Encyclopedie , Jewish Encyclopedia, LABAN (2), Emil G. Hirsch M. Seligsohn Solomon Schechter, LABAN 2. A place in the wilderness, mentioned only once (Deut. i. 1), with Paran, Tophel, and Hazeroth. In the Septuagint the name is written Λοβóν, giving the Hebrew vocalization לבן (comp. סדם = Σóδομ). Modern scholars have endeavored to identify it with Libnah. Sifre (Deut. 1), followed by the three Targumim and Rashi, interprets the words הפל ולבן as "the calumny of the white thing," in reference to the complaint of the Israelites concerning the manna, which was white (Num. xi. 6, xxi. 5).