§ Bashan = "fruitful"

a district east of the Jordan known for its fertility which was given to the half-tribe of Manasseh

Root √בשׁן: בשׁן smooth, soft soft and smooth ground Arabic Arabic (√ of foll. =? cf. Ar.

בָּשָׁן n.pr.terr.m smooth Bashan 60. ((& fertile) land), first mentioned as kingdom of Og, E. of Jordan, stretching from stream Jabboḳ (thus including northern Gilead) northward to Hermon, between Gennesaret (W) and mts of Hauran (E)