LABAN
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| Lehite PN | 1. | Inhabitant of JERUSALEM, descended from JOSEPH (1 Nephi 3:3; Mosiah 1:16) |
This is also a biblical name (Genesis 24–32 passim). For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.
Confer also the Near Eastern GN LEBANON: biblical LEBANON, possibly Egyptian rbn(n), and Ebla labanan (Pettinato, Archives).
