לְבָנוֹן

H3844. Lebanon
לְבָנוֺן (Deu 3:25 הַלְּבָנֹן van d. H.)71
proper name, of a mountain Lebanon (Phoenician לבנן; Assyrian Labnanu, etc., SchrCOT on 1Ki 5:13, DlPar. 103 ff.; Egyptian Ra-m­n-n WMMAsien u.Europa,197ff.; Arabic compare further RobBR ii, 435ff.493GASmGeogr.45ff. BuhlGeogr.110 and references; name probably from whiteness of its cliffs RobBR ii, 493); — wooded mountain-range on northern border of Israel [usually with article ׳הַלּ (51 t.); without articleלְבָנוֺן, in poetry and late Hos 14:8; Nah 1:4; 2Ki 19:23 = Isa 37:24; Eze 31:15-16, Isa 14:8; Isa 29:17; Isa 33:9; Isa 40:16; Jer 18:14; Hab 2:17; Zec 10:10; Zec 11:1; Psa 29:6; Son 4:8 (twice in verse); Son 4:11, Son 4:15; with ה locative לְבָב֫וֺנָה 1 Kings 5:28a]; perhaps first mentioned in defining a locality, as הַלְּבָנוֺן הַר, Jdg 3:3 (E according to GFM; this combination only here), but also in early prophets, then in D, and later; — in defining a locality Jos 9:1; הַלּ ׳בִּקְעַת Jos 11:17; Jos 12:7 (side of Baal Gad); as a marked feature, in describing extent of land Deu 1:7; Deu 3:25; Deu 11:24; Jos 1:4; Jos 13:5 (כָּלהַֿל) Jos 13:6 (all D), 1Ki 9:19 2Ch 8:6; Jer 22:26; Zec 10:10; ׳אשׁהַל׳ר Jer 22:6 (figurative of royal house of Judah), as a height Son 4:8 (twice in verse); הַל ׳מִגְדַּל Cant 7:5 i.e. a tower built on Lebanon; ל ׳שֶׁלֶג Jer 18:14 snow of L.; L. as source of streams Son 4:15; ל ׳יֵין Hos 14:8; most often, however, as bearing forests, especially of cedars, הַלּ ׳אַרְזֵי Jdg 9:15 (in allegory; perhaps J, according to GFM), Isa 2:13; Isa 14:8; Psa 29:5; Psa 104:16, compare 1Ki 5:13; 1 Kings 5:20; 1 Kings 5:23; 1 Kings 5:28 (twice in verse); 2Ch 2:7 (twice in verse); 2Ch 2:15, 2Ki 14:9 (twice in verse) = 2Ch 25:18 (twice in verse) (in allegory), Jer 22:23; Eze 17:3; Eze 27:5; Eze 31:3, Eze 31:15, Eze 31:16; Zec 11:1; Ezr 3:7; Psa 92:13; Son 3:9; Son 5:15 (simile of majestic figure); ל ׳מֶּרַח Nah 1:4; הַלּ ׳כְּבוֺד Isa 35:2; Isa 60:13; ל ׳וְשָׁב לְכַרְמֶל Isa 29:17 ׅ || ל ׳יַרְכְּתֵי (יַעַר with the same reference Isa 37:24 = 2Ki 19:23; ׳הַלּ = trees of Lebanon Hos 14:6; Isa 10:34; Isa 40:16; Psa 29:6; Psa 72:16; ׳ל Isa 33:9 figurative, as mourning; ל ׳חֲמַס Hab 2:17 i.e. violence done to Lebanon, probably by cutting down its trees; הַלּ יַעַר ׳בֵּית a royal mansion of Solomon, 1Ki 7:2; and 1Ki 10:17, 1Ki 10:21 2Ch 9:16, 2Ch 9:20; ׳ל as home of wild beast 2Ki 14:9 2Ch 25:18 (in allegory); לְבָנוֺן רֵיחַ, of the odour of cedar forests Son 4:11, compare Hos 14:7 (in simile; We thinks ׳ל here to be a specific plant).