Text -- Numbers 13:24 (NET)

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

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Num 13:24

¹ tn The verb is rendered as a passive because there is no expressed subject.

² 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.

³ 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.