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Judges 5:17
“Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
גִּלְעָדGilʻâd · ghil-awd'
H1568 · Hebrew
H1568 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites
- Derivation
- probably from H1567 (גַּלְעֵד);
- KJV renderings
- Gilead, Gileadite.
- Grammar
- גִּלְעָ֗ד — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 134 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 31:21Genesis 31:23Genesis 31:25Genesis 37:25Numbers 26:29
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read גִּלְעָד here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.