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Thatהַהוּאplaceלַמָּקוֹםwas calledקָרָאthe Valleyנַחַלof Eshcol,אֶשְׁכּוֹלbecauseעַל אֹדוֹתof the clusterהָאֶשְׁכּוֹלthatאֲשֶׁרthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלcutכָּרְתוּfrom there.מִשָּׁם
Numbers 13:24
Study it in the app“That place was called the Valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster that the sons of Israel cut from there.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 13:24, word by word
- placeמָּקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears- was calledקָרָאkara
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “kara” appears- the Valleyנַחַלnachal
valley
The hollow the water runs through.
Where else “nachal” appears- of Eshcolאֶשְׁכּוֹלeshkol
Eshcol
Eshcol, an Amorite ally of Abram, brother of Mamre; also a valley near Hebron.
Where else “eshkol” appears- becauseאֹדוֹתodot
cause
Cause, reason: "because of".
Where else “odot” appears- of the clusterאֶשְׁכּוֹלeshkol
cluster
Cluster of grapes or other fruit.
Where else “eshkol” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- cutכָּרְתוּkartu
cut down
To cut a tree or branch with an axe to get timber.
Where else “kartu” appears
Translation note
“Eshcol” means “cluster.”
The context
23And they came to the Valley of Eshcol and cut from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a carrying pole between two men, and also some of the pomegranates and of the figs.
24 · This verse (above)
25At the end of forty days they returned from exploring the land.