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|'''[[:Category:Lehite PN|Lehite PN]]'''
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|Inhabitant of Jerusalem, descended from Joseph ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_ne/3/3#3 1 Nephi 3:3]; [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/mosiah/1/16#16 Mosiah 1:16])
|Captain of fifty in [[JERUSALEM|J<small>ERUSALEM</small>]] ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/3.31?lang=eng#30 1 Nephi 3:31]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/4.1?lang=eng#primary 2 Nephi 4:1]), and custodian of Brass Plates ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/3.3?lang=eng#2 1 Nephi 3:3]) and a descendant of [[JOSEPH|J<small>OSEPH</small>]] who was sold into [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPT</small>]] ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/5.16?lang=eng#15 1 Nephi 5:16]).
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|Brass Plates of ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/3.3,%2012?lang=eng#2 1 Nephi 3:3, 12] – [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/10.17?lang=eng#16 3 Nephi 10:17])
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|Sword of ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/4.9?lang=eng#8 1 Nephi 4:9]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/5.14?lang=eng#13 2 Nephi 5:14]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/jacob/1.10?lang=eng#9 Jacob 1:10]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/w-of-m/1.13?lang=eng#12 Words of Mormon 1:13]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/mosiah/1.16?lang=eng#15 Mosiah 1:16]).
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This is also a biblical name ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/gen/24/29 Genesis 24–32] passim). For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.
'''Etymology'''


Confer also the Near Eastern GN Lebanon: biblical Lebanon, possibly Egyptian rbn(n), and Ebla labanan (Pettinato, Archives).
The [[Personal Name|PN]] '''L<small>ABAN</small>''' appears in [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/gen/24.29,50?lang=eng#28 Genesis 24:29, 50], and as a [[Geographical Name|GN]] in [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/deut/1.1?lang=eng#1 Deuteronomy 1:1].<ref>This [[Geographical Name|GN]] is equivalent to the Egyptian ''Rwbn'', ''RbЗnЗ'' = “town of Laban” in Palestine, taken by Sargon II of Assyria. ( Wiseman, [[D. Winton Thomas, ed. Documents from the Old Testament Times. Wipf & Stock Pub, 2006.|''DOTT'']], 62[h].)</ref> The [[Personal Name|PN]] ''lbn'' also appears in Ugaritic.<ref>KTU 3.23:23; noted also in [[Cyrus H. Gordon]], ''Ugaritic Textbook'' 19.1351.</ref> It is possible that the name derives from the Hebrew לבן ''lābān'' “white, pale.”<ref>[[Koehler, Ludwig, and Walter Baumgartner, The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. 5 vols. revised by W. Baumgartner and Johann J. Stamm. Leiden: Brill, 1994. trans. of 5-volume 3rd German edition.|''HALOT'']].</ref> Because the Hebrew feminine form ''lĕbānâ'' means “full moon,” the biblical [[Personal Name|PN]] could also be a theophoric element analogous to the Babylonian names containing the theophoric name Sîn, meaning the moon god. This would be especially meaningful since the biblical Laban lived in Haran ([https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/gen/27.43?lang=eng#42 Genesis 27:43]; [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/gen/29.4?lang=eng#42 29:4]), which (like Sumerian Ur) was a center of worship of the Moon-god Sîn.<ref>J-C. Margueron, “Ur,” in Freedman, ed., [[David Freedman, ed. Anchor Bible Dictionary. 6 vols. N.Y.: Doubleday, 1992.|''ABD'']], VI:766; Y. Kobayashi, “Haran,” [[David Freedman, ed. Anchor Bible Dictionary. 6 vols. N.Y.: Doubleday, 1992.|''ABD'']], III:58-59.</ref>
 
See [[LEBANON|L<small>EBANON</small>]].
<div style="text-align: right;">[[Paul Y. Hoskisson|PYH]] & [[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]</div>
 
'''Variants'''
 
'''[[Deseret Alphabet]]:''' 𐐢𐐁𐐒𐐊𐐤 (leɪbʌn)
 
'''Notes'''
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Latest revision as of 11:24, 25 July 2023

Lehite PN 1. Captain of fifty in JERUSALEM (1 Nephi 3:31; 2 Nephi 4:1), and custodian of Brass Plates (1 Nephi 3:3) and a descendant of JOSEPH who was sold into EGYPT (1 Nephi 5:16).
2. Brass Plates of (1 Nephi 3:3, 12 – 3 Nephi 10:17)
3. Sword of (1 Nephi 4:9; 2 Nephi 5:14; Jacob 1:10; Words of Mormon 1:13; Mosiah 1:16).

Etymology

The PN LABAN appears in Genesis 24:29, 50, and as a GN in Deuteronomy 1:1.[1] The PN lbn also appears in Ugaritic.[2] It is possible that the name derives from the Hebrew לבן lābān “white, pale.”[3] Because the Hebrew feminine form lĕbānâ means “full moon,” the biblical PN could also be a theophoric element analogous to the Babylonian names containing the theophoric name Sîn, meaning the moon god. This would be especially meaningful since the biblical Laban lived in Haran (Genesis 27:43; 29:4), which (like Sumerian Ur) was a center of worship of the Moon-god Sîn.[4]

See LEBANON.

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐢𐐁𐐒𐐊𐐤 (leɪbʌn)

Notes

  1. ↑ This GN is equivalent to the Egyptian Rwbn, RbЗnЗ = “town of Laban” in Palestine, taken by Sargon II of Assyria. ( Wiseman, DOTT, 62[h].)
  2. ↑ KTU 3.23:23; noted also in Cyrus H. Gordon, Ugaritic Textbook 19.1351.
  3. ↑ HALOT.
  4. ↑ J-C. Margueron, “Ur,” in Freedman, ed., ABD, VI:766; Y. Kobayashi, “Haran,” ABD, III:58-59.
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