1)

What is the Brachah that she requested?

1.

Rashi: It is income.

2.

Radak, citing Targum Yonasan: It is inheritance.

2)

What was her complaint "you gave to me Eretz ha'Negev"?

1.

Rashi: It is a dry land.

2.

Rashi (from Temurah 16a): It is a man without any [monetary] good, only Torah.

3)

How did Kalev answer her?

1.

Rashi: He gave to her springs [Malbim - to irrigate her dry land].

2.

Rashi (Shoftim 1:15): He gave to her Beis ha'Ba'al (a field that need not be irrigated; the rain suffices for it).

3.

Radak: He gave to her pools of gathered water.

4.

Malbim (Shoftim 11): [He gave to her springs, and] hinted to her that she already has a husband who draws running water from the Supreme source of Brachah, and below (lower) Divine and human Chachmah.

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