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Goshen,וְגֹשֶׁןHolon,וְחֹלֹןand Giloh:וְגִלֹהelevenאַחַת עֶשְׂרֵהcitiesעָרִיםwith their villages.וְחַצְרֵיהֶן
Joshua 15:51
Study it in the app“Goshen, Holon, and Giloh: eleven cities with their villages.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 15:51, word by word
- Goshenגֹשֶׁןgoshen
Goshen
See it on the mapWhere else “goshen” appears- Holonחֹלֹןcholon
Holon
Holon: the name of a town of Judah in the hill country and of a town of Moab.
Where else “cholon” appears- and Gilohגִלֹהgilo
Giloh
Giloh: a town of Judah in the hill country.
Where else “gilo” appears- elevenאַחַתachat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appears- elevenעֶשְׂרֵהesre
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “esre” appears- citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- with their villagesחַצְרֵיchatsre
village
A group of houses without a wall, in the countryside.
Where else “chatsre” appears
Places in this verse
Goshen ?
Today: eastern Nile Delta (Wadi Tumilat), Egypt; debated
A region of the eastern Nile delta in Egypt; how far it extended is not certain.
Pharaoh gave that land to Jacob and his family to live in (Gen 47:6). During the plagues, no hail fell on Goshen (Exod 9:26).