Lexical Definition

‎לְבָנוֹן‎ Lᵉbânôwn (leb-aw-nohn') Lebanon ^N:N--L
from ‎לְבַב‎; (the) white mountain (from its snow)

Lebanon.

• § Lebanon = "whiteness"
• Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine

1) a wooded mountain range on the northern border of Israel

Extended Information

part of: בַּיִת

• Combined with ba.yit (‎ב‎ַּ֫‎י‎ִ‎ת‎ "House" בַּיִת)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎לְבָנוֺן‎ (Deut 3:25 ‎הַלְּבָנֹן‎ van d. H.)₇₁ proper name, of a mountain Lebanon (Phoenician ‎לבנן‎; Assyrian Labnanu, etc., Schr^{COT on 1Kgs 5:13*}, Dl^{Par. 103 ff.}; Egyptian Ra-m­n-n WMM^{Asien u.Europa,197ff.}; Arabic compare further Rob^{BR ii, 435ff.} 493 GASm^Geogr.45ff. Buhl^{Geogr.110 and references}; name probably from whiteness of its cliffs Rob^{BR ii, 493}); — wooded mountain-range on northern border of Israel [usually with article ‎׳‎‎הַלּ‎ (51 t.); without article‎לְבָנוֺן‎, in poetry and late Hos 14:8*; Nah 1:4; 2Kgs 19:23 = Isa 37:24; Ezek 31:15; Ezek 31:16; Isa 14:8; Isa 29:17; Isa 33:9; Isa 40:16; Jer 18:14; Hab 2:17; Zech 10:10; Zech 11:1; Ps 29:6; Song 4:8 (twice in verse); Song 4:11; Song 4:15 with ‎ה‎ locative ‎לְבָב֫וֺנָה‎ 1Kgs 5:28*a]; perhaps first mentioned in defining a locality, as ‎הַר הַלְּבָנוֺן‎, Judg 3:3 (E according to GFM; this combination only here), but also in early prophets, then in D, and later; — in defining a locality Josh 9:1 ‎׳‎‎בִּקְעַת הַלּ‎ Josh 11:17; Josh 12:7 (side of Baal Gad); as a marked feature, in describing extent of land Deut 1:7; Deut 3:25; Deut 11:24; Josh 1:4; Josh 13:5 (‎כָּלהַֿל‎) vJosh 13:6 (all D), 1Kgs 9:19 = 2Chr 8:6; Jer 22:26; Zech 10:10 ‎׳‎‎אשׁהַל‎‎׳‎‎ר‎ Jer 22:6 (figurative of royal house of Judah), as a height Song 4:8 (twice in verse); ‎׳‎‎מִגְדַּל הַל‎ Song 7:5* i.e. a tower built on Lebanon; ‎׳‎‎שֶׁלֶג ל‎ Jer 18:14 snow of L.; L. as source of streams Song 4:15 ‎׳‎‎יֵין ל‎ Hos 14:8* most often, however, as bearing forests, especially of cedars, ‎׳‎‎אַרְזֵי הַלּ‎ Judg 9:15 (in allegory; perhaps J, according to GFM), Isa 2:13; Isa 14:8; Ps 29:5; Ps 104:16, compare 1Kgs 5:13*; 1Kgs 5:20*; 1Kgs 5:23*; 1Kgs 5:28* (twice in verse); 2Chr 2:7* (twice in verse); 2Chr 2:15*, 2Kgs 14:9 (twice in verse) = 2Chr 25:18 (twice in verse) (in allegory), Jer 22:23; Ezek 17:3; Ezek 27:5; Ezek 31:3; Ezek 31:15; Ezek 31:16; Zech 11:1; Ezra 3:7; Ps 92:13*; Song 3:9; Song 5:15 (simile of majestic figure); ‎׳‎‎פֶּרַח ל‎ Nah 1:4 ‎׳‎‎כְּבוֺד הַלּ‎ Isa 35:2; Isa 60:13 ‎לְכַרְמֶל‎ ‎׳‎‎וְשָׁב ל‎ Isa 29:17 ‎ׅ‎ || ‎(יַעַר‎ ‎׳‎‎יַרְכְּתֵי ל‎ with the same reference Isa 37:24 = 2Kgs 19:23 ‎׳‎‎הַלּ‎ = trees of Lebanon Hos 14:6*; Isa 10:34; Isa 40:16; Ps 29:6; Ps 72:16 ‎׳‎‎ל‎ Isa 33:9 figurative, as mourning; ‎׳‎‎חֲמַס ל‎ Hab 2:17 i.e. violence done to Lebanon, probably by cutting down its trees; ‎׳‎‎בֵּית יַעַר הַלּ‎ a royal mansion of Solomon, 1Kgs 7:2 and 1Kgs 10:17; 1Kgs 10:21 = 2Chr 9:16; 2Chr 9:20 ‎׳‎‎ל‎ as home of wild beast 2Kgs 14:9 = 2Chr 25:18 (in allegory); ‎רֵיחַ לְבָנוֺן‎, of the odour of cedar forests Song 4:11, compare Hos 14:7* (in simile; We thinks ‎׳‎‎ל‎ here to be a specific plant).

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