Numbers 13:24:8Num.13.24.W8TAB
הָֽאֶשְׁכּ֔וֹל
haeshkol
“of grapes”
- Transliteration
- ha-esh-KOL
- Extended
- hah-esh-KOHL
- IPA
- /ha.ʔeʃˈkoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- of grapes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-esh-KOL
- phraseyour reading level
o-DOT ha-esh-KOL
- clause
al o-DOT ha-esh-KOL a-sher-KAR-tu mi-SHAM be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
la-ma-KOM ha-HU ka-RA NA-khal esh-KOL al o-DOT ha-esh-KOL a-sher-KAR-tu mi-SHAM be-NEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The causal preposition ʿal {עַ֚ל | ʿal} ‘because of’ introduces the motive clause with the construct noun ʼōḏōṯ {אֹד֣וֹת | ʼō-ḏōṯ} ‘accounts’ and its object hā-ʾeš-kōl {הָֽאֶשְׁכּ֔וֹל | hā-ʾeš-kōl} ‘the cluster’.
Root and etymology
š-q-lshin–kaf–lamed
“cluster”
In context — Numbers 13:24
That place was called the Valley of Eshcol because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut off from there.
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:24:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 13:24, so the Hebrew word הָֽאֶשְׁכּ֔וֹל (haeshkol) 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.13.24.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.24.W8.S1) and character.