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title: לָבָן — Laban · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לָבָן (3837), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 54 times: Laban. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לָבָן

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«לָבָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Laban** — 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:** 54 times · **Key:** 3837 · **BDB:** לָבָן²

### Glosses

Laban (42); of.Laban (11); \[was\].Laban (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Laban [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3837/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3837/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. son of Bethuel, brother of Rebekah, and father-in-law of Jacob (𝔊 Λαβαν), Gn 24:29(×2), 50; 27:43; 28:2, 5 + 17 times J (Gn 29, 30, 31, 32); 29:15, 16, 19, 21, 22, 26 + 18 times E (Gn 31, 32, ל׳ הָאֲרַמִּי 31:24); 25:20 (ל׳ הָאֲרַמִּי) 28:5 (id.), also 28:2; 29:24, 29; 46:18, 25 (all P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לָבָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3837/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 30:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.30.34/)

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וַיֹּ֥אמֶר לָבָ֖ן הֵ֑ן ל֖וּ יְהִ֥י כִדְבָרֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Laban there! if let.it.be according to your.word

*JPS 1917:* And Laban said: 'Behold, would it might be according to thy word.'

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[Genesis 29:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.29.22/)

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וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף לָבָ֛ן אֶת־כָּל־אַנְשֵׁ֥י הַמָּק֖וֹם וַיַּ֥עַשׂ מִשְׁתֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.gathered Laban (et) all the.people of the.place and he.prepared a.feast

*JPS 1917:* And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.

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