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] + 79 t. (mostly as proper name, masculine and in combination with other proper name, of a location compare below); ׳הַגּ [Gen 31:21] + 50 t. (so usually as name of mountain and land); גִּלְעָ֫דָה [Num 32:39]; [1Chr 27:21] הִגְּלְעָ֫דָה [2Sam 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 [Judg 10:4] BdPal 178; also L. OliphantLand of Gilead, 1880); —
1. territory south of Jabbok,
\ \ a. ׳אֶרֶץ הַגּ [Num 32:29] (P), ׳אֶרֶץ ג v[Num 32:1] (JE), both connected with Reuben and Gad; so ׳חֲצִי הַר הַגּ [Deut 3:12] ׳אֶרֶץ ג also [1Chr 5:9] (of Reuben); [1Kgs 4:19] (of Sihon and Og); compare ׳אֶרֶץ גַּד וְג [1Sam 13:7] further,
\ \ b. ׳הַגּ alone, [Judg 10:17] (or possibly here name of city ?), [Judg 11:29] (probably); also [1Chr 5:10] (of Reuben) v[1Chr 5:16] (of Gad); compare חֲצִי וְעַד יַבֹּק ׳הַגּ [Josh 12:2] (of Sihon), so v[Josh 12:5] (both D);
\ \ c. similarly ׳ג alone (without article) in poetry [Ps 60:9] (|| Manasseh) = [Ps 108:9] but also in prose in phrases ׳שָׂרֵי ג [Judg 10:18], ׳ישְׁבֵי ג v[Judg 10:18]; [Judg 11:8], ׳זִקְנֵי ג [Judg 11:5]; [Judg 11:7]; [Judg 11:8]; [Judg 11:9]; [Judg 11:10]; [Judg 11:11], ׳אַנְשֵׁי ג [Judg 12:4] (twice in verse); [Judg 12:5] compare also
\ \ d. עָרֵי ׳הַגּ [Num 32:26] (J E; of Reuben and Gad); so of Jephthah's burial-place [Judg 12:7] even כָּלעָֿרֵי ׳הַגּ [Josh 13:25] (P; of Gad); besides these, or particular cities, especially ׳רָאמֹת בַּגּ [Deut 4:43] (of Gad); compare ׳רָאמוֺת בַּגּ [Josh 20:8] (P), [1Chr 6:65] (of Gad), and ׳רָמֹת בַּגּ [Josh 21:38] (P); usually ׳רָמֹת ג [1Kgs 4:13]; [1Kgs 22:3]; [1Kgs 22:4]; [1Kgs 22:6]; [1Kgs 22:12]; [1Kgs 22:15]; [1Kgs 22:20]; [1Kgs 22:29] = [2Chr 18:2]; [2Chr 18:3]; [2Chr 18:5]; [2Chr 18:11]; [2Chr 18:14]; [2Chr 18:19]; [2Chr 18:28]; [2Kgs 8:28]; [2Kgs 9:1]; [2Kgs 9:4]; [2Kgs 9:14]; [2Chr 22:5] also ׳מִצְפֵּה ג [Judg 11:29] (twice in verse); further ׳יַעְזֵיר ג [1Chr 26:31].
2. Northern Gilead,
\ \ a. ׳אֶרֶץ הַגּ [Josh 17:5]; [Josh 17:6] (J E; of Manasseh) compare [Judg 10:4]; [1Chr 2:22] (both of Jair); ׳הַר הַגּ [Gen 31:21]; [Gen 31:23]; [Gen 31:25] (E); probably also ׳הַר ג (no article) [Song 4:1] (compare [Song 6:5] below).
\ \ b. ׳הַגּ alone [Num 32:40] (J E; of Machir) [Josh 17:1] (J E; id.) compare [Josh 13:11] (D) [Deut 2:36]; [1Kgs 4:13] (of Jair); [Deut 3:15]; [Deut 3:16] (boundary of Reuben and Gad); probably also [Song 6:5] (compare [Song 4:1] above); compare ׳יֶתֶר הַגּ [Deut 3:13] & ׳חֲצִי הַגּ [Josh 13:31] (P; of Machir); הַגִּלְעָ֫דָה [2Sam 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 [1Chr 27:21] also [Num 32:39] (J E; of Machir).
\ \ d. in combination ׳יָבֵשׁ ג (city) [Judg 21:8]; [Judg 21:9]; [Judg 21:10]; [Judg 21:12]; [Judg 21:14]; [1Sam 11:1]; [1Sam 11:9] (|| יָבֵשׁ alone) [1Sam 31:11] (|| id.) = [1Chr 10:11]; [2Sam 2:4]; [2Sam 2:5]; [2Sam 21:12] perhaps also ׳(מִ)תִּשְׁבֵּה ג [1Kgs 17:1] (emendation, after ᵐ5, Ew Th and others see VB); — compare further below
6. proper name, masculine below — [Judg 7:3] ׳וְיִצְפֹּר 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 BuRS 112.
3. more generally, of all Gilead,
\ \ a. ׳אֶרֶץ הַגּ [Josh 22:9]; [Josh 22:13]; [Josh 22:15]; [Josh 22:32] (P; of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh; opposed to land of Canaan); compare [2Sam 17:26] so ׳כָּלאֶֿרֶץ הַגּ [2Kgs 10:38].
\ \ b. ׳אֶרֶץ ג (no article) [Zech 10:10] compare ׳הַר אֶפְרַיִם וְג [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, [Judg 10:8] compare [2Sam 2:9]; [2Kgs 10:33] (of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh); ׳כָּלהַֿגּ [Deut 3:10] אֶתכָּֿלהָֿאָרֶץ ׳אֶתהַֿגּ [Deut 34:1] ׳הַגּ also in general sense [Ezek 47:18]; [2Kgs 15:29] (?) [Obad 1:19].
4. ׳ג, name of a city [Hos 6:8] (& [Judg 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. ׳אֶרֶץ הַגּ of Israelites living east of Jordan (as a whole) [Judg 20:1] ׳הַגּ of people of Gilead [Amos 1:3]; [Amos 1:13] so ׳ג [Judg 5:17] (= גַּד), [Judg 12:4]; [Judg 12:5] (|| ׳אַנְשֵׁי ג v[Judg 12:4] v[Judg 12:4] v[Judg 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]; [Josh 17:3] (all P) [1Chr 2:21]; [1Chr 2:23]; [1Chr 7:14]; [1Chr 7:17] once ׳הַגּ [Josh 17:1] (JE) compare Di; — reference in all these to Northern Gilead.
\ \ b. father of Jephthah [Judg 11:1]; [Judg 11:2] — reference to Gad (compare above especially below 5).
\ \ c. [1Chr 5:14] (a Gadite).
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