גִּלְעָד proper name, of a location of mountain-range or hill-country, land & city, east of Jordan (compare Arabic durus, fortis Frey, so Thes; Hi^{Geschichte. Israel 26} compare same √ used of camel ( camelus robustus ac firmus, compare Hom^{NS 144}), whence camel hump, originally name of mountain) — ׳ג Genesis 37:25 79t. (mostly as

proper name, masculine and in combination with other

proper name, of a location compare below); ׳הַגּ Genesis 31:21 50t. (so usually as name of mountain and land); גִּלְעָ֫דָה Numbers 32:39; 1 Chronicles 27:21; הִגְּלְעָ֫דָה 2 Samuel 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 Genesis 31:54 Stu Judges 10:4; Bd^{Pal 178}; also L. Oliphant^{Land of Gilead, 1880}); —

1 territory south of Jabbok,

a. ׳אֶרֶץ הַגּ Numbers 32:29 (P), ׳אֶרֶץ ג Numbers 32:1 (JE), both connected with Reuben and Gad; so ׳חֲצִי הַר הַגּ Deuteronomy 3:12; ׳אֶרֶץ ג also 1 Chronicles 5:9 (of Reuben); 1 Kings 4:19 (of Sihon and Og); compare ׳אֶרֶץ גַּד וְג 1 Samuel 13:7; further,

b. ׳הַגּ alone, Judges 10:17 (or possibly here name of city ?), Judges 11:29 (probably); also 1 Chronicles 5:10 (of Reuben) 1 Chronicles 5:16 (of Gad); compare חֲצִי וְעַד יַבֹּק ׳הַגּ Joshua 12:2 (of Sihon), so Joshua 12:5 (both D);

c. similarly ׳ג alone (without article) in poetry Psalm 60:9 ("" Manasseh) = Psalm 108:9; but also in prose in phrases ׳שָׂרֵי ג Judges 10:18, ׳ישְׁבֵי ג Judges 10:18; Judges 11:8, ׳זִקְנֵי ג Judges 11:5,7,8,9,10,11, ׳אַנְשֵׁי ג Judges 12:4 (twice in verse); Judges 12:5; compare also

d. עָרֵי ׳הַגּ Numbers 32:26 (J E; of Reuben and Gad); so of Jephthah's burial-place Judges 12:7; even כָּלעָֿרֵי ׳הַגּ Joshua 13:25 (P; of Gad); besides these, or particular cities, especially ׳רָאמֹת בַּגּ Deuteronomy 4:43 (of Gad); compare ׳רָאמוֺת בַּגּ Joshua 20:8 (P), 1 Chronicles 6:65 (of Gad), and ׳רָמֹת בַּגּ Joshua 21:38 (P); usually ׳רָמֹת ג 1 Kings 4:13; 1 Kings 22:3,4,6,12,15,20,29 2Chron 18:2; 18:3; 18:5; 18:11; 18:14; 18:19; 18:28; 2 Kings 8:28; 2 Kings 9:1; 2 Kings 9:4; 2 Kings 9:14; 2Chron 22:5; also ׳מִצְמֵּה ג Judges 11:29 (twice in verse); further ׳יַעְזֵיר ג 1 Chronicles 26:31.

2 Northern Gilead,

a. ׳אֶרֶץ הַגּ Joshua 17:5,6 (J E; of Manasseh) compare Judges 10:4; 1 Chronicles 2:22 (both of Jair); ׳הַר הַגּ Genesis 31:21,23,25 (E); probably also ׳הַר ג (no article) Songs 4:1 (compare Songs 6:5 below).

b. ׳הַגּ alone Numbers 32:40 (J E; of Machir) Joshua 17:1 (J E; id.) compare Joshua 13:11 (D) Deuteronomy 2:36; 1 Kings 4:13 (of Jair); Deuteronomy 3:15,16 (boundary of Reuben and Gad); probably also Songs 6:5 (compare Songs 4:1 above); compare ׳יֶתֶר הַגּ Deuteronomy 3:13; & ׳חֲצִי הַגּ Joshua 13:31 (P; of Machir); הַגִּלְעָ֫דָה 2 Samuel 24:6 (probably); compare also

c. ׳ג (no article) probably Jeremiah 8:22; Jeremiah 46:11 (in both reference to צֳרִי balm, probably from the wooded Northern Gilead); similarly Jeremiah 22:6; and גִּלְעָ֫דָה 1 Chronicles 27:21 also Numbers 32:39 (J E; of Machir).

d. in combination ׳יָבֵשׁ ג (city) Judges 21:8,9,10,12,14; 1 Samuel 11:1,9 ("" יָבֵשׁ alone) 1 Samuel 31:11 ("" id.) = 1 Chronicles 10:11; 2 Samuel 2:4,5; 2 Samuel 21:12; perhaps also ׳(מִ)תִּשְׁבֵּה ג 1 Kings 17:1 (emendation, after ᵐ5, Ew Th and others see VB); — compare further below 6. proper name, masculine below — Judges 7:3 ׳וְיִצְמֹּר 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 Bu^{RS 112.}

3 more Generally, of all Gilead,

a. ׳אֶרֶץ הַגּ Joshua 22:9,13,15,32 (P; of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh; opposed to land of Canaan); compare 2 Samuel 17:26; so ׳כָּלאֶֿרֶץ הַגּ 2 Kings 10:38.

b. ׳אֶרֶץ ג (no article) Zechariah 10:10; compare ׳הַר אֶפְרַיִם וְג Jeremiah 50:19 ("" Carmel and Bashan); ׳ג alone, also Genesis 37:25; likewise Micah 7:14 ("" Carmel & Bashan, reference to fertility).

c. ׳הַגּ alone, of Israel territory in General east of Jordan, Judges 10:8; compare 2 Samuel 2:9; 2 Kings 10:33 (of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh); ׳כָּלהַֿגּ Deuteronomy 3:10; אֶתכָּֿלהָֿאָרֶץ ׳אֶתהַֿגּ Deuteronomy 34:1; ׳הַגּ also in General sense Ezekiel 47:18; 2 Kings 15:29 (?) Obadiah 19..

4 ׳ג, name of a city Hosea 6:8 (& Judges 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 Genesis 31:54 & references

5 ׳אֶרֶץ הַגּ of Israelites living east of Jordan (as a whole) Judges 20:1; ׳הַגּ of people of Gilead Amos 1:3,13; so ׳ג Judges 5:17 (= גַּד), Judges 12:4,5 ("" ׳אַנְשֵׁי ג Judges 12:4; Judges 12:4; Judges 12:5) Hosea 12:12. compare also גִּלְעָדִי below

6 treated as

proper name, masculine a. ׳ג, son of Machir & grandson of Manasseh Numbers 26:29 (twice in verse); Numbers 26:30; Numbers 27:1; Numbers 36:1; Joshua 17:3 (all P) 1 Chronicles 2:21,23; 1 Chronicles 7:14,17; once ׳הַגּ Joshua 17:1 (JE) compare Di; — reference in all these to Northern Gilead.

b. father of Jephthah Judges 11:1,2; — reference to Gad (compare above especially below 5).

c. 1 Chronicles 5:14 (a Gadite).

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