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גִּלְעָד proper name, of a location of mountain-range or hill-country, land & city, east of Jordan (compare Arabic
جَلْمَدً durus, fortis Frey, so Thes; Hi
Geschichte. Israel 26 compare same √ used of
camel (
جَلْمَادً camelus robustus ac firmus, compare Hom
NS 144), whence
camel hump, originally name of mountain) —
ג׳ Genesis 37:25 +
79 times (mostly as
proper name, masculine and in combination with other
proper name, of a location compare below);
הַגּ׳ Genesis 31:21 +
50 times (so usually as name of mountain and land);
גִּלְעָ֫דָה Numbers 32:39;
1 Chronicles 27:21;
הִגְּלְעָ֫דָה 2 Samuel 24:6; —
Gilead, used of territory between the Arnon and the Jabbok, modern
Belḳa also of that between the Jabbok and the Jarmuk, modern
Jebel Ajlûn; also of the entire east Jordan land occupied by Israel, including both the parts just named (compare Di
Genesis 31:54 Stu
Judges 10:4; Bd
Pal 178; also L. Oliphant
Land of Gilead, 1880); —
1. territory south of Jabbok,
d. עָרֵי הַגּ׳ Numbers 32:26 (J E; of Reuben and Gad); so of Jephthah's burial-place
Judges 12:7; even
כָּל־עָרֵי הַגּ׳ Joshua 13:25 (P; of Gad); besides these, or particular cities, especially
רָאמֹת בַּגּ׳ Deuteronomy 4:43 (of Gad); compare
רָאמוֺת בַּגּ׳ Joshua 20:8 (P),
1 Chronicles 6:65 (of Gad), and
רָמֹת בַּגּ׳ Joshua 21:38 (P); usually
רָמֹת ג׳ [
H7433 1 Kings 4:13; 1 Kings 22:3, 4, 6, 12, 15, 20, 29; 2 Chronicles 18:2, 3, 5, 11, 14, 19, 28; 2 Kings 8:28; 2 Kings 9:1, 4, 14; 2 Chronicles 22:5]; also
מִצְמֵּה ג׳ Judges 11:29 (twice in verse); further
יַעְזֵיר ג׳ 1 Chronicles 26:31.
2. Northern Gilead,
d. in combination
יָבֵשׁ ג׳ (city)
Judges 21:8,
9,
10,
12,
14;
1 Samuel 11:1,
9 (||
יָבֵשׁ alone)
1 Samuel 31:11 (||
id.) =
1 Chronicles 10:11;
2 Samuel 2:4,
5;
2 Samuel 21:12; perhaps also
(מִ)תִּשְׁבֵּה ג׳ 1 Kings 17:1 (emendation, after
, Ew Th and others see VB); — compare further below
6. proper name, masculine below —
Judges 7:3 וְיִצְמֹּר מֵהַר הַגּ׳ and let him depart from Mt. Gilead, apparently belongs here, but
מֵהַר הַגִּלְבֹּעַ is read by Cler Hi Gr Ke Be; against this compare Stu Bu
RS 112.
3. more generally, of all Gilead,
4. ג׳, name of a city
Hosea 6:8 (&
Judges 10:17 ? compare
1. a. above); — on the ruined cities
Jil‘âd, Jil'‘ud on the
Jebel Jil‘âd, north of
Es-salṭ, and south of
Jabboḳ see Di
Genesis 31:54 & references
6. treated as proper name, masculine.
b. father of Jephthah
Judges 11:1,
2; — reference to Gad (compare above especially below
5).
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