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title: לִבְנָה — Libnah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לִבְנָה (3841), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 18 times: Libnah. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לִבְנָה

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«לִבְנָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Libnah** — 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:** 18 times · **Key:** 3841 · **BDB:** לִבְנָה

### Glosses

Libnah (17); of.Libnah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Libnah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3841/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3841/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. city in SW. Judah, exact site unknown, captured by Joshua, according to D, Jos 10:29(×2), 31, 32, 39; 12:15 (all D), 15:42 (P); Levit. city 21:13 (P) = 1 Ch 6:42; further 2 K 8:22 = 2 Ch 21:10, 2 K 19:8 = Is 37:8, 2 K 23:31; 24:18 = Je 52:1; 𝔊 Λεβνα. Vid. LagOnom. 247, 135, 26; 2nd ed. 273 Λεβνα; BuhlGeogr. 193. station of Isr. in wilderness, between רִמֹּן פָּ֑רֶץ and רִסָּה Nu 33:20, 21 (perhaps = לָבֶן Dt 1:1); 𝔊 Λεμωνα, A 𝔊L Λεβωνα.

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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 (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לִבְנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3841/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 15:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.42/)

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לִבְנָ֥ה וָעֶ֖תֶר וְעָשָֽׁן׃

*Word for word:* Libnah and Ether and Ashan

*JPS 1917:* Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan;

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[Joshua 12:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.12.15/)

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מֶ֤לֶךְ לִבְנָה֙ אֶחָ֔ד מֶ֥לֶךְ עֲדֻלָּ֖ם אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* the.king of.Libnah one the.king of.Adullam one

*JPS 1917:* the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;

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