*lVban-: 'white; frankincense; storax'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*lVban-
Meaning'white; frankincense; storax'
Basisreconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected
SEDSEDonline semet 1156

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Punicλαβον; lbnt (Krahmalkov 253)Krahmalkov 253gloss withheld
Arabiclubān- (BK 2, 962); lubnā (HALOT 518); ʿasal al-lubnā (Lane 3007)BK 2, 962; HALOT 518; Lane 3007gloss withheld
Mehrilbōn
Soqotrilibn-on; ḷébhon (SLOnline 7795)SLOnline 7795gloss withheld
Akkadianlubbunu (CAD L 231)CAD L 231gloss withheld
Ugariticlbn /labanu/ (UVST 142)UVST 142gloss withheld
Phoenicianlbn (T 155)T 155gloss withheld
Jibbalilūn (Kogan 2015, ch. 8 §3.2.2.1 no. 97)Kogan 2015 ch. 8 §3.2.2.1 no. 97
Hebrewlābān; libneh (HALOT 518)HALOT 518gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabianlbnt (HALOT 518); Sab lbny (SD 81); Qat. lbny (Ricks 1982 s.v. lbny)HALOT 518; SD 81; Ricks 1982 s.v. lbnygloss withheld
Mandaic Aramaiclubana (HALOT 518)HALOT 518gloss withheld
Tigrelebān (HALOT 518)HALOT 518gloss withheld
Amoritelbn: labanum, labnum, labbinum (Gelb AS 21, 24); labbīnu (Buck 2019, 329); labn, laban: la-ab-nu-um, la-ba-an, la-ba-NE-rí-iš (Ur III) (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 9)Gelb AS 21 24; Buck 2019, 329; Sanmartín GlOS 2, 9gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaiclabnaʾ (T 155); lebūntaʾ (T 156)T 155; T 156gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaiclebuntaʾ (T 156)T 156gloss withheld
AramaicOff. lbwnh (DNWSI 564); CPA lbwnh, lybwnh (DCPA 193 apud SEDonline 1796); Sam. lbwnh (DSA 425 apud SEDonline 1796)DNWSI 564; SEDonline 1796; DSA 425gloss withheld
Eblaitic/labn, laban/: name la-ba-na-AN (?) (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 9)Sanmartín GlOS 2, 9gloss withheld

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Notes

Not 3239 *la/ibin(-t)- 'brick'; II lbn 'to make bricks' is denominative from it (HALOT 517). HALOT 518 names the storax-tree libneh for its white racemes and takes Ethiopic leben from it; SEDonline 1796 *lVbn- 'incense tree' covers storax and frankincense.

Updated 25 October 2026

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