שָׁרוֹן

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).