# \*lVban-: 'white; frankincense; storax'

> Proto-Semitic *lVban-, 'white; frankincense; storax': reflexes in 17 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*lVban- |
| Meaning | 'white; frankincense; storax' |
| Basis | reconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected |
| SED | SEDonline semet 1156 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Punic | λαβον; lbnt (Krahmalkov 253) | Krahmalkov 253 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | lubān- (BK 2, 962); lubnā (HALOT 518); ʿasal al-lubnā (Lane 3007) | BK 2, 962; HALOT 518; Lane 3007 | gloss withheld |
| Mehri | lbōn |  |  |
| Soqotri | libn-on; ḷébhon (SLOnline 7795) | SLOnline 7795 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | lubbunu (CAD L 231) | CAD L 231 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | lbn /labanu/ (UVST 142) | UVST 142 | gloss withheld |
| Phoenician | lbn (T 155) | T 155 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | lūn (Kogan 2015, ch. 8 §3.2.2.1 no. 97) | Kogan 2015 ch. 8 §3.2.2.1 no. 97 |  |
| Hebrew | lābān; libneh (HALOT 518) | HALOT 518 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | lbnt (HALOT 518); Sab lbny (SD 81); Qat. lbny (Ricks 1982 s.v. lbny) | HALOT 518; SD 81; Ricks 1982 s.v. lbny | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | lubana (HALOT 518) | HALOT 518 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | lebān (HALOT 518) | HALOT 518 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | lbn: 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, 9 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | labnaʾ (T 155); lebūntaʾ (T 156) | T 155; T 156 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | lebuntaʾ (T 156) | T 156 | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | Off. lbwnh (DNWSI 564); CPA lbwnh, lybwnh (DCPA 193 apud SEDonline 1796); Sam. lbwnh (DSA 425 apud SEDonline 1796) | DNWSI 564; SEDonline 1796; DSA 425 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | /labn, laban/: name la-ba-na-AN (?) (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 9) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 9 | gloss 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.

## Linked from

- [L](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/l/index.md>)

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