לְבָנוֹן

(Dt 3:25 הַלְּבָנֹן Van d. H.)71 n.pr.mont. Lebanon (Ph. לבנן; Assyrian Labnanu, etc., SchrCOT on 1 K 5:13, DlPar. 103 ff.; Egyptian Ra-ma n-n WMMAsien u. Europa, 197 ff.; Arabic لُبْنَانٌ; cf. further RobBR ii, 435 ff. 493 GASmGeogr. 45 ff. BuhlGeogr. 110 and reff.; name prob. from whiteness of its cliffs RobBR ii, 493)—wooded mountain-range on northern border of Isr. [usually c. art. הַלּ׳ (51 times); without art. לְבָנוֹן, poet. and late Ho 14:8; Na 1:4; 2 K 19:23 = Is 37:24, Ez 31:15, 16; Is 14:8; 29:17; 33:9; 40:16; Je 18:14; Hb 2:17; Zc 10:10; 11:1; ψ 29:6 Ct 4:8(×2), 11, 15; c. ה loc. לְבָב֫וֹנָה 1 K 5:28a]; perhaps first mentioned in defining a locality, as הַר הַלְּבָנוֹן, Ju 3:3 (E according to GFM; this combination only here), but also in early proph., then in D, and later;—in defining a locality Jos 9:1; בִּקְעַת הַלּ׳ Jos 11:17; 12:7 (side of Baal Gad); as a marked feature, in describing extent of land Dt 1:7; 3:25; 11:24; Jos 1:4; 13:5 (בָּל־הַלּ׳) v 6 (all D), 1 K 9:19 = 2 Ch 8:6, Je 22:20; Zc 10:10; רֹאשׁ הַלּ׳ Je 22:6 (fig. of royal house of Judah), as a height Ct 4:8(×2); מִגְדַּל הַלּ׳ Ct 7:5 i.e. a tower built on Lebanon; שֶׁלֶגּ ל׳ Je 18:14 snow of L.; L. as source of streams Ct 4:15; יֵין ל׳ Ho 14:8; most often, however, as bearing forests, especially of cedars, אַרְזֵי הַלּ׳ Ju 9:15 (in allegory; perhaps J, according to GFM), Is 2:13; 14:8; ψ 29:5; 104:16, cf. 1 K 5:13, 20, 23, 28(×2) 2 Ch 2:7(×2), 15, 2 K 14:9(×2) = 2 Ch 25:18(×2) (in allegory), Je 22:23; Ez 17:3; 27:5; 31:3, 15, 16; Zc 11:1; Ezr 3:7; ψ 92:13 Ct 3:9; 5:15 (sim. of majestic figure); פֶּרַח ל׳ Na 1:4; כְּבוֹד הַלּ׳ Is 35:2; 60:13; וְשָׁב ל׳ לְכַרְמֶל 29:17 (‖ יַעַר); יַרְכְּתֵי ל׳ with the same ref. Is 37:24 = 2 K 19:23; הַלּ׳ = trees of Lebanon Ho 14:6; Is 10:34; 40:16; ψ 29:6; 72:16; ל׳ Is 33:9 fig., as mourning; חֲמַס ל׳ Hb 2:17 i.e. violence done to Lebanon, prob. by cutting down its trees; בֵּית יַעַר הַלּ׳ a royal mansion of Sol., 1 K 7:2; and 10:17, 21 = 2 Ch 9:16, 20; ל׳ as home of wild beast 2 K 14:9 = 2 Ch 25:18 (in allegory); רֵיחַ לְבָנוֹן, of the odour of cedar forests Ct 4:11, cf. Ho 14:7 (in sim.; We thinks ל׳ here to be a specific plant).