Galeed

the heap of witness

Galeed

(the heap of witness), the name given by Jacob to the heap which he and Laban made on Mount Gilead in witness of the masses, but sometimes found in yellowish tear-like drops. But, though galbanum itself is well known, the plant which yields it has not been exactly determined.

Heap of witness, the name of the pile of stones erected by Jacob and Laban to Mark the league of friendship into which they entered with each other (Genesis 31:47, 48). This was the name given to the "heap" by Jacob. It is Hebrew, while the name Jegar-sahadutha, given to it by Laban, is Aramaic (Chaldee or Syriac). Probably Nahor's family originally spoke Aramaic, and Abraham and his descendants learned Hebrew, a kindred dialect, in the land of Canaan. GALEED

gal'-e-ed (gal`edh): Derived from the Hebrew gal, "a heap of stones," and `edh, "witness." The meaning therefore is "cairn" or "heap of witness," corresponding to yeghar-sahddhutha' in Aramaic (Genesis 31:47). It is applied to the cairn raised by Jacob and Laban, beside which they sealed their covenant in a common meal, the memory of which they appealed to the silent cairn to preserve. The ancient custom of associating events with inanimate objects as witnesses is often illustrated in Hebrew history (Joshua 4:4, etc.). There may be in this narrative a suggestion of how the name "Gilead" came to be applied to that country.

W. Ewing

1567. Galed -- "witness-pile," a memorial of stones East of the ...
... "witness-pile," a memorial of stones East of the Jordan River. Transliteration:
Galed Phonetic Spelling: (gal-ade') Short Definition: Galeed. ... Galeed. ...
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Syria at the Beginning of the Egyptian Conquest
History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 4. <. ...
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Against Jovinianus.
... But when he wished to enter the holy land, he raised on Mount Galeed [4358] the
heap of witness, in token that the lord of Mesopotamia had failed to find ...
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The First Chaldaean Empire and the Hyksos in Egypt
History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 4. <. ...
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Galeed (2 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. GALEED. ...Galeed (2 Occurrences). Genesis 31:47
Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed. ...
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Jegarsahadutha (1 Occurrence)
... pile of stones erected as a memorial of the covenant between him and Jacob (Genesis
31:47), who, however, called it in Hebrew by an equivalent name, Galeed (qv ...
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Jegar-sahadutha (1 Occurrence)
... pile of stones erected as a memorial of the covenant between him and Jacob (Genesis
31:47), who, however, called it in Hebrew by an equivalent name, Galeed (qv ...
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Jegar-saha-dutha (1 Occurrence)
... Septuagint Bounos marturei, "(the) mound witnesses"): The name given by the Aramean,
Laban, to the "cairn of witness," called by Jacob GALEED (which see ...
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Laban (52 Occurrences)
... the heap of witness," erected by uncle and nephew before they part (Genesis 31:47),
is called by the one Jegar-saha-dutha and by the other Galeed-phrases which ...
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Gale (8 Occurrences)

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Je'gar-sahadu'tha (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Je'gar-sahadu'tha (1 Occurrence). Genesis 31:47 Laban
called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed. (See RSV). ...
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Jegar (1 Occurrence)
... Jegar (1 Occurrence). Genesis 31:47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob
called it Galeed. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV). ...
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Gales (1 Occurrence)

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