Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

Appears to me that these endings are a contracted HINO, 'he is'.  
Thus, Gola-an = 'highland', from the root GL, Shar-on = 'lowland',  
from the toot Y$R, Xor-on = 'mountainous land', from the root XR =  
HR. Also, XAL-ON, 'widow', from the root XL, KL, etc. Also *ACL-AN,  
'idler'.

---Isaac Fried

On Mar 4, 2011, at 1:40 PM, Uzi Silber wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I've noticed for some time that many places names/regions in the  
> Land of
> Israel end with either -ahn or -on.
> So we have Golan, Bashan, Emek Dotan and we have Shomron, Sheemron,  
> Xoron,
> Sharon, Eglon, Giv'on, Beit Dagon, Xetzron, Avdon.
>
> Were 'ahn' and 'on' suffixes meant to be geographical identifiers?
>
> Uzi Silber
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