לָבָן

«לָבָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: Laban — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 54 times · Key: 3837 · BDB: לָבָן²

Glosses

Laban (42); of.Laban (11); [was].Laban (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

Laban tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.pr.m. son of Bethuel, brother of Rebekah, and father-in-law of Jacob (𝔊 Λαβαν), Gn 24:29(×2), 50; 27:43; 28:2, 5 + 17 times J (Gn 29, 30, 31, 32); 29:15, 16, 19, 21, 22, 26 + 18 times E (Gn 31, 32, ל׳ הָאֲרַמִּי 31:24); 25:20 (ל׳ הָאֲרַמִּי) 28:5 (id.), also 28:2; 29:24, 29; 46:18, 25 (all P).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 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

Genesis 30:34

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר לָבָ֖ן הֵ֑ן ל֖וּ יְהִ֥י כִדְבָרֶֽךָ׃

Word for word: and he.said Laban there! if let.it.be according to your.word

JPS 1917: And Laban said: 'Behold, would it might be according to thy word.'

Genesis 29:22

וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף לָבָ֛ן אֶת־כָּל־אַנְשֵׁ֥י הַמָּק֖וֹם וַיַּ֥עַשׂ מִשְׁתֶּֽה׃

Word for word: and he.gathered Laban (et) all the.people of the.place and he.prepared a.feast

JPS 1917: And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.

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