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גּ֫שֶׁן proper name [of a location] (on etymology compare Di Gen 45:10) —
1. district in Egypt east of lower Nile, see EbGS 500 ff.
; NavilleGoshen, 1887, who reads hieroglyphics Kesem, but compare
GroffJAs xiv. 527 (
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Γεσεμ (Ἀραβιας)) — אֶרֶץ גּשֶׁן
Gen 45:10 (
J
E
) 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 Gen 46:28 Gen 46:29 (both
J
), in both
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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
) (
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in all Γοσομ) city named with חֹלֹן & גִּלֹה compare
Di. — not clearly located, but on southern border of Judah.