לָבָן

I. לָבָן adjective white; — ׳ל absolute 1 Mos 30,35 + 13 t.; construct לְבֶןֿ 1 Mos 49,12 (compare Ges^{«GKC:93»§ 93}, 2, R. 1 Kö^{Lgb ii, 74} Ba^{Nb 166}); feminine לְבָנָה 3 Mos 13,4 + 6 t.; plural לְבָנִים Zak 1,8 + 3 t.; לְבָנוֺת 1 Mos 30,37 + 2 t.; — white, of wood under bark 1 Mos 30,37 (twice in verse) (compare Joel 1,7); of spots on goats vJoel 1,35 (all J); of manna 2 Mos 16,31 (P); garments Praed 9,8 (sign of cheerfulness and joy); of teeth וּלְבֶןשִֿׁנַּיִם מֵחָלָב 1 Mos 49,12 (poem in J; || חַכְלִילִי עֵינַיִם מִיָּ֑יִן) of Judah (on interpretations see Di and, differently, Marc. Jastr^{JBL xi. (1892), 128}); of horses Zak 1,8; Zak 6,3; Zak 6,6 (in vision); chfly. of diseased skin or flesh on body (בַּהֶרֶת 3 Mos 13,4; 3 Mos 13,19; 3 Mos 13,24; 3 Mos 13,25; 3 Mos 13,26; 3 Mos 13,38) 3 Mos 13,4; 3 Mos 13,10; 3 Mos 13,13; 3 Mos 13,16; 3 Mos 13,17; 3 Mos 13,19; 3 Mos 13,24; 3 Mos 13,38 and of hair on such spots 3 Mos 13,3; 3 Mos 13,4; 3 Mos 13,10; 3 Mos 13,20; 3 Mos 13,21; 3 Mos 13,25; 3 Mos 13,26 + אֲדַמְדֶּ֫מֶת 3 Mos 13,19; 3 Mos 13,24; 3 Mos 13,43 compare v3 Mos 13,42 + כֵּהָה v3 Mos 13,39 (all P).