כָּלֵב proper name, masculine (Nabataean proper name כלבא Eut (Nö)^{p. 55}. כלבו Vog^{Nab. 6}; compare also We^{Skizzen u. Vorarbeiten iii. 217}; on כָּלֵב = dog-clan, see RS^{K 17, 190 f., 219, 254}); — son of יְפֻנֶּה (ᵐ5 Ξαλεβ; compare Lag^{BN 78}), called הַקְּנִזִּי (see קְנַז) in J E, Numbers 32:12; Joshua 14:6,14, compare Joshua 15:17 = Judges 1:13; Judges 3:9 (where קְנַז is brother of ׳כ), also 1 Chronicles 4:15; treated as full Judahite only in P Numbers 13:6 (see GFM^{Ju p. 30 f.}) the one of the spies who (with Joshua) reported well of Canaan Numbers 14:6,24,30,38; also Numbers 26:65; Numbers 34:19; Deuteronomy 1:36; Joshua 14:13; Joshua 15:13,14,16,18; Joshua 21:12 (P = 1 Chronicles 6:41) Judges 1:12,14,15,20 ("" with Joshua 15); = clan of Caleb 1 Samuel 30:14 (distinguished from Judah). Caleb is called בֶּןחֶֿצְרוֺן 1 Chronicles 2:18, compare 1 Chronicles 2:19; 1 Chronicles 2:42; 1 Chronicles 2:46; 1 Chronicles 2:48; 1 Chronicles 2:49; 1 Chronicles 2:50 = כְּלוּבָ֑י 1 Chronicles 2:9; בְּכָלֵב אֶפְרָתָה 1 Chronicles 2:24, read perh ׳בָּא כ, so ᵐ5 ᵑ9, compare Kau^AT (see אֶפְרָתָה above)