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title: אֶשְׁכּוֹל — cluster · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶשְׁכּוֹל (811), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: cluster. BDB 1906: n.m. cluster. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶשְׁכּוֹל

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«אֶשְׁכּוֹל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cluster** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 9 times · **Key:** 811 · **BDB:** אֶשְׁכּוֹל

### Glosses

clusters (3); \[is\].(the).cluster (1); a.cluster (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cluster [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/811/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. cluster [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/811/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (אֶשְׁכֹּל Ct 1:14) n.m. Nu 13:23 cluster (Ethiopic አስካል Arabic إِثْكَالٌ, Aramaic אִיתְכְּלָא; etym. dub.; Thes MV sub √שׁכל, but no suitable meaning proven; Sta§ 258, 300 der. from √ אשׁך c. afformat. ל)—א׳ abs. Nu 13:24 +; cstr. v 23 +; pl. אַשְׁכֹּלוֹת Ct 7:8; cstr. אַשְׁכְּלֹת Dt 32:32, אֶשְׁכְּלוֹת Ct 7:9; sf. אַשְׁכְּלֹתֶיהָ Gn 40:10;— cluster of grapes, א׳ עֲנָבִים Nu 13:23 cf. v 24; vid. also Gn 40:10 הִבְשִׁילוּ א׳ עֲנָבִים its clusters ripened grapes; hence fig. of deeds of enemies of Israel, clusters of gall have they Dt 32:32 (‖ עִנְּבֵי רוֹשׁ); fig. of Isr. Is 65:8 יִמָּצֵא הַתִּירוֹשׁ בָּא׳; Mi 7:1 אֵין אֶשְׁכּוֹל לֶאֱכוֹל fig. of desolation of Israel under Yahweh’s judgment; Ct 7:9 in sim. שָׁדַיִךְ כְּאֶשְׁכְּלוֹת הַגֶּפֶן cf. v 8 (where Thes MV think of clusters of dates, v. תָּמָר palm-tree, ib.) cluster of henna-flowers, א׳ הַכֹּפֶר (v. כפר), metaph. of the beloved one Ct 1:14. (Cf. GrünwaldIsrael. Letterbode, Amst., xi, 148 f.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֶשְׁכּוֹל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/811/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 7:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.7.8/)

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זֹ֤את קֽוֹמָתֵךְ֙ דָּֽמְתָ֣ה לְתָמָ֔ר וְשָׁדַ֖יִךְ לְאַשְׁכֹּלֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* this stature your it.is.like (to).a palm.tree and breasts your (to) clusters

*JPS 1917:* This thy stature is like to a palm-tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.

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[Song of Songs 1:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.14/)

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אֶשְׁכֹּ֨ל הַכֹּ֤פֶר ׀ דּוֹדִי֙ לִ֔י בְּכַרְמֵ֖י עֵ֥ינ גֶּֽדִי עֵ֥ינ גֶּֽדִי׃ס

*Word for word:* \[is\].(the).cluster of.(the) henna.blossom lover my to me in the.vineyards of En.Gedi

*JPS 1917:* My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna in the vineyards of En-gedi.

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