גּוֹלָן

גּוֺלָן proper name, of a location (? connected with √ גול Arabic go about, around; circuit; compare Phoenician גול proper name insul.; also גָּלִיל, גְּלִילָה) city of Manasseh in Bashan, named as a city of refuge 5 Mos 4,43 compare Jos 20,9; Jos 21,27 both Qr (Kt גלון); given to sons of Gershom son of Levi according to 1 Kron 6,56 Euseb. knew it as a very large village Γαυλὼν ἢ Γωλάν Lag^{Onom. 242, 2nd ed. 253}; district of same name ib., Josephus^{Ant. «JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 8:2»viii. 2}, 3 etc Gaulanitis, modern Jaulân Rob^{BR ii, 432} Bd^{Pal 270} Schumacher^{ZPV 1886 = Jaulân 1888}, according to most, name applied first to city, thence to district, but perhaps otherwise if above derivatives be correct.