STRONGS NUMBER H811


Word Summary
eshkol: a cluster
Original Word: אֶשְׁכּוֹל
Transliteration: 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 אַשְׁכְּלֹתDeuteronomy 32:32, אֶשְׁכְּלוֺת‎ Cant 7:9; suffix אַשְׁכְּלֹתֶיהָGenesis 40:10; —

1 cluster of grapes, ׳א עֲנָבִיםNumbers 13:23 compare 13:24; see also Genesis 40:10 ׳א עֲנָבִים הִבְשִׁילוּits 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 תָּמָרpalm-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.)