Numbers 13:24

13:24 That place was called the Eshcol Valley, because of the cluster of grapes that the Israelites cut from there.

Numbers 21:20

21:20 and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the country of Moab, near the top of Pisgah, which overlooks the wilderness.


tn The verb is rendered as a passive because there is no expressed subject.

tn Or “Wadi Eshcol.” The translation “brook” is too generous; the Hebrew term refers to a river bed, a ravine or valley through which torrents of rain would rush in the rainy season; at other times it might be completely dry.

tn The word “Eshcol” is drawn from the Hebrew expression concerning the “cluster of grapes.” The word is probably retained in the name Burj Haskeh, two miles north of Damascus.

tn Or perhaps as a place name, “Jeshimon.”