Caleb
ka.lev is a personal name used for Caleb in accounts of land, family, and genealogy.
The term is used as a proper personal name: it identifies Caleb son of Jephunneh in accounts of the land and inheritance, and it also occurs in genealogical and family notices concerning people named Caleb.
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Personal name in land, family, and lineage accounts · dominant
The supplied morphology identifies the form as a proper noun. In Numbers 13:30 the APB renders Caleb as the speaker who urges the people to go up and take possession, while in Joshua 14:13 it names the recipient of Hebron as an inheritance. In 1 Chronicles 2:18 it occurs in a genealogy as Caleb son of Hezron, and in 1 Samuel 30:14 the APB renders "the Negeb of Caleb" as a territorial designation associated with the name.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB presents the term as "Caleb," often with identifying phrases such as "son of Jephunneh" or in family relationships. In 1 Samuel 30:14 it also appears within the rendering "the Negeb of Caleb".