Lexical Definition

‎לָבָן‎ lâbân (law-bawn') white ^H:A
or (Genesis 49:12) לָבֵן lâbên (lawbane'); from ‎לָבַן‎

white.

• white

1) white

See Greek: καθαρίζω · λευκός · χλωρός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎לָבָן‎ adjective white; — ‎׳‎‎ל‎ absolute Gen 30:35 + 13 t.; construct ‎לְבֶןֿ‎ Gen 49:12 (compare Ges^{«GKC:93»§ 93}, 2, R. 1 Kö^{Lgb ii, 74} Ba^{Nb 166}); feminine ‎לְבָנָה‎ Lev 13:4 + 6 t.; plural ‎לְבָנִים‎ Zech 1:8 + 3 t.; ‎לְבָנוֺת‎ Gen 30:37 + 2 t.; — white, of wood under bark Gen 30:37 (twice in verse) (compare Joel 1:7); of spots on goats vJoel 1:35 (all J); of manna Exod 16:31 (P); garments Eccl 9:8 (sign of cheerfulness and joy); of teeth ‎וּלְבֶןשִֿׁנַּיִם מֵחָלָב‎ Gen 49:12 (poem in J; || ‎חַכְלִילִי עֵינַיִם מִיָּ֑יִן‎) of Judah (on interpretations see Di and, differently, Marc. Jastr^{JBL xi. (1892), 128}); of horses Zech 1:8; Zech 6:3; Zech 6:6 (in vision); chfly. of diseased skin or flesh on body (‎בַּהֶרֶת‎ Lev 13:4; Lev 13:19; Lev 13:24; Lev 13:25; Lev 13:26; Lev 13:38) Lev 13:4; Lev 13:10; Lev 13:13; Lev 13:16; Lev 13:17; Lev 13:19; Lev 13:24; Lev 13:38 and of hair on such spots Lev 13:3; Lev 13:4; Lev 13:10; Lev 13:20; Lev 13:21; Lev 13:25; Lev 13:26 + ‎אֲדַמְדֶּ֫מֶת‎ Lev 13:19; Lev 13:24; Lev 13:43 compare vLev 13:42 + ‎כֵּהָה‎ vLev 13:39 (all P).

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