לְבָנוֹן

לְבָנוֺן (5 Mos 3,25 הַלְּבָנֹן van d. H.)₇₁ proper name, of a mountain Lebanon (Phoenician לבנן; Assyrian Labnanu, etc., Schr^{COT on 1 Kong 5,13}, Dl^{Par. 103 ff.}; Egyptian Ra-m­n-n WMM^{Asien u.Europa,197ff.}; Arabic compare further Rob^{BR ii, 435ff.} 493 GASm^Geogr.45ff. Buhl^{Geogr.110 and references}; name probably from whiteness of its cliffs Rob^{BR ii, 493}); — wooded mountain-range on northern border of Israel [usually with article ׳הַלּ (51 t.); without articleלְבָנוֺן, in poetry and late Hos 14,8; Nah 1,4; 2 Kong 19,23 = Es 37,24; Ezk 31,15; Ezk 31,16; Es 14,8; Es 29,17; Es 33,9; Es 40,16; Jer 18,14; Hab 2,17; Zak 10,10; Zak 11,1; Sl 29,6; Hoj 4,8 (twice in verse); Hoj 4,11; Hoj 4,15 with ה locative לְבָב֫וֺנָה 1 Kong 5,28a]; perhaps first mentioned in defining a locality, as הַר הַלְּבָנוֺן, Dom 3,3 (E according to GFM; this combination only here), but also in early prophets, then in D, and later; — in defining a locality Jos 9,1 ׳בִּקְעַת הַלּ Jos 11,17; Jos 12,7 (side of Baal Gad); as a marked feature, in describing extent of land 5 Mos 1,7; 5 Mos 3,25; 5 Mos 11,24; Jos 1,4; Jos 13,5 (כָּלהַֿל) vJos 13,6 (all D), 1 Kong 9,19 = 2 Kron 8,6; Jer 22,26; Zak 10,10 ׳אשׁהַל׳ר Jer 22,6 (figurative of royal house of Judah), as a height Hoj 4,8 (twice in verse); ׳מִגְדַּל הַל Hoj 7,5 i.e. a tower built on Lebanon; ׳שֶׁלֶג ל Jer 18,14 snow of L.; L. as source of streams Hoj 4,15 ׳יֵין ל Hos 14,8 most often, however, as bearing forests, especially of cedars, ׳אַרְזֵי הַלּ Dom 9,15 (in allegory; perhaps J, according to GFM), Es 2,13; Es 14,8; Sl 29,5; Sl 104,16, compare 1 Kong 5,13; 1 Kong 5,20; 1 Kong 5,23; 1 Kong 5,28 (twice in verse); 2 Kron 2,7 (twice in verse); 2 Kron 2,15, 2 Kong 14,9 (twice in verse) = 2 Kron 25,18 (twice in verse) (in allegory), Jer 22,23; Ezk 17,3; Ezk 27,5; Ezk 31,3; Ezk 31,15; Ezk 31,16; Zak 11,1; Ezr 3,7; Sl 92,13; Hoj 3,9; Hoj 5,15 (simile of majestic figure); ׳פֶּרַח ל Nah 1,4 ׳כְּבוֺד הַלּ Es 35,2; Es 60,13 לְכַרְמֶל ׳וְשָׁב ל Es 29,17 ׅ || (יַעַר ׳יַרְכְּתֵי ל with the same reference Es 37,24 = 2 Kong 19,23 ׳הַלּ = trees of Lebanon Hos 14,6; Es 10,34; Es 40,16; Sl 29,6; Sl 72,16 ׳ל Es 33,9 figurative, as mourning; ׳חֲמַס ל Hab 2,17 i.e. violence done to Lebanon, probably by cutting down its trees; ׳בֵּית יַעַר הַלּ a royal mansion of Solomon, 1 Kong 7,2 and 1 Kong 10,17; 1 Kong 10,21 = 2 Kron 9,16; 2 Kron 9,20 ׳ל as home of wild beast 2 Kong 14,9 = 2 Kron 25,18 (in allegory); רֵיחַ לְבָנוֺן, of the odour of cedar forests Hoj 4,11, compare Hos 14,7 (in simile; We thinks ׳ל here to be a specific plant).