Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Yodan" <yodan AT yodanco.com>]

Being a woman whose first name is Biblical, I'm especially interested in
Biblical women and have never been too happy with the name Hulda = rat. 

 

Now, this discussion has prompted me to look further into it. In addition to
the prophetess named Hulda, there was also a man named Heled (I Chronicles
11:30). 

 

The word Holed = rat appears only once (Lev 11:29).

 

However, the word Heled = world or lifetime appears 5 times (e.g. Psalms
42:20).

 

So, perhaps the names Hulda and Heled are related to Heled = world or
lifetime. 

 

Much more appealing than "rat", no?

 

Rivka Sherman-Gold

Yodan Publishing 

 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Isaac Fried
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:30 PM
To: kenneth greifer
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Caleb

 

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?

 

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