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Strong's #1568 - גִּלְעָד
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
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- n pr loc Gilead = "rocky region"
- a mountainous region bounded on the west by the Jordan, on the north by Bashan, on the east by the Arabian plateau, and on the south by Moab and Ammon; sometimes called ´Mount Gilead´ or the ´land of Gilead´ or just ´Gilead´. Divided into north and south Gilead
- a city (with prefix ´Jabesh´)
- the people of the region
- n pr m
- son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh
- father of Jephthah
- a Gadite
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durus, fortis Frey, so Thes; Hi Geschichte. Israel 26 compare same √ used of camel (
camelus robustus ac firmus, compare Hom NS 144), whence camel hump, originally name of mountain) — ׳ג Genesis 37:25 79t. (mostly as proper name, masculine and in combination with other
proper name, of a location compare below); ׳הַגּ Genesis 31:21 50t. (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 Bel‡a; 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,
a.׳אֶרֶץ הַגּ Numbers 32:29 (P), ׳אֶרֶץ ג Numbers 32:1 (JE), both connected with Reuben and Gad; so ׳חֲצִי הַר הַגּ Deuteronomy 3:12; ׳אֶרֶץ ג also 1 Chronicles 5:9 (of Reuben); 1 Kings 4:19 (of Sihon and Og); compare ׳אֶרֶץ גַּד וְג 1 Samuel 13:7; further,
b.׳הַגּ alone, Judges 10:17 (or possibly here name of city ?), Judges 11:29 (probably); also 1 Chronicles 5:10 (of Reuben) 1 Chronicles 5:16 (of Gad); compare חֲצִיוְעַד יַבֹּק ׳הַגּ Joshua 12:2 (of Sihon), so Joshua 12:5 (both D);
c. similarly׳ג alone (without article) in poetry Psalm 60:9 ("" Manasseh) = Psalm 108:9; but also in prose in phrases ׳שָׂרֵי ג Judges 10:18, ׳ישְׁבֵי ג Judges 10:18; Judges 11:8, ׳זִקְנֵי ג Judges 11:5,7,8,9,10,11, ׳אַנְשֵׁי ג Judges 12:4 (twice in verse); Judges 12:5; compare also
d.עָרֵי ׳הַגּ Numbers 32:26 (J E; of Reuben and Gad); so of Jephthah's burial-place Judges 12:7; even כָּלעָֿרֵי׳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 1 Kings 4:13; 1 Kings 22:3,4,6,12,15,20,29 2 Chronicles 18:2; 18:3; 18:5; 18:11; 18:14; 18:19; 18:28; 2 Kings 8:28; 2 Kings 9:1; 2 Kings 9:4; 2 Kings 9:14; 2 Chronicles 22:5; also ׳מִצְמֵּה ג Judges 11:29 (twice in verse); further ׳יַעְזֵיר ג 1 Chronicles 26:31.
2 Northern Gilead,
a.׳אֶרֶץ הַגּ Joshua 17:5,6 (J E; of Manasseh) compare Judges 10:4; 1 Chronicles 2:22 (both of Jair); ׳הַר הַגּ Genesis 31:21,23,25 (E); probably also ׳הַר ג (no article) Song of Solomon 4:1 (compare Song of Solomon 6:5 below).
b.׳הַגּ alone Numbers 32:40 (J E; of Machir) Joshua 17:1 (J E; id.) compare Joshua 13:11 (D) Deuteronomy 2:36; 1 Kings 4:13 (of Jair); Deuteronomy 3:15,16 (boundary of Reuben and Gad); probably also Song of Solomon 6:5 (compare Song of Solomon 4:1 above); compare ׳יֶתֶר הַגּ Deuteronomy 3:13; & ׳חֲצִי הַגּ Joshua 13:31 (P; of Machir); הַגִּלְעָ֫דָה 2 Samuel 24:6 (probably); compare also
c.׳ג (no article) probably Jeremiah 8:22; Jeremiah 46:11 (in both reference to צֳרִי balm, probably from the wooded Northern Gilead); similarly Jeremiah 22:6; and גִּלְעָ֫דָה 1 Chronicles 27:21 also Numbers 32:39 (J E; of Machir).
