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Gilead or Gilad ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|ɪ|l|i|ə|d}};[1] {{lang-he-n|גִּלְעָד}}, {{lang-ar|جلعاد}}) is the name of three people and two geographic places in the Bible. Gilead may mean hill of testimony. If this the case, it is likely derived from gal‛êd, which in turn comes from gal (heap, mound, hill) and ‛êd (witness, testimony).[2] There also exists an alternative theory that it means rocky region.[3] It is now within the Kingdom of Jordan.

Places

Gilead was a mountainous region east of the Jordan River divided among the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, and situated in Jordan. It is also referred to by the Aramaic name Yegar-Sahadutha, which carries the same meaning as the Hebrew Gileed, namely: "heap [of stones] of testimony" ({{Bibleref2|Genesis 31:47-48}}).[4][5] From its mountainous character, it is called the mount of Gilead ({{Bibleref2|Genesis 31:25}}).

Gilead ({{lang-ar|جلعاد}}) is an Arabic term used to refer to the mountainous land extending north and south of Jabbok. It was used more generally for the entire region east of the Jordan River. It corresponds today to the northwestern part of the Kingdom of Jordan.

The name Gilead first appears in the biblical account of the last meeting of Jacob and Laban ({{Bibleref2|Genesis 31:21-22}}). According to Easton's Bible Dictionary,[6] it refers to a region in Transjordan, approximately 20 by 60 miles in area.

It is called also the land of Gilead ({{Bibleref2|Numbers 32:1}}, {{Bibleref2|Judges 10:4}}) in many translations, and sometimes simply Gilead ({{Bibleref2|Genesis 37:25}}; {{Bibleref2|Judges 10:8}}; {{Bibleref2|Psalm 60:9}}). As a whole, it included the tribal territories of Gad, Reuben, and the eastern half of Manasseh ({{Bibleref2|Deuteronomy 3:13}}; {{Bibleref2|Numbers 32:40}}). In the Book of Judges, the thirty sons of the biblical judge Jair controlled the thirty towns of Gilead ({{bibleverse||Judges|10:4|NKJV}}), and in the First Book of Chronicles, Segub controlled twenty-three towns in Gilead ({{Bibleref2||1 Chronicles 2:21–22}}). It was bounded on the north by Bashan, and on the south by Moab and Ammon ({{Bibleref2|Genesis 31:21}}; {{Bibleref2|Deuteronomy 3:12–17}}).

"Half Gilead" was possessed by Sihon, and the other half, separated from it by the river Jabbok, by Og, king of Bashan. The deep ravine of the river Hieromax (the modern Sheriat el-Mandhur) separated Bashan from Gilead, which was about {{convert|60|mi}} in length and {{convert|20|mi}} in breadth, extending from near the south end of the Lake of Gennesaret to the north end of the Dead Sea. Abarim, Pisgah, Nebo, and Peor are its mountains mentioned in Scripture.

"Gilead" mentioned in the Book of Hosea may refer to Ramoth-Gilead, Jabesh-Gilead, or the whole Gilead region; "Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity; it is stained with blood" ({{Bibleref2|Hosea 6:8}}).

After king Sihon was defeated, the Tribe of Reuben, Tribe of Gad, and half the Tribe of Manasseh were assigned to the area. Ammon and Moab sometimes expanded to include southern Gilead. King David fled to Mahanaim in Gilead during the rebellion of Absalom. Gilead is later mentioned as the homeplace of the prophet Elijah. King Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria says he established the province of Gal'azu (Gilead).

People

Gilead may also refer to:

  • A grandson of Manasseh and son of Machir (Makir), ancestor of the Iezerites and Helekites and of Segub ({{Bibleref2|Numbers 26:28-30}} and {{Bibleref2|1 Chronicles 2:21}}). He also may have been the founder of the Israelite tribal group of Gilead, which is mentioned in biblical passages which textual scholars attribute to early sources. Textual scholars regard the genealogy in the Book of Numbers, which identifies Gilead as Machir's son, as originating in the priestly source, a document written centuries after the early JE source, in which the Gilead and Machir tribal groups are mentioned, and possibly having been written to rival the JE source.[7][8] Biblical scholars view the biblical genealogies as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the group to others in the Israelite confederation;[9] the identification of Gilead as an aspect of Manasseh was the traditional explanation of why the tribal groups of Machir and Gilead are mentioned along with northern tribes in the ancient Song of Deborah, while Manasseh is absent from it.[10] The text of the Book of Numbers appears to portray Gilead as the father of Asriel, but the Book of Chronicles states that Manasseh was the father of Asriel;[11] it is possible for there to have been two different Asriels, though Manasseh is only indicated as having had one son – Machir – in the genealogy of the Book of Numbers.
  • The son of Michael and father of Jaroah, in the Gadite genealogies ({{Bibleref2|1 Chronicles 5:11-14}});
  • The father of Jephthah ({{Bibleref2|Judges 11:1}}).

In Hebrew, גלעד (transcribed Gilad or Ghil'ad) is used as a male given name and is often analysed as deriving from גיל (gil) "happiness, joy" and עד (ad) "eternity, forever"; i.e. "eternal happiness".

Arts, entertainment, and media

  • Gilead is the theocratic nation which replaces the United States in Margaret Atwood's dystopic novel, The Handmaid's Tale.
  • Gilead is the fictional home of Roland Deschain and Capital of the Barony of New Canaan, from Stephen King's series The Dark Tower.
  • Gilead is mentioned in verse 15 of Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 poem, The Raven.
  • Gilead (novel), is the first title of a multi-generational trilogy by Marilynne Robinson. The story is about fathers and sons and the spiritual battles that still rage at America's heart. The title of the trilogy comes from the fictional setting of the town in the novel, Gilead, Iowa.

Companies

  • Gilead Sciences is the name of an American biopharmaceutical company.

See also

  • Balm of Gilead
  • Machir
  • Machir (tribal group)
  • Shibboleth
  • Tribe of Manasseh

References

1. ^LDS.org: "Book of Mormon Pronunciation Guide" (retrieved 25 February 2012), IPA-ified from «gĭl´ē-ud»
2. ^Hebrew Dictionary, appendix to Strong's Concordance of the Bible, Reference #5707
3. ^Smith's Bible Dictionary, entry for "Gil'e-ad"
4. ^BibleAtlas.com,Jegar-sahadutha (Ramoth-gilead)  
5. ^Easton's Bible Dictionary, Galeed [https://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionary/galeed/]
6. ^Easton's Bible Dictionary, "Gilead." http://www.biblegateway.com/resources/dictionaries/dict_meaning.php?source=1&wid=T0001487
7. ^Richard Elliott Friedman, Who wrote the Bible?
8. ^Peake's commentary on the Bible
9. ^Peake's commentary on the Bible
10. ^Jewish Encyclopedia, Machir
11. ^1 Chronicles 7:14
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