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|1.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]).
|Inhabitant of [[JERUSALEM|J<small>ERUSALEM</small>]], descended from [[JOSEPH|J<small>OSEPH</small>]] ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/3.3,%204,%2011,%2012,%2013,%2014,%2023,%2024,%2025,%2026,%2027,%2029,%2031?lang=eng#2 1 Nephi 3:3, 4, 11 (x2), 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25, 26 (x2), 27, 29, 31]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/4.1,%203,%205,%207,%208,%2010,%2017,%2018,%2019,%2020,%2021,%2022,%2023,%2026,%2028,%2030,%2031,%2038?lang=eng#primary 4:1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 17, 18, 19, 20 (x4), 21, 22, 23, 26, 28, 30, 31, 38]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/5.5,%208,%2016?lang=eng#4 5:5, 8, 16]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/7.11?lang=eng#10 7:11]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/1.30?lang=eng#29 2 Nephi 1:30]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/5.14?lang=eng#13 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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|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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'''Etymology'''
'''Etymology'''


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.
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|P<small>ALESTINE</small>]], 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>


Confer also the Near Eastern GN [[LEBANON|L<small>EBANON</small>]]: biblical [[LEBANON|L<small>EBANON</small>]], possibly [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] ''rbn''(''n''), and Ebla ''labanan'' (Pettinato, Archives).
See [[LEBANON|L<small>EBANON</small>]].
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'''Variants'''
'''Variants'''
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'''Notes'''
'''Notes'''
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[[Category:Names]][[Category:Lehite PN]]
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Revision as of 11:19, 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.

PYH & RFS

Variants

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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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