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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

caleb

/ˈkeɪləb/

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What does caleb mean?

proper noun

  1. Caleb the son of Jephunneh, an Israelite who entered Canaan with Joshua.
  2. A male given name from Hebrew first used by Puritans.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈkeɪləb/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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In Hebron Joshua, Caleb and their company came first to aspy, how they might win the land of Behest.
John, Sir MandevilleThe Travels of Sir John MandevilleProject Gutenberg ebook #782
“Oh yes,” said Caleb, in a deep voice of assent, as if it would be unreasonable to suppose anything else of him.
George EliotMiddlemarchProject Gutenberg ebook #145
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There are items for seeing a lion, a small seal, an elephant, an elk, Caleb Phillips a dwarf, a painting, etc., with the prices charged.
Edward Sylvester EllisThomas Jefferson, a Character SketchProject Gutenberg ebook #712
Only two of them went on south--Joshua and Caleb.
Ralph Albert ParletteThe University of Hard KnocksProject Gutenberg ebook #455
It is the Caleb Quotem of the American vocabulary.
Charles DickensAmerican NotesProject Gutenberg ebook #675