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כָּלִבִּי
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H3614
N:N--PG Hebrew

Calebite

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ka.lib.bo identifies the harsh man Nabal by a Calebite designation in 1 Samuel 25:3.

The attested use is a masculine singular gentilical designation applied to Nabal in 1 Samuel 25:3, where the verse contrasts his harsh, evil deeds with Abigail's character.

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  1. A designation applied to Nabal · dominant

    In 1 Samuel 25:3, the masculine singular gentilical form is applied to the man named Nabal within the verse's description of him as harsh and evil in his deeds; the APB renders the closing description, “he was like his heart, a Calebite.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Samuel 25:3, the APB presents the term as “a Calebite” in its closing description of Nabal. This rendering is read alongside the form and clause rather than as a separate definition.

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