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šārōn שָׁרוֹן ‘Sharon’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: probably abridged from yāšar יָשַׁר ‘to smooth’
Roots: ישׁר

šārōn pr n loc
1) plain, level
Sharon = "a plain"
n pr loc
2) the district lying between the mountains of central Palestine and the Mediterranean Sea and north of Joppa
3) a district on the east of the Jordan around Gilead and Bashan

Mentioned in Joshua 12:18 Isaiah 33:9, 35:2, 65:10 Song of Songs 2:1 1 Chronicles 27:29, 5:16

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