2 Samuel 17:26

וַיִּ֤חַן יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם אֶ֖רֶץ הַגִּלְעָֽד

So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.

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וַיְהִי הַגּוֹרָל לְמַטֵּה מְנַשֶּׁה כִּי-הוּא בְּכוֹר יוֹסֵף לְמָכִיר בְּכוֹר מְנַשֶּׁה אֲבִי הַגִּלְעָד כִּי הוּא הָיָה אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה וַֽיְהִי-לוֹ הַגִּלְעָד וְהַבָּשָֽׁן׃

There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

Numbers 32:1

וּמִקְנֶה׀ רַב הָיָה לִבְנֵי רְאוּבֵן וְלִבְנֵי-גָד עָצוּם מְאֹד וַיִּרְאוּ אֶת-אֶרֶץ יַעְזֵר וְאