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לבן

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לבן

  • /laːˈbaːn/
  • [laːˈβaːn]
  • /lɔːˈvɔːn/ [lɔːˈvɔːn]
  • /lɔˈvɔn/ [lɔːˈvɔːn]
  • /laˈban/
  • /lɔˈvɔn/
  • /laˈvan/ Modern Israeli

Rhymes with -ɔn

Where it comes from

From Proto-West Semitic *laban-. Cognate with Arabic لَبَن (laban, “milk”), Ugaritic 𐎍𐎁𐎐 (lbn), and Phoenician 𐤋𐤁𐤍 (lbn).

adjective לָבָן · laván · לְבָנָה · לְבָנִים · לְבָנוֹת

  1. white (color)
  2. white, White (race)

noun לֹבֶן · lóven

  1. misspelling defective spelling of לובן

verb ליבן · לִבֵּן · libén

  1. construction pi'el, misspelling defective spelling of ליבן

verb לֻבַּן · lubán

  1. construction pu'al, misspelling defective spelling of לובן

proper noun לָבָן · laván

  1. Laban

In English

  • white bright and colourless
  • temper to strengthen or toughen by heat treatment
  • Laban brother of Rebekah

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"לבן." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%9F. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

לבן. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%9F

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"לבן." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%9F.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {לבן},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%9F},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}