גשן
Hebrew
Etymology
Etymology disputed. See Land of Goshen.
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈɡoʃen/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈɡoːʃɛn/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈɡojʃən/
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒøːʃæn/, [ˈd͡ʒeːʃæn]
Proper noun
גֹּשֶׁן • (goshen) f
- (biblical) The Land of Goshen, a region in the Eastern Nile Delta where the Israelites lived during their slavery in Egypt
- Tanach, Genesis 47:27, with translation of Everett Fox:
- וַיֵּשֶׁב יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם בְּאֶרֶץ גֹּשֶׁן וַיֵּאָחֲזוּ בָהּ וַיִּפְרוּ וַיִּרְבּוּ מְאֹד׃
- va'yéshev yisra'él b'éretz mitzrayím b'éretz góshen va'ye'akhazú váh va'yifrú va'yirbú m'ód
- Yisrael stayed in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen; they obtained holdings in it, bore fruit, and became exceedingly many.
- Tanach, Exodus 8:18, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וְהִפְלֵיתִי בַיּוֹם הַהוּא אֶת־אֶרֶץ גֹּשֶׁן אֲשֶׁר עַמִּי עֹמֵד עָלֶיהָ לְבִלְתִּי הֱיוֹת־שָׁם עָרֹב לְמַעַן תֵּדַע כִּי אֲנִי יְהֹוָה בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ׃
- v'hifletí va'yóm hahú et éretz góshen ashér amí oméd aléha l'viltí heyót sham aróv l'má'an tedá ki aní YHWH b'kérev ha'áretz
- But on that day I will set apart the region of Goshen, where My people dwell, so that no swarms of insects shall be there, that you may know that I GOD am in the midst of the land.