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kālēv כָּלֵב ‘Caleb’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: perhaps a form of kelev כֶּ֫לֶב ‘dog’ ,or from @the_same_root@ in the sense of forcible
Roots: כלב

kālēv pr n m pers
Caleb = "dog"
1) the godly son of Jephunneh and the faithful spy who reported the Promised Land favourably and urged its capture
2) son of Hezron and grandson of Pharez and great grandson of Judah and the father of Hur and grandfather of Caleb the spy

Mentioned in Numbers 14:24, 32:12, 14:38, 26:65, 13:30, 14:30, 34:19, 14:6, 13:6 Deuteronomy 1:36 Joshua 15:13, 15:18, 14:6, 15:17, 21:12, 15:14, 14:14, 15:16, 14:13 Judges 1:14, 1:13, 3:9, 1:12, 1:15, 1:20 1 Samuel 30:14 1 Chronicles 2:24, 2:42, 2:49, 2:50, 4:15, 2:18, 2:19, 2:46, 2:48, 6:41

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