לָבָן
Used: 29 times · Key: 3836 · BDB: לָבָן
Glosses
white (25); [horses] (1); [is].white (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
white tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
adj. white tree →
The whole BDB entry
adj. white;—ל׳ abs. Gn 30:35 + 13 times; cstr. לְבֶן־ Gn 49:12 (cf. Ges§ 93, 2, R. 1 Kö Lgb ii, 74 BaNB 166); f. לְבָנָה Lv 13:4 + 6 times; pl. לְבָנִים Zc 1:8 + 3 times; לְבָנוֹת Gn 30:37 + 2 times;—white, of wood under bark Gn 30:37(×2) (cf. Jo 1:7); of spots on goats v 35 (all J); of manna Ex 16:31 (P); garments Ec 9:8 (sign of cheerfulness and joy); of teeth וּלְבֶן־שִׁנַּיִם מֵחָלָב Gn 49:12 (poem in J; ‖ הַכְלִילִי עֵינַיִם מִיָּ֑יִן) of Judah (on interpr. v. Di and, differently, Marc. JastrJBL xi. (1892), 128); of horses Zc 1:8; 6:3, 6 (in vision); chfly. of diseased skin or flesh on body (בַּהֶרֶת Lv 13:4, 19, 24, 25, 26, 38) Lv 13:4, 10, 13, 16, 17, 19, 24, 38; and of hair on such spots 13:3, 4, 10, 20, 21, 25, 26; + אֲדַמְדֶּ֫מֶת 13:19, 24, 43, cf. v 42; + כֵּהָה v 39 (all P).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 24 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «לָבָן» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
חַכְלִילִ֥י עֵינַ֖יִם מִיָּ֑יִן וּלְבֶן־שִׁנַּ֖יִם מֵחָלָֽב׃פ
Word for word: dark of.eyes more than.wine and white of.teeth more than.milk
JPS 1917: His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
וְאִישׁ֙ אֽוֹ־אִשָּׁ֔ה כִּֽי־יִהְיֶ֥ה בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂרָ֖ם בֶּהָרֹ֑ת בֶּהָרֹ֖ת לְבָנֹֽת׃
Word for word: and a.man or a.woman (dm) it.will.be on the.skin their.flesh their bright.spots bright.spots white
JPS 1917: And if a man or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;
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