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גִּלְעָד

Gilʻâd · H1568 · Hebrew · proper noun · 102 occurrences

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This name belongs to 3 people

Meanings

  1. Gilead

    A man who was a son of Makir of the tribe of Manasseh and settler of the area on the east side of the Jordan

    Examples

    Numbers 26:29 The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir fathered Gilead: of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.

    Numbers 26:30 These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;

    Numbers 27:1 Then the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph, came forward; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

  2. Gilead

    Area on east side of the Jordan; supposedly named after Gilead, son of Makir, tribe of Manasseh

    Examples

    Genesis 31:21 So he fled with all that he had; and he got up and crossed the Euphrates River, and set out for the hill country of Gilead.

    Genesis 31:23 he took his kinsmen with him and pursued him a distance of seven days’ journey, and he overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.

    Genesis 31:25 And Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban with his kinsmen camped in the hill country of Gilead.

  3. Gilead

    A man who was the father of Jephthah, judge of Israel

    Examples

    Judges 11:1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a valiant warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute. And Gilead had fathered Jephthah.

    Judges 11:2 Gilead’s wife bore him sons; and when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out and said to him, “You shall not have an inheritance in our father’s house, for you are the son of another woman.”

  4. Gilead

    Man; son of Michael; tribe of Gad

    Examples

    1 Chronicles 5:14 These were the sons of Abihail, the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Named alongside itApposition

