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title: כָּלֵב — Caleb · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כָּלֵב (3612), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 35 times: Caleb. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כָּלֵב

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«כָּלֵב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Caleb** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 35 times · **Key:** 3612 · **BDB:** כָּלֵב

### Glosses

Caleb (25); of.Caleb (10)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Caleb [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3612/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3612/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (Nab. n.pr. כלבא Eut (Nö) p. 55. כלבו VogNab. 6; cf. also We Skizzen u. Vorarbeiten iii. 217; on כָּלֵב = dog-clan, v. RSK 17, 190 f., 219, 254);—son of יְפֻנֶּה (𝔊 Χαλεβ; cf. LagBN 78), called הַקְּנִזִּי (v. קְנַז) in JE, Nu 32:12; Jos 14:6, 14, cf. 15:17 = Ju 1:13, Ju 3:9 (where קְנַז is brother of כ׳), also 1 Ch 4:15; treated as full Judahite only in P Nu 13:6 (v. GFM Ju p. 30 f.) the one of the spies who (with Joshua) reported well of Canaan 14:6, 24, 30, 38; also 26:65; 34:19; Dt 1:36; Jos 14:13; 15:13, 14, 16, 18; 21:12 (P = 1 Ch 6:41) Ju 1:12, 14, 15, 20 (‖ with Jos 15); = clan of Caleb 1 S 30:14 (disting. from Judah). Caleb is called בֶּן־חֶצְרוֹן 1 Ch 2:18, cf. v 19, 42, 46, 48, 49, 50 = כְּלוּבָ֑י v 9; בְּכָלֵב אֶפְרָתָה 1 Ch 2:24, read perhaps בָּא כ׳, so 𝔊 𝔙, cf. KauAT (v. אֶפְרָתָה p. 68 supr.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 34 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כָּלֵב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3612/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 13:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.13.6/)

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לְמַטֵּ֣ה יְהוּדָ֔ה כָּלֵ֖ב בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* for the.tribe of.Judah Caleb the.son of.Jephunneh

*JPS 1917:* Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

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[1 Chronicles 2:48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.48/)

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פִּלֶ֤גֶשׁ כָּלֵב֙ מַעֲכָ֔ה יָ֥לַד שֶׁ֖בֶר וְאֶֽת־תִּרְחֲנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* the.concubine of.Caleb Maacah he.bore Sheber and (et) Tirhanah

*JPS 1917:* Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.

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