לבן

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See also: לבֿן

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ל־ב־ן (l-b-n)

From Proto-West Semitic *laban-. Cognate with Arabic لَبَن (laban, milk), Ugaritic 𐎍𐎁𐎐 (lbn), and Phoenician 𐤋𐤁𐤍 (lbn).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

לָבָן (laván) (feminine לְבָנָה, masculine plural לְבָנִים, feminine plural לְבָנוֹת)

  1. white (color)
  2. white, White (race)

Derived terms

See also

Colors in Hebrew · צְבָעִים (ts'va'ím) (layout · text)
     לָבָן (laván)      אפור / אָפֹר (afór)      שחור / שָׁחֹר (shakhór)
             אדום / אָדֹם (adóm); אַרְגָּמָן (argamán)              כתום / כָּתֹם (katóm); חוּם (khum)              צהוב / צָהֹב (tsahóv); קרֶם (krem)
             ליים (láym)              ירוק / יָרֹק (yarók)              ירוק נענע / יָרֹק נַעְנַע (yarók nána)
             צִיאָן (tsi'án)              תְּכֵלֶת (t'khélet)              כחול / כָּחֹל (kakhól)
             סגול / סָגֹל (sagól); אִינְדִּיגוֹ (índigo)              מָגֶ׳נְטָה (madjénta); סגול / סָגֹל (sagól)              ורוד / וָרֹד (varód)

Further reading

Verb

ליבן / לִבֵּן (libén) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of ליבן

Verb

לֻבַּן (lubán) third-singular masculine past (pu'al construction)

  1. defective spelling of לובן

Proper noun

לָבָן (lavánm

  1. Laban (biblical character)

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