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 ᵐ5, 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,
a.׳אֶרֶץ הַגּ Joshua 22:9,13,15,32 (P; of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh; opposed to land of Canaan); compare 2 Samuel 17:26; so ׳כָּלאֶֿרֶץ הַגּ 2 Kings 10:38.
b.׳אֶרֶץ ג (no article) Zechariah 10:10; compare ׳הַר אֶפְרַיִם וְג Jeremiah 50:19 ("" Carmel and Bashan); ׳ג alone, also Genesis 37:25; likewise Micah 7:14 ("" Carmel & Bashan, reference to fertility).
c.׳הַגּ alone, of Israel territory in General east of Jordan, Judges 10:8; compare 2 Samuel 2:9; 2 Kings 10:33 (of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh); ׳כָּלהַֿגּ Deuteronomy 3:10; אֶתכָּֿלהָֿאָרֶץ׳אֶתהַֿגּ Deuteronomy 34:1; ׳הַגּ also in General sense Ezekiel 47:18; 2 Kings 15:29 (?) Obadiah 19..
4׳ג, name of a city Hosea 6:8 (& Judges 10:17 ? compare
1. a. above); — on the ruined cities Jil±âd, Jil±aud on the Jebel Jil±âd, north of Esther -Sal‰, and south of Jabbo‡ see Di Genesis 31:54 & references
5 ׳אֶרֶץ הַגּ of Israelites living east of Jordan (as a whole) Judges 20:1; ׳הַגּ of people of Gilead Amos 1:3,13; so ׳ג Judges 5:17 (= גַּד), Judges 12:4,5 ("" ׳אַנְשֵׁי ג Judges 12:4; Judges 12:4; Judges 12:5) Hosea 12:12. compare also גִּלְעָדִי below
6 treated as
proper name, masculine a.׳ג, son of Machir & grandson of Manasseh Numbers 26:29 (twice in verse); Numbers 26:30; Numbers 27:1; Numbers 36:1; Joshua 17:3 (all P) 1 Chronicles 2:21,23; 1 Chronicles 7:14,17; once ׳הַגּ Joshua 17:1 (JE) compare Di; — reference in all these to Northern Gilead.
b. father of Jephthah Judges 11:1,2; — reference to Gad (compare above especially below 5).
c. 1 Chronicles 5:14 (a Gadite).
גִּלְעָד [Gilead], pr.n.
(1) of several men, as
(a) a son of Machir, grandson of Manasseh, Numbers 26:29, 30 Numbers 26:30. Hence patronym. גִּלְעָדִי Judges 11:1, 12:7.
(b) Judges 11:1, Judges 11:2.
(c) 1 Chronicles 5:14.
(2) with the art. הַגִּלְעָד (“hard, stony region;” according to Genesis 31:41, i.q. גַּלְעֵד “hill of witness” [which is of course the true etymology]), Gilead, a region of Palestine beyond Jordan. It properly designates the mountain district to the south of the river Jabbok (-Gen. 31:2148 ; Song of Solomon 4:1), with a city of the same name (Hosea 6:8 comp. Judges 12:7, LXX. which appears to be the same as רָמוֹת גִּלְעָד), where there are now two mountains (Jebel Jelâd and Jelûd), with the ruins of cities of the same names (see Burckhardt’s Travels, Germ. edit. ii. page 599). It is hence applied to the whole mountain tracts between Arnon and Bashan, inhabited by the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and the half tribe of Manasseh (now called البلقاع [el-Belka’] and جبل عجلون [Jebel-’Ajlûn]) Numbers 32:26, 29 Numbers 32:29; Deuteronomy 3:12; Joshua 12:2, Joshua 12:5, 13:10, 11 Joshua 13:11, 31 Joshua 13:31; Amos 1:3, 13. It is therefore used for the tribes of Gad and Reuben, Psalms 60:9, 108:9 for the tribe of Gad, Judges 5:17, comp. 5:16 although also, from the variety of usage in any thing of the kind, 1 Samuel 13:7, the land of Gad and Gilead are spoken of together. It once comprehends even Bashan, and extends to the northern boundary of Palestine, Deuteronomy 34:1.
