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title: שָׁרוֹן — Lasharon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁרוֹן (8289), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Lasharon. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. Sharon n.m. plain, level. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁרוֹן

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«שָׁרוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Lasharon** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 8289 · **BDB:** שָׁרוֹן

### Glosses

Sharon (6); of.Sharon (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Lasharon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8289/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. Sharon n.m. plain, level [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8289/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Sharon (plausibly connected with √ ישׁר by Thes Ges 12 al., cf. GASmGeogr. 52; = יְשָׁרוֹן\*; Ph. שרן)—strictly n.m. Is 65:10 plain, level;— הַשּׁ׳ (with art.), name of maritime plain on Mediterr., from Joppa northward, noted for fertility, Is 33:9 (‖ בָּשָׁן, כַּרְמֶל; 𝔊 ὁ Σαρων), cf. הֲדַר כַּרְמֶל וְהַשָּׁרוֹן 35:2; 65:10 (‖ עֵמֶק עָכוֹר; 𝔊 τῷ δρυμῷ); חֲבַצֶּלֶת הַשּׁ׳ Ct 2:1 (𝔊 ἄνθος τοῦ πεδίου); הַבָּקָר הָרֹעִים בַּשּׁ׳ 1 Ch 27:29; so also Jos 12:18, where read מֶלֶךְ אֲפֵק לַשּׁ׳ so Di WeSam. 55 Ges 12 after 𝔊, cf. RSOTJC 2, 273, 435.—On this plain v. GASmGeogr. 147 ff. BuhlGeogr. § 65. מִגְרְשֵׁי שָׁרוֹן region E. of Jordan 1 Ch 5:16 (‖ גִּלְעָד, בָּשָׁן; 𝔊 τὰ περίχωρα Τεριαμ, 𝔊 A Σαρων); identified by many with הַמִּישׁוֹר (Dt 3:10).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁרוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8289/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 2:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.2.1/)

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אֲנִי֙ חֲבַצֶּ֣לֶת הַשָּׁר֔וֹן שֽׁוֹשַׁנַּ֖ת הָעֲמָקִֽים׃

*Word for word:* I \[am\].the.crocus of.(the) Sharon (the).lily of the.valleys

*JPS 1917:* I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.

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[Joshua 12:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.12.18/)

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מֶ֤לֶךְ אֲפֵק֙ אֶחָ֔ד מֶ֥לֶךְ לַשָּׁר֖וֹן אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* the.king of.Aphek one \[the\].king of (the) Sharon one

*JPS 1917:* the king of Aphek, one; the king of the Sharon, one;

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