גלעד

Hebrew

גַּלְעֵד • (gal'éd) m (plural indefinite גַּלְעֵדִים, plural construct גַּלְעֲדֵי־)

a cairn (a heap of stones used as a monument)
- Tanach, Genesis 31:47-48, with translation of Aryeh Kaplan:
  וַיִּקְרָא־לוֹ לָבָן יְגַר שָׂהֲדוּתָא וְיַעֲקֹב קָרָא לוֹ גַּלְעֵד׃ וַיֹּאמֶר לָבָן הַגַּל הַזֶּה עֵד בֵּינִי וּבֵינְךָ הַיּוֹם עַל־כֵּן קָרָא־שְׁמוֹ גַּלְעֵד׃
  vayikrá-lo Laván y'gár sahadutá v'Ya'akóv kára lo Gal'éd. vayómer Laván hagál hazé 'éd beiní uveinkhá hayóm 'al-kén kará-sh'mó Gal'éd.
  Laban called it Witness Mound (Yegar Sahadutha), but Jacob named it Gal'ed. 'This mound shall be a witness between you and me today, ' said Laban. 'That's why it is called Gal'ed.

גִּלְעָד • (gil'ád) m

a male given name, Gilead
- Tanach, Judges 11:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  וְיִפְתָּח הַגִּלְעָדִי הָיָה גִּבּוֹר חַיִל וְהוּא בֶּן־אִשָּׁה זוֹנָה וַיּוֹלֶד גִּלְעָד אֶת־יִפְתָּח׃
  ve-Yiftákh hagil'adí hayá gibór kháyil vehú ben ishá zoná vayóled Gil'ád et-Yiftákh.
  Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of a harlot; and Gilead begot Jephthah.
(biblical) Gilead (a region east of the Jordan river)
- Tanach, 1 Kings 17:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלִיָּהוּ הַתִּשְׁבִּי מִתֹּשָׁבֵי גִלְעָד אֶל־אַחְאָב חַי־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר עָמַדְתִּי לְפָנָיו אִם־יִהְיֶה הַשָּׁנִים הָאֵלֶּה טַל וּמָטָר כִּי אִם־לְפִי דְבָרִי׃
  vayómer Eliyáhu ha-Tishbí mitoshavé Gil'ád el-Akh'áv khay-Adonáy Elohé Yisra'él ashér 'amádti lefanáv im yihyé hashaním ha'éle tál u-matár ki im-l'fí d'varí.
  And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the settlers of Gilead, said unto Ahab: ‘As the LORD, the God of Israel, liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.’