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title: לְבֹנָה — frankincense · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לְבֹנָה (3828), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 21 times: frankincense. BDB 1906: n.f. frankincense. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לְבֹנָה

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

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**Used:** 21 times · **Key:** 3828 · **BDB:** לְבֹנָה

### Glosses

frankincense (20); of.frankincense (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

frankincense [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3828/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. frankincense [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3828/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. frankincense (from white colour, cf. LagBN 33; NH id.; Aramaic id., לְבוּנְתָּא, ܠܒܽܘܢܬܳܐ; Ph. לבנת; Arabic لُبَانٌ (Lane 3007); Ethiopic ሊባኖስ is from λιβανος);—ל׳ Ex 30:24 + 18 times; לְבֹנָתָהּ Lv 2:2, 16;—used in prep. of holy incense Ex 30:34 (‖ סַמִּים); used as incense Je 6:20, on meal-offering Lv 2:1, 2, 15, 16; 6:8, cf. 5:11 Nu 5:15; also Je 17:26; 41:5; Is 43:23; 66:3; with shew-bread Lv 24:7; Ne 13:5, 9 1 Ch 9:29 (‖ בְּשָׂמִים); burned as perfume (art. of luxury) Ct 3:6 (‖ מֹר); גִּבְעַת חַלְּבוֹנָה 4:6 (‖ הַר הַמּוֹר); עֲצֵי לְבוֹנָה v 14 (‖ נֵרְדְּ, כַּרְכֹּם, קָנֶה, קִנָּמוֹן, מֹר, אֲהָלוֹת); as tribute to Zion Is 60:6 (‖ זהב).—In Hex only P.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 21 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לְבֹנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3828/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 2:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.2.15/)

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וְנָתַתָּ֤ עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ שֶׁ֔מֶן וְשַׂמְתָּ֥ עָלֶ֖יהָ לְבֹנָ֑ה מִנְחָ֖ה הִֽוא׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.put on it oil and you.will.place on it frankincense \[is\].a.grain.offering it

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon; it is a meal-offering.

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[Leviticus 24:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.24.7/)

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וְנָתַתָּ֥ עַל־הַֽמַּעֲרֶ֖כֶת לְבֹנָ֣ה זַכָּ֑ה וְהָיְתָ֤ה לַלֶּ֙חֶם֙ לְאַזְכָּרָ֔ה אִשֶּׁ֖ה לַֽיהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.put on the row frankincense pure and it.will.belong to the bread to a.memorial.offering a.fire.offering to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt put pure frankincense with each row, that it may be to the bread for a memorial-part, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

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