H3835. laban
[לָבֵן] verb be white (on ֵ֯ see BaNB 166; LagBN 33, compare 53, 54 infers ֗֗֗ לָבֹן from לְבֹנָה; Late Hebrew id., Pi`el Hiph`il, and derivatives; Phoenician לבן white; Arabic milk; also be white, dialect of Yemen, MaltzanZMG xxvii, 1873, 247; apparently √ of following fourteen words, but this dubious especially in case of II. III. לִבְנָה לְבָנָא, לָבָן,, II. לְבוֺנָה, I. II. לִבְנִי); —
Hiph`il Perfect3plural הִלְבִּינוּ [Joel 1:7]; Imperfect1singular אַלְבִּין [Psa 51:9]; [3]plural יַלְבִּינוּ [Isa 1:18]; Infinitive construct וְלַלְבֵּן (= וּלְהַלְבֵּן) [Dan 11:35]; —
1 make white = purify (ethical) [Dan 11:35] (no object expressed, || בָּרֵר צָרַף,).
2 shew whiteness, grow white, of fig-tree, stripped by locusts, [Joel 1:7]; figurative of moral purity, יַלְב ׳כַּשֶּׁלֶג [Isa 1:18]; אַלְב ׳מִשֶּׁלֶג [Psa 51:9].
Hithpa`el Imperfect יִתְלַבְּנוּ [Dan 12:10] be purified (ethical, || יִתְבָּֽרֲרוּ). — לָבַן, make brick, see below
[לָבַן] verb denominative make brick (as Assyrian labânu fromlibittu DlHWB 370); —
Qal Imperfect1pluralנִלְבְּנָה [Gen 11:3] (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb); Infinitive construct לִלְבֹּן [Exod 5:7] (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb), [5:14] (absolute)