לבן

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).

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)             
             צִיאָן‎ (tsi'án)              תְּכֵלֶת‎ (t'khélet)              כחול / כָּחֹל‎ (kakhól)
             סגול / סָגֹל‎ (sagól); אִינְדִּיגוֹ‎ (índigo)              מָגֶנְטָה‎ (magénta); סגול / סָגֹל‎ (sagól)              ורוד / וָרֹד‎ (varód)

Further reading

Verb

ליבן / לִבֵּן • (libén) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of ליבן‎

Verb

לֻבַּן • (lubán) (pu'al construction)

  1. defective spelling of לובן‎

Proper noun

לָבָן • (laván) m

  1. Laban (biblical character)

Further reading

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