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'''Etymology'''
'''Etymology'''


This PN appears in the [[King James Version|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 [[Geographical Name|GN]] in [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/deut/1.1?lang=eng#primary Deuteronomy 1:1].<ref> = [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] ''Rwbn'', ''RbЗnЗ'' = "town of Laban" in Palestine, taken by Sargon II of [[ASSYRIA|A<small>SSYRIA</small>]]. ( Wiseman, [[D. Winton Thomas, ed. Documents from the Old Testament Times. Wipf &amp; Stock Pub, 2006.|''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|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''lābān'' “white, pale.”<ref>So M. Noth, ''Israelitischen Personennamen'',  p. 225.</ref> Because the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] feminine form ''lĕbānâ'' means “full moon,” the biblical PN could also be a theophoric element<ref>See the entry for the PN '''L<small>ABAN</small>''' in [[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'']], II לבן.</ref> analogous to the Babylonian names containing the theophoric name ''Sîn'', meaning the moon god.  This would be especially meaningful since biblical '''L<small>ABAN</small>''' 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., [[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>
This [[Personal Name|PN]] appears in the [[King James Version|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 [[Geographical Name|GN]] in [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/deut/1.1?lang=eng#primary Deuteronomy 1:1].<ref> = [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] ''Rwbn'', ''RbЗnЗ'' = "town of Laban" in Palestine, taken by Sargon II of [[ASSYRIA|A<small>SSYRIA</small>]]. ( Wiseman, [[D. Winton Thomas, ed. Documents from the Old Testament Times. Wipf &amp; Stock Pub, 2006.|''DOTT'']], 62[h].)</ref> The [[Personal Name|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|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''lābān'' “white, pale.”<ref>So M. Noth, ''Israelitischen Personennamen'',  p. 225.</ref> Because the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] feminine form ''lĕbānâ'' means “full moon,” the biblical [[Personal Name|PN]] could also be a theophoric element<ref>See the entry for the [[Personal Name|PN]] '''L<small>ABAN</small>''' in [[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'']], II לבן.</ref> analogous to the Babylonian names containing the theophoric name ''Sîn'', meaning the moon god.  This would be especially meaningful since biblical '''L<small>ABAN</small>''' 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., [[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>]].
See [[LEBANON|L<small>EBANON</small>]].

Revision as of 20:59, 11 November 2014

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.

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐢𐐁𐐒𐐊𐐤 (leɪbʌn)

Notes

  1. ↑ Father-in-law of JACOB, son of Bethuel.
  2. ↑ = EGYPTIAN Rwbn, RbЗnЗ = "town of Laban" in Palestine, taken by Sargon II of ASSYRIA. ( Wiseman, DOTT, 62[h].)
  3. ↑ Cyrus H. Gordon, Ugaritic Textbook, 19.1351.
  4. ↑ So M. Noth, Israelitischen Personennamen, p. 225.
  5. ↑ See the entry for the PN LABAN in HALOT, II לבן.
  6. ↑ J-C. Margueron, “Ur,” in Freedman, ed., ABD, VI:766; Y. Kobayashi, “Haran,” ABD, III:58-59.
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