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[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

Still, KALEB may be unrelated KELEB, 'dog', the same way that KLUB,  
'cage, basket', (as in Jer.
5:27) has nothing to do with 'dog', and the same way that DEBORAH may  
have nothing to do with 'bee'. All we can say about these names is  
that they appear to contain the roots KLB and DBR, respectively.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Sep 14, 2011, at 12:43 PM, Uri Hurwitz wrote:

>    The form Kalev most proabaly preserves the original  
> pronounciation of the name.  The Segholites prounounciation in the  
> MT follows the dialectic changes in the original nouns.
>
>     This is clearly evident in the declensions of the Segholites,  
> in our case: "Kalbi" "kalbekha" etc, and in the pulural "Klavim"  
> which preserves the ancient plural *KLAB plus the regular Hebrew  
> ms. plural ending - ym.
>
>    This is found in Arabic to this day: e.g. "kalb" in singular.
>
>    Therefore the biblical personal name Kalev is very close to the  
> original pronounciation, except that the original short vowel 'a '  
> lengthened in the MT.
>
>    Uri Hurwitz                          Wilmington, VT
>
>
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