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Re: [b-hebrew] Caleb

From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
To: kenneth greifer <greifer AT hotmail.com>
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Caleb
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:29:56 -0400

Notice that KELEB, 'dog', and KLUB, 'cage, basket', (as in Jer. 5:27), are both from the root KLB. In 1Ch. 2:9 we find the name KLUBAY. As I see it, there is no compelling reason to relate the name KALEB to 'dog'. All we can say about it is that it appears to contain the root KLB.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Sep 13, 2011, at 11:08 PM, kenneth greifer wrote:

Is there even a one in a billion chance that the word Caleb in Hebrew did not mean "dog", but had other vowels?

[b-hebrew] Caleb, kenneth greifer, 09/13/2011
- Re: [b-hebrew] Caleb, Isaac Fried, 09/13/2011
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    - Re: [b-hebrew] Caleb, George Athas, 09/14/2011
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Caleb, George Athas, 09/14/2011
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    - Re: [b-hebrew] Caleb, K Randolph, 09/14/2011
      - Re: [b-hebrew] Caleb, Yodan, 09/14/2011
- Re: [b-hebrew] Caleb, Yigal Levin, 09/14/2011
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- Re: [b-hebrew] Caleb, JimStinehart, 09/15/2011
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