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This PN appears in the KJV [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/gen/24.29,%2050?lang=eng#28 Genesis 24:29, 50],<ref>Father-in-law of [[JACOB|J<small>ACOB</small>]], son of Bethuel.</ref> and as a GN in [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/deut/1.1?lang=eng#primary Deuteronomy 1:1].<ref> = [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] ''Rwbn'', ''RbЗnЗ'' = "town of Laban" in | This PN appears in the KJV [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/gen/24.29,%2050?lang=eng#28 Genesis 24:29, 50],<ref>Father-in-law of [[JACOB|J<small>ACOB</small>]], son of Bethuel.</ref> and as a GN in [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/deut/1.1?lang=eng#primary Deuteronomy 1:1].<ref> = [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] ''Rwbn'', ''RbЗnЗ'' = "town of Laban" in Palestine, taken by Sargon II of [[ASSYRIA|A<small>SSYRIA</small>]]. ( Wiseman, ''DOTT'', 62[h].)</ref> The PN also appears in the Ugaritic onomasticon.<ref>Cyrus H. Gordon, ''Ugaritic Textbook'', 19.1351.</ref> It is possible that the name derives from the Hebrew ''lābān'' “white, pale.”<ref>So M. Noth, ''Israelitischen Personennamen'', p. 225.</ref> Because the Hebrew feminine form ''lĕbānâ'' means “full moon,” the biblical PN could also be a theophoric element<ref>See the entry for the PN Laban in ''HALOT'', II לבן.</ref> analogous to the Babylonian names containing the theophoric name ''Sîn'', meaning the moon god. This would be especially meaningful since biblical Laban lived in Haran ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/gen/27.43?lang=eng#42 Genesis 27:43]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/gen/29.4?lang=eng#3 29:4]), which (like Sumerian Ur) was a center of worship of the Moon-god Sîn.<ref>J-C. Margueron, “Ur,” in Freedman, ed., ''ABD'', VI:766; Y. Kobayashi, “Haran,” ''ABD'', III:58-59.</ref> | ||
See [[LEBANON|L<small>EBANON</small>]]. | See [[LEBANON|L<small>EBANON</small>]]. | ||
Revision as of 10:22, 14 December 2012
| 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
This PN appears in the KJV Genesis 24:29, 50,[1] and as a GN in Deuteronomy 1:1.[2] The PN also appears in the Ugaritic onomasticon.[3] It is possible that the name derives from the Hebrew lābān “white, pale.”[4] Because the Hebrew feminine form lĕbānâ means “full moon,” the biblical PN could also be a theophoric element[5] analogous to the Babylonian names containing the theophoric name Sîn, meaning the moon god. This would be especially meaningful since biblical Laban lived in Haran (Genesis 27:43; 29:4), which (like Sumerian Ur) was a center of worship of the Moon-god Sîn.[6]
See LEBANON.
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Notes
- ↑ Father-in-law of JACOB, son of Bethuel.
- ↑ = EGYPTIAN Rwbn, RbЗnЗ = "town of Laban" in Palestine, taken by Sargon II of ASSYRIA. ( Wiseman, DOTT, 62[h].)
- ↑ Cyrus H. Gordon, Ugaritic Textbook, 19.1351.
- ↑ So M. Noth, Israelitischen Personennamen, p. 225.
- ↑ See the entry for the PN Laban in HALOT, II לבן.
- ↑ J-C. Margueron, “Ur,” in Freedman, ed., ABD, VI:766; Y. Kobayashi, “Haran,” ABD, III:58-59.
