Numbers 14:38:3Num.14.38.W3TAB
וְכָלֵ֖ב
vekalev
“and Caleb”
- Transliteration
- ve-ka-LEV
- Extended
- veh-ka-LEEV
- IPA
- /vəkaˈleːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Caleb
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ka-LEV
- clause
vi-yo-shu-A bin-NUN ve-ka-LEV ben-ye-fu-NEH
- sentence
vi-yo-shu-A bin-NUN ve-ka-LEV ben-ye-fu-NEH kha-YU min-ha-a-na-SHIM ha-HEM ha-hol-KHIM la-TUR et-ha-A-retz
Exegesis
The verse begins with a vav-consecutive coordination of the subjects yə-hō-šū-ʿa {וִיהוֹשֻׁעַ | yə-hō-šū-ʿa} ‘and Joshua’ and wə-kā-lēḇ {וְכָלֵב | wə-kā-lēḇ} ‘and Caleb’, framed by construct chains bin-nûn {בִּן־נ֔וּן | bin-nûn} ‘son of Nun’ and ben-yə-fun-nāh {בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּ֑ה | ben-yə-fun-nāh} ‘son of Jephunneh’ to establish personal identity.
Root and etymology
k-l-ḇkaf–lamed–bet
“dog, devoted one”
In context — Numbers 14:38
But Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive from among those men who went to scout the land.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:38:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 14:38, so the Hebrew word וְכָלֵ֖ב (vekalev) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Num.14.38.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.38.W3.S1) and character.