גשן

Hebrew

Etymology

Etymology Disputed. See Land of Goshen

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɡoʃen/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɡoʃɛn/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɡojʃən/
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɡøːʃæn/

Proper Noun

גֹּשֶׁן • (goshen) f

1. (biblical) The Land of Goshen, a region in the Eastern Nile Delta where the Israelites lived during their slavery in Egypt.

References

• https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.47.27?ven=The_Five_Books_of_Moses,_by_Everett_Fox._New_York,_Schocken_Books,_1995&lang=bi&aliyot=0