<- Previous   First   Next ->

II . לְבֹונָה S 3828, 3829 TWOT 1074d GK 4227, 4228 n.pr.loc. , by which, among other places, loc. of Shiloh is fixed Ju 21:19 , Ö Λεβωνα ; mod. Lubban , c. 3 m. WNW. from Shiloh ( Seilûn ), Rob BR ii. 271 f. Guérin Sam. ii, 164 f. Bd Pal. 217 Buhl Geogr. 175.

I . לִבְנִי S 3845, 3846 GK 4249, 4250 n.pr.m. a Levite, son of Gershom, Ex 6:17 Nu 3:18 1 Ch 6: 2, 5 , 14 ( Ö Λοβεν [ ε ] ι ).

II . לִבְנִי S 3845, 3846 GK 4249, 4250 adj. gent. of foregoing, always c. art. הַלּ׳ as

subst. coll ., Nu 3:21 ; 26:58 .

לְבָנֹון S 3844 TWOT 1074e GK 4248 ( Dt 3:25 הַלְּבָנֹן Van d. H .) 71
n.pr. mont. Lebanon ( Ph. לבנן ; Assyrian Labnanu , etc., Schr COT on 1 K 5:13 , Dl Par . 103 ff. ; Egyptian Ra-m a n-n WMM Asien u. Europa, 197 ff. ; Arabic لُبْنَانٌ

( lubnānun ); cf. further Rob BR ii, 435 ff. 493 GASm Geogr. 45 ff. Buhl Geogr. 110 and reff.; name prob. from whiteness of its cliffs Rob BR ii, 493) —wooded mountain-range on northern border of Isr. [usually c. art. הַלּ׳ (51 times); without art. לְבָנֹון , poet. and late Ho 14:8 Na 1:4 2 K 19:23 = Is 37:2 4, Ez 31:15 , 16 Is 14: 8; 29:17 ; 33:9 ; 40:16 Je 18:14 Hb 2:17 Zc 10:1 0; 11:1 ψ 29:6 Ct 4:8 (×2), 11 , 15 ; c. ה loc. לְבָבֹ˜ונָה 1 K 5:28 a]; perhaps first mentioned in defining a locality, as הַר הַלְּבָנֹון , Ju 3:3 ( E according to GFM ; this combination only here), but also in early proph., then in D , and later;—in defining a locality Jos 9:1 ; בִּקְעַת הַלּ׳ Jos 11:1 7; 12:7 (side of Baal Gad); as a marked feature, in describing extent of land Dt 1:7 ; 3:25 ; 11:24 Jos 1: 4; 13:5 ( בָּל־הַלּ׳ ) v 6 (all D ), 1 K 9:19 = 2 Ch 8:6 , Je 22:20 Zc 10:1 0; רֹאשׁ הַלּ׳ Je 22:6 ( fig. of royal house of Judah), as a height Ct 4:8 (×2); מִגְדַּל הַלּ׳ Ct 7:5 i.e. a tower built on Lebanon; שֶׁלֶגּ ל׳ Je 18:14 snow of L.; L. as source of streams Ct 4:15 ; יֵין ל׳ Ho 14: 8; most often, however, as bearing forests, especially of cedars, אַרְזֵי הַלּ׳ Ju 9:15 (in

Rob E. Robinson, Biblical Resarches. Guérin V. Guérin, Description geographique de la Palestine.

Sam. Samaria, Samaritan (rarely = Samuel). Bd Bädekers Palestine.

Van d. H. E. van der Hooght , Heb. text of O.T. Schr E. Schrader.

COT The Cuneiform Inscr. & the Old Test. (Eng. Trans. of KAT 2;, by O.H. Whitehouse).

Dl Friedrich Delitzsch, Wo lag das Paradies? WMM W. Max Müller.

GASm George Adam Smith, Historical Geography of the Holy Land.


<- Previous   First   Next ->