גַּלְעֵדGalʻêd
proper name [of a location]: name of pile of stones erected by Jacob and his company (Genesis 31:47; Genesis 31:48; Joshua 22:34)
Pronunciation: gal-ade' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1567
Same root
- גַּלgal · H1530something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)
- עֵדʻêd · H5707concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
- גִּלְעָדGilʻâd · H1568Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 31:47 To commemorate the event, Laban called the place Jegar-sahadutha (which means “witness pile” in Aramaic), and Jacob called it Galeed (which means “witness pile” in Hebrew).
- Genesis 31:48 Then Laban declared, “This pile of stones will stand as a witness to remind us of the covenant we have made today.” This explains why it was called Galeed—“Witness Pile.”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).