Lexical Definition

‎גֹּשֶׁן‎ Gôshen (go'-shen) Goshen ^N:N--L
probably of Egyptian origin

Goshen.

• § Goshen = "drawing near"
• Goshen, the residence of the Israelites in Egypt
• also a place in Palestine

1) a region in northern Egypt, east of the lower Nile, where the children of Israel lived from the time of Joseph to the time of Moses
2) a district in southern Palestine between Gaza and Gibeon
3) a town in the mountains of Judah probably in the district of Goshen

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גּ֫שֶׁן‎ proper name, of a location (on etymology compare Di Gen 45:10) —

1. district in Egypt east of lower Nile, see Eb^{GS 500 ff.}; Naville^{Goshen, 1887,} who reads hieroglyphics Kesem, but compare Groff^{JAs xiv. 527} (ᵐ5 Γεσεμ (Ἀραβιας)) — ‎אֶרֶץ גּשֶׁן‎ Gen 45:10 (JE) Gen 46:34; Gen 47:1; Gen 47:4; Gen 47:6; Gen 47:27; Gen 50:8; Exod 8:18*; Exod 9:26 (all J); ‎אַ֫רְצָה גּשֶׁן‎ Gen 46:28 (J), ‎גּ֑שְׁנָה‎ vGen 46:28 vGen 46:29 (both J), in both ᵐ5 καθ’ Ἡρώων πόλιν compare Di. (P has land ‎רעמסס‎ Gen 47:11 etc., compare Di Gen 45:10.

2. ‎ארץ‎ ‎הַגּשֶׁן‎ Josh 11:16 (D), ‎אֶרֶץ גּשֶׁן‎ Josh 10:41 (D), ‎גּשֶׁן‎ Josh 15:51 (P) (ᵐ5 in all Γοσομ) a city named with ‎חֹלֹן‎ & ‎גִּלֹה‎ compare Di. — not clearly located, but on southern border of Judah.

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