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


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 in [[Cyrus H. Gordon]], ''Ugaritic Textbook'' 19.1351.</ref> It is possible that the name derives from the Hebrew ''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>
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 ''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>]].
See [[LEBANON|L<small>EBANON</small>]].

Revision as of 12:16, 10 November 2020

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 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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