Original: גִּלְעָד

Transliteration: Gilʻâd

Phonetic: ghil-awd'

Short Definition: Gilead

Original: גּלעד

Transliteration: gil‛âd

Phonetic: ghil-awd'

BDB Definition:

Gilead = "rocky region"

1. a mountainous region bounded on the west by the Jordan, on the north by Bashan, on the east by the Arabian plateau, and on the south by Moab and Ammon; sometimes called 'Mount Gilead' or the 'land of Gilead' or just 'Gilead'. Divided into north and south Gilead (noun proper locative)
2. a city (with prefix 'Jabesh') (noun proper locative)
3. the people of the region (noun proper locative)
4. son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh (noun proper masculine)
5. father of Jephthah (noun proper masculine)
6. a Gadite (noun proper masculine)

Origin: probably from H1567

TWOT entry: 356

Part(s) of speech:

Cognate: H1566, H1569