the scouts at the Valley of Eshkol.
Root and etymology
š-q-lshin–kaf–lamed
“cluster”
In context — Numbers 13:23
And they came to the Valley of Eshkol, and from there they cut down a branch and a single cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a pole between two ; they also took some pomegranates and some figs.
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 13:23, so the Hebrew word אֶשְׁכֹּ֗ל (eshkol) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Num.13.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.23.W3.S1) and character.