6 occurrences in 2 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

4 occurrences in 4 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

5 occurrences in 4 groups

What it is said to bePredicate

4 occurrences in 3 groups

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

3 occurrences in 3 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

17 occurrences in 5 groups

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

58 occurrences in 16 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries
Names of People003001007
Gilead also names an individual, a descendant of Manasseh and the ancestral head of the Gileadite clan.
Names of Locations003001010
Gilead most often names the hill-country region east of the Jordan where Jacob's flight from Laban ended and where later tribal territory was settled.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1568. Gilad גִּלְעָד proper name, of a location of mountain-range or hill-country, land…
H1568. Gilad
גִּלְעָד proper name, of a location of mountain-range or hill-country, land & city, east of Jordan (compare Arabic durus, fortis Frey, so Thes; HiGeschichte. Israel 26 compare same √ used of camel ( camelus robustus ac firmus, compare HomNS 144), whence camel hump, originally name of mountain) — ׳ג Gen 37:25 79t. (mostly as
proper name, masculine and in combination with other
proper name, of a location compare below); ׳הַגּ Gen 31:21 Gen 31:50t. (so usually as name of mountain and land); גִּלְעָ֫דָה Num 32:39; 1Ch 27:21; הִגְּלְעָ֫דָה 2Sa 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 Gen 31:54 Stu Jdg 10:4; BdPal 178; also L. OliphantLand of Gilead, 1880); —
1 territory south of Jabbok,
a. הַגּ ׳אֶרֶץ Num 32:29 (P), ג ׳אֶרֶץ Num 32:1 (JE), both connected with Reuben and Gad; so הַגּ הַר ׳חֲצִי Deu 3:12; ג ׳אֶרֶץ also 1Ch 5:9 (of Reuben); 1Ki 4:19 (of Sihon and Og); compare וְג גַּד ׳אֶרֶץ 1Sa 13:7; further,
b. ׳הַגּ alone, Jdg 10:17 (or possibly here name of city ?), Jdg 11:29 (probably); also 1Ch 5:10 (of Reuben) 1Ch 5:16 (of Gad); compare ׳הַגּ יַבֹּק וְעַד חֲצִי Jos 12:2 (of Sihon), so Jos 12:5 (both D);
c. similarly ׳ג alone (without article) in poetry Psa 60:9 (|| Manasseh) = Psa 108:9; but also in prose in phrases ג ׳שָׂרֵי Jdg 10:18, ג ׳ישְׁבֵי Jdg 10:18; Jdg 11:8, ג ׳זִקְנֵי Jdg 11:5, Jdg 11:7, Jdg 11:8, Jdg 11:9, Jdg 11:10, Jdg 11:11, ג ׳אַנְשֵׁי Jdg 12:4 (twice in verse); Jdg 12:5; compare also
d. ׳הַגּ עָרֵי Num 32:26 (J E; of Reuben and Gad); so of Jephthah's burial-place Jdg 12:7; even ׳הַגּ כָּלעָֿרֵי Jos 13:25 (P; of Gad); besides these, or particular cities, especially בַּגּ ׳רָאמֹת Deu 4:43 (of Gad); compare בַּגּ ׳רָאמוֺת Jos 20:8 (P), 1Ch 6:65 (of Gad), and בַּגּ ׳רָמֹת Jos 21:38 (P); usually ג ׳רָמֹת 1Ki 4:13; 1Ki 22:3-4, 1Ki 22:6, 1Ki 22:12, 1Ki 22:15, 1Ki 22:20, 1Ki 22:29 2Ch 18:2; 2Ch 18:3; 2Ch 18:5; 2Ch 18:11; 2Ch 18:14; 2Ch 18:19; 2Ch 18:28; 2Ki 8:28; 2Ki 9:1; 2Ki 9:4; 2Ki 9:14; 2Ch 22:5; also ג ׳מִצְמֵּה Jdg 11:29 (twice in verse); further ג ׳יַעְזֵיר 1Ch 26:31.
2 Northern Gilead,
a. הַגּ ׳אֶרֶץ Jos 17:5-6, (J E; of Manasseh) compare Jdg 10:4; 1Ch 2:22 (both of Jair); הַגּ ׳הַר Gen 31:21, Gen 31:23, Gen 31:25 (E); probably also ג ׳הַר (no article) Son 4:1 (compare Son 6:5 below).
b. ׳הַגּ alone Num 32:40 (J E; of Machir) Jos 17:1 (J E; id.) compare Jos 13:11 (D) Deu 2:36; 1Ki 4:13 (of Jair); Deu 3:15-16, (boundary of Reuben and Gad); probably also Son 6:5 (compare Son 4:1 above); compare הַגּ ׳יֶתֶר Deu 3:13; & הַגּ ׳חֲצִי Jos 13:31 (P; of Machir); הַגִּלְעָ֫דָה 2Sa 24:6 (probably); compare also
c. ׳ג (no article) probably Jer 8:22; Jer 46:11 (in both reference to צֳרִי balm, probably from the wooded Northern Gilead); similarly Jer 22:6; and גִּלְעָ֫דָה 1Ch 27:21 also Num 32:39 (J E; of Machir).
d. in combination ג ׳יָבֵשׁ (city) Jdg 21:8-9, Jdg 21:10, Jdg 21:12, Jdg 21:14; 1Sa 11:1, 1Sa 11:9 (|| יָבֵשׁ alone) 1Sa 31:11 (|| id.) = 1Ch 10:11; 2Sa 2:4-5, 2Sa 21:12; perhaps also ג ׳(מִ)תִּשְׁבֵּה 1Ki 17:1 (emendation, after ᵐ5, Ew Th and others see VB); — compare further below 6. proper name, masculine below — Jdg 7:3 הַגּ מֵהַר ׳וְיִצְמֹּר and let him depart from Mt. Gilead, apparently belongs here, but הַגִּלְבֹּעַ מֵהַר is read by Cler Hi Gr Ke Be; against this compare Stu BuRS 112.
3 more Generally, of all Gilead,
a. הַגּ ׳אֶרֶץ Jos 22:9, Jos 22:13, Jos 22:15, Jos 22:32 (P; of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh; opposed to land of Canaan); compare 2Sa 17:26; so הַגּ ׳כָּלאֶֿרֶץ 2 Kings 10:38.
b. ג ׳אֶרֶץ (no article) Zec 10:10; compare וְג אֶפְרַיִם ׳הַר Jer 50:19 (|| Carmel and Bashan); ׳ג alone, also Gen 37:25; likewise Mic 7:14 (|| Carmel & Bashan, reference to fertility).
c. ׳הַגּ alone, of Israel territory in General east of Jordan, Jdg 10:8; compare 2Sa 2:9; 2Ki 10:33 (of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh); ׳כָּלהַֿגּ Deu 3:10; ׳אֶתהַֿגּ אֶתכָּֿלהָֿאָרֶץ Deu 34:1; ׳הַגּ also in General sense Eze 47:18; 2Ki 15:29 (?) Obadiah 19..
4 ׳ג, name of a city Hos 6:8 (& Jdg 10:17 ? compare
1. a. above); — on the ruined cities Jil±âd, Jil±aud on the Jebel Jil±âd, north of Es-Sal‰, and south of Jabbo‡ see Di Gen 31:54 & references
5 הַגּ ׳אֶרֶץ of Israelites living east of Jordan (as a whole) Jdg 20:1; ׳הַגּ of people of Gilead Amo 1:3, Amo 1:13; so ׳ג Jdg 5:17 (= גַּד), Jdg 12:4-5, (|| ג ׳אַנְשֵׁי Jdg 12:4; Jdg 12:4; Jdg 12:5) Hos 12:12. compare also גִּלְעָדִי below
6 treated as
proper name, masculine a. ׳ג, son of Machir & grandson of Manasseh Num 26:29 (twice in verse); Num 26:30; Num 27:1; Num 36:1; Jos 17:3 (all P) 1Ch 2:21, 1Ch 2:23; 1Ch 7:14, 1Ch 7:17; once ׳הַגּ Jos 17:1 (JE) compare Di; — reference in all these to Northern Gilead.
b. father of Jephthah Jdg 11:1-2, — reference to Gad (compare above especially below 5).
c. 1Ch 5:14 (a Gadite).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Names of People14 occurrencesNames of Locations89 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

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