לבנה

See also: לבֿנה‎

Hebrew

Etymology 1
Root
ל־ב־ן‎

Adjective

לְבָנָה • (l'vaná) f sg indef. (f pl לְבָנוֹת‎)

  1. feminine singular of לָבָן‎ (“white”)

Noun

לְבָנָה • (l'vaná) f

  1. (literary) the moon
    • 1940, Leah Goldberg, A Tune for the Hyacinth
      ‏לַיְלָה לַיְלָה מִסְתַּכֶּלֶת הַלְּבָנָה / בַּפְּרָחִים אֲשֶׁר הֵנֵצּוּ בַּגִּנָּה. / בְּצִיצֵי הַיָּקִנְתּוֹן / בְּגַנֵּנוּ הַקָּטֹן / לַיְלָה לַיְלָה מִסְתַּכֶּלֶת הַלְּבָנָה.‎‎
      láyla láyla mistakélet hal'vaná / bap'rakhím 'ashér henétsu baginá. / b'tsitséi hayakintón / b'ganénu hakatón / láyla láyla mistakélet hal'vaná.
      Night after night the moon looks down / Upon the flowers that are blossoming in the garden. / Upon the buds of the hyacinth / In our tiny garden / Night after night the moon looks down.

Proper noun

לְבָנָה • (l'vána) f

  1. A female given name, Levana, equivalent to English Luna.

Etymology 2
Root
ל־ב־ן‎

Noun

לְבֵנָה • (l'véna) f (plural indefinite לְבֵנִים‎) [pattern: קְטֵלָה]

  1. brick

Etymology 3
Root
ל־ב־ן‎

Noun

לִבְנֶה • (livné) m

  1. styrax
  2. (colloquial) birch

Etymology 4

From South Levantine Arabic لَبْنَة‎ (labna).

Noun

לַבָּנֶה • (lábane) f

  1. strained yogurt; labneh
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