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Caleb
Caleb, sometimes transliterated as Kaleb (, ''Kalev''; Tiberian vocalization: (unicode:Kālēḇ); Hebrew Academy: (unicode:Kalev)) is a figure who appears in the Hebrew Bible as a representative of the Tribe of Judah during the Israelites' journey to the Promised Land. A reference to him may also be found in the Quran, although his name is not mentioned.
==Name==
According to the Jewish Encyclopedia, "since "Caleb" signifies dog, it has been thought that the dog was the totem of () clan".〔http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/3918-caleb "Caleb" accessed 14 September 2015〕 Strong's Concordance states that "Caleb" is "perhaps a form of ''keleb'' ((ヘブライ語:כָּ֫לֶב)), meaning "dog", or else from the same root in the sense of "forcible",〔Strong's Exhaustive Concordance http://biblehub.com/hebrew/3612.htm accessed 14 September 2015〕 whereas the New American Standard Exhaustive Concordance states that ''keleb'' is of "uncertain derivation".〔NAS Exhaustive Concordance, 'Keleb' http://biblehub.com/nasec/hebrew/3611.htm accessed 14 September 2015〕
The original Hebrew name is pronounced or ; the modern English pronunciation is courtesy of the Great Vowel Shift.
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