H1657 H1657
Goshen — the fertile Nile Delta region where Israel sojourned, and a district in southern Judah
Goshen names first and foremost the lush eastern delta of Egypt that Joseph secured for his father's family (Gen 45:10; 46:28–34; 47:1–6). Sheltered from the plagues that struck the rest of Egypt (Exod 8:22; 9:26), it became a symbol of divine protection amid judgment. A secondary Goshen appears in the southern hill country of Judah — both a district conquered by Joshua (Josh 10:41; 11:16) and a town listed among Judah's allotments (Josh 15:51). All major translations preserve the name unchanged (spa 'Gosén/Goshén', fra 'Gosen', deu 'Goschen/Goshen').
Senses
1. Goshen (region/place name) — The proper geographical name Goshen, referring primarily to the fertile Egyptian delta region where Israel settled during the sojourn (Gen 45:10; 46:28–29; 47:1–6; 50:8) and was miraculously spared from plagues (Exod 8:22; 9:26), and secondarily to a region and town in southern Judah (Josh 10:41; 11:16; 15:51). Cross-lingual glosses consistently transliterate the toponym with minimal variation, reflecting its universal recognition as a biblical place name. 15×
AR["إِلَى-جُوشَنَ", "جوشَنَ", "جَاسَانَ", "جُوشَانَ", "جُوشَنَ", "جُوشِنَ", "وَ-جوشَنُ"]·ben["এবং-গোশেন", "গোশন", "গোশেন", "গোশেনে", "গোশেনের"]·DE["Goschen", "Goshen", "der-Goshen", "nach-Goschen", "und-Goshen"]·EN["Goshen", "and-Goshen", "the-Goshen", "to-Goshen"]·FR["Gosen", "Goshen", "et-Goshen", "le-Goshen", "à-Gosen"]·heb["גושן", "גשן", "גשנה-ה", "ה-גושן", "ו-גושן"]·HI["और-गोशेन", "गोशेन", "गोशेन-का", "गोशेन-के", "गोशेन-को"]·ID["Gosyen", "dan-Gosyen", "ke-Gosyen"]·IT["Goscen", "Goshen", "a-Goscen", "e-Goshen", "il-Goshen"]·jav["Gosen", "Gosyen", "Gosyèn", "Gosèn", "dhumateng-Gosen", "lan-Gosèn"]·KO["고센", "고센으로", "고센의", "그-고센의", "그리고-고센"]·PT["Goshen", "e-Goshen", "o-Goshen", "para-Goshen"]·RU["Гошен", "И-Гошен", "в-Гошен"]·ES["Goshen", "Goshén", "Gosén", "y-Gosén"]·SW["Gosheni", "ha-Gosheni", "na-Gosheni", "nchi", "ya-Gosheni"]·TR["Goşen'e", "Goşen'in", "ve-Goşen"]·urd["اور-جوشن", "جوشن", "جوشن-کو", "جوشن-کی"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† גֹּ֫שֶׁן n.pr.loc. (on etym. cf. Di Gn 45:10)— 1. district in Egypt E. of lower Nile, v. Eb GS 500 ff.; Naville Goshen, 1887, who reads hierogl. Kesem, but cf. Groff JAs xiv. 527 (𝔊 Γεσεμ (Ἀραβιας))—אֶרֶץ גֹּשֶׁן Gn 45:10 (JE) 46:34; 47:1, 4, 6, 27; 50:8; Ex 8:18; 9:26 (all J); אַ֫רְצָה גֹּשֶׁן Gn 46:28 (J); גֹּ֑שְׁנָה v 28, 29 (both J), in both 𝔊 καθʼ Ἡρώων πόλιν cf. Di (P has land רעמסס…