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title: גּוֹלָן — Golan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גּוֹלָן (1474), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Golan. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גּוֹלָן

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«גּוֹלָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Golan** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 1474 · **BDB:** גּוֹלָן

### Glosses

Golan (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Golan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1474/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1474/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (? connected with √ גול, Arabic جَالَ go about, around; جَوْلٌ circuit; cf. Ph. גול n.pr. insul.; also גָּלִיל, גְּלִילָה) city of Manasseh in Bashan, named as a city of refuge Dt 4:43 cf. Jos 20:8; 21:27 both Qr (Kt גלון); given to sons of Gershom son of Levi according to 1 Ch 6:56; Euseb. knew it as a very large village Γαυλὼν ἢ Γωλάν LagOnom. 242, 2nd ed. 253; district of same name ib., JosephusAnt. viii, 2, 3 etc. Gaulanitis, mod. Jaulân RobBR ii, 432 BdPal. 270 SchumacherZPV 1886 = Jaulân 1888, according to most, name applied first to city, thence to district, but perhaps otherwise if above deriv. be correct.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גּוֹלָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1474/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 6:56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.56/)

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לִבְנֵי֮ גֵּרְשׁוֹם֒ מִמִּשְׁפַּ֗חַת חֲצִי֙ מַטֵּ֣ה מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה אֶת־גּוֹלָ֥ן בַּבָּשָׁ֖ן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑יהָ וְאֶת־עַשְׁתָּר֖וֹת וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁיהָ׃ס

*Word for word:* to the.descendants of.Gershom from the.clan of.the.half of.the.tribe of.Manasseh (et) Golan in (the) Bashan and (et) lands its.pasture and (et) Ashtaroth and (et) lands its.pasture

*JPS 1917:* Unto the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with the open land about it, and Ashtaroth with the open land about it;

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[Deuteronomy 4:43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.4.43/)

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אֶת־בֶּ֧צֶר בַּמִּדְבָּ֛ר בְּאֶ֥רֶץ הַמִּישֹׁ֖ר לָרֻֽאוּבֵנִ֑יוְאֶת־רָאמֹ֤ת בַּגִּלְעָד֙ לַגָּדִ֔י וְאֶת־גּוֹלָ֥ן בַּבָּשָׁ֖ן לַֽמְנַשִּֽׁי׃

*Word for word:* (et) Bezer in the wilderness in the.land of the.plain for the Reubenite\[s\] and (et) Ramoth in (the) Gilead for the Gadite\[s\] and (et) Golan in (the) Bashan for the Manassite\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* Bezer in the wilderness, in the table-land, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.

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