Shelach 13:24 · EXTRA 1 — they called the place Nachal Eshkol EXTRA

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The Complete Passuk

לַמָּק֣וֹם הַה֔וּא קָרָ֖א נַ֣חַל אֶשְׁכּ֑וֹל עַ֚ל אֹד֣וֹת הָאֶשְׁכּ֔וֹל אֲשֶׁר־כָּרְת֥וּ מִשָּׁ֖ם בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

That place they called Nachal Eshkol, on account of the cluster that the children of Israel cut from there.

Classic: the name memorializes the oversized cluster carried back.

Core Text

קָרָא נַחַל אֶשְׁכּוֹל עַל אֹדוֹת הָאֶשְׁכּוֹל אֲשֶׁר כָּרְתוּ מִשָּׁם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל.

English: They called it the Brook of the Cluster, on account of the cluster that the children of Israel cut from there.

Naming from the fruit.

TT silent; the place-name is itself a derasha — the land’s fruit was so abnormal that the wadi kept the memory of the cluster.