Eshkol
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Eshkol is a Hebrew language word meaning Raceme
, a region of a flowering-plant's anatomy. Figuratively, Eshkol means rich collection of knowledge, e.g. in the phrase ish-eshkolot (איש אשכולות), literally "man of racemes", which is the Hebrew term for polymath
. Israel's third prime minister, born as Levi Schkolnik, changed his name to Levi Eshkol, in order to carry a Hebrew last name that would preserve both the meaning and sound of his original Yiddish name (schkolnik means "scholar" or "educated").
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Raceme
A raceme is a type of inflorescence that is unbranched and indeterminate and bears pedicellate flowers — flowers having short floral stalks called pedicels — along the axis. In botany, axis means a shoot, in this case one bearing the flowers. In a raceme, the oldest flowers are borne...
, a region of a flowering-plant's anatomy. Figuratively, Eshkol means rich collection of knowledge, e.g. in the phrase ish-eshkolot (איש אשכולות), literally "man of racemes", which is the Hebrew term for polymath
Polymath
A polymath is a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas. In less formal terms, a polymath may simply be someone who is very knowledgeable...
. Israel's third prime minister, born as Levi Schkolnik, changed his name to Levi Eshkol, in order to carry a Hebrew last name that would preserve both the meaning and sound of his original Yiddish name (schkolnik means "scholar" or "educated").
Eshkol can refer to:
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- Ramat EshkolRamat EshkolRamat Eshkol is a neighborhood in north-eastern Jerusalem. It was built on land captured from Jordan in the Six-Day War and was the first neighborhood built in East Jerusalem after the Six-Day War in 1967...
, a Jerusalem neighbourhood - Eshkol Regional CouncilEshkol Regional CouncilThe Eshcol Regional Council is a regional council in the north-western Negev, in Israel's Southern District. The regional council's territory lies midway between Ashkelon and Beersheba, bounded on the west by the Gaza Strip while the eastern border abuts the territory of the Bnei Shimon Regional...
, a locality in southern Israel
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- Eshkol NevoEshkol NevoEshkol Nevo , is an Israeli writer who has published a collection of short stories, two novels and a work of non-fiction. One of his novels, Homesick, was awarded the Book Publishers Association Gold Prize and the FFI-Raymond Wallier Prize at the Salon du Livre...
, an Israeli author and nephew of the politician
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- Levi EshkolLevi Eshkol' served as the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death from a heart attack in 1969. He was the first Israeli Prime Minister to die in office.-Biography:...
, an Israeli Prime Minister
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- Eshkol AcademyEshkol AcademyEshkol Academy was an all-boys Orthodox Jewish day school in Maryland that existed from fall 2002 to 2004. Its name comes from Ish Shekol Bo Hebrew for "well-rounded man" and Eshkol Hebrew for cluster of grapes. In 2002 Eshkol Academy opened at a Christian community center facility in Montgomery...
, a former Jewish school in the United States