{"def":{"lit":"drawing near","short":"Goshen, the residence of the Israelites in Egypt; also a place in Palestine","long":["a region in northern Egypt, east of the lower Nile, where the children of Israel lived from the time of Joseph to the time of Moses","a district in southern Palestine between Gaza and Gibeon","a town in the mountains of Judah probably in the district of Goshen"]},"deriv":"probably of Egyptian origin","pronun":{"ipa":"ɡoˈʃɛn̪","ipa_mod":"ɡo̞wˈʃɛn","sbl":"gōšen","dic":"ɡoh-SHEN","dic_mod":"ɡoh-SHEN"}}