Eshkol ( he, אשכול) is a Hebrew language word meaning "
cluster
may refer to:
Science and technology Astronomy
* Cluster (spacecraft), constellation of four European Space Agency spacecraft
* Asteroid cluster, a small asteroid family
* Cluster II (spacecraft), a European Space Agency mission to study t ...
", usually of grapes. When not related to the Hebrew Bible and botany (where it can also mean "
raceme", a region of a flowering plant's anatomy), it is normally associated with the third Israeli prime minister,
Levi Eshkol
Levi Eshkol ( he, לֵוִי אֶשְׁכּוֹל ; 25 October 1895 – 26 February 1969), born Levi Yitzhak Shkolnik ( he, לוי יצחק שקולניק, links=no), was an Israeli statesman who served as the third Prime Minister of Israe ...
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Eshkol can refer to:
:People
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Levi Eshkol
Levi Eshkol ( he, לֵוִי אֶשְׁכּוֹל ; 25 October 1895 – 26 February 1969), born Levi Yitzhak Shkolnik ( he, לוי יצחק שקולניק, links=no), was an Israeli statesman who served as the third Prime Minister of Israe ...
, Israeli Prime Minister
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Miriam Eshkol
Miriam Eshkol ( he, מרים אשכול; ''née'' Zelikowitz; 12 June 1929 – 26 November 2016) was the wife of Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol. In her years as the Prime Minister's wife (1964–1969) she was closely followed by the public ...
, wife of Levi Eshkol
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Eshkol Nevo
Eshkol Nevo ( he, אשכול נבו, born 28 February 1971) is an Israeli writer who has published a collection of short stories, five novels and a work of non-fiction. One of his novels, ''Homesick'', was awarded the Book Publishers Associatio ...
, Israeli author and grandson of the politician
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Eshkol Academy
Eshkol Academy was an all-boys Orthodox Jewish day school in Columbia, 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 A ...
, a former Orthodox Jewish school in the United States
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Eshkol Power Station
The Eshkol Power Station is a power station supplying electrical power to the Shephelah region in Israel. It is located in north industrial zone of Ashdod near the mouth of the Lakhish River, close to the port of Ashdod and the Ashdod Oil Refine ...
, a power plant in Israel named after Levi Eshkol
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Eshkol Regional Council
Eshkol Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית אשכול, ''Mo'atza Ezorit Eshkol'') is a regional council in the north-western Negev, in Israel's Southern District. The regional council's territory lies midway between Ashkelon and Beershe ...
, a district in southern Israel named after Levi Eshkol
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Ramat Eshkol
Ramat Eshkol ( he-a, רמת אשכול, He-Ramateshkol.ogg) (also Ramot Eshkol he, רמות אשכול) is an Israeli settlement and neighborhood in East Jerusalem. It was built on land captured from Jordan in the Six-Day War and was the first ...
, a Jerusalem neighbourhood named after Levi Eshkol
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