Talk:Golan
What is the etymology?: changes to come....
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: I have no doubt that there are sources with the Semitic root suggestion, since there are sources which claim to derive ''every'' name in the bible from Semitic (indeed, Hebrew) roots. The truth is that nobody knows, since there is no record of how the name arose, but it doesn't stop people from guessing. [[User:Zero0000|Zero]][[User_talk:Zero0000|talk]] 08:51, 18 April 2026 (UTC) |
: I have no doubt that there are sources with the Semitic root suggestion, since there are sources which claim to derive ''every'' name in the bible from Semitic (indeed, Hebrew) roots. The truth is that nobody knows, since there is no record of how the name arose, but it doesn't stop people from guessing. [[User:Zero0000|Zero]][[User_talk:Zero0000|talk]] 08:51, 18 April 2026 (UTC) |
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::Hard to disagree that we may not know for sure, but we can and do reflect reliable and verifiable source about such historical matters across the encyclopedia, not just this article. The problem here is that the statement made about the derivation doesn't match the sources provided here. [[User:Alansohn|Alansohn]] ([[User talk:Alansohn|talk]]) 03:15, 19 April 2026 (UTC) |
::Hard to disagree that we may not know for sure, but we can and do reflect reliable and verifiable source about such historical matters across the encyclopedia, not just this article. The problem here is that the statement made about the derivation doesn't match the sources provided here. [[User:Alansohn|Alansohn]] ([[User talk:Alansohn|talk]]) 03:15, 19 April 2026 (UTC) |
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:::I'm going to be starting significant changes in this area to entire that the article matches the sources and he additional information available. [[User:Alansohn|Alansohn]] ([[User talk:Alansohn|talk]]) |
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