Lexical Definition

‎לָבָן‎ Lâbân (law-bawn') Laban ^N:N-M-P
the same as ‎לָבָן‎

Laban.

• § Laban = "white"
• Laban, a Mesopotamian
• also a place in the Desert

n pr m
1) son of Bethuel, brother of Rebekah, and father of Leah and Rachel
n pr loc
2) a wilderness encampment of the Israelites

Extended Information

• a wilderness encampment of the Israelites

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎לָבָן‎₅₄ proper name, masculine son of Bethuel, brother of Rebekah, and father-in-law of Jacob (ᵐ5 Λαβαν), Gen 24:29 (twice in verse); Gen 24:50; Gen 27:43; Gen 28:2; Gen 28:5 + 17 t. J (Gen 29, 30, 31, 32); Gen 29:15; Gen 29:16; Gen 29:19; Gen 29:21; Gen 29:22; Gen 29:26 + 18 t. E (Gen 31, 32, ‎הָאֲרַמִּי‎ ‎׳‎‎ל‎ Gen 31:24); Gen 25:20 (‎הָאֲרַמִּי‎ ‎׳‎‎ל‎) Gen 28:5 (id.), also Gen 28:2; Gen 29:24; Gen 29:29; Gen 46:18; Gen 46:25 (all P).

III. ‎לָבָן‎ proper name, of a location, connected with desert-journey of Israelites Deut 1:1, ᵐ5 Λοβαν; possibly = ‎לִבְנָה‎ 2, q. v.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

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Laban • A place Moses spoke to Israel

Laban, a place where Moses spoke to the Israelites (Deuteronomy 1:1).

• A location near Ashnah אַשְׁנָה only mentioned at Deu.1.1;
• only referred to as Laban לָבָן.
  

Laban is mentioned in Deuteronomy 1:1 as one of the places where Moses spoke to the Israelites, along with Suph, between Paran, Tophel, Dizahab, and Hazeroth. The verse provides a geographical context for Moses' address to the people before they entered the Promised Land.

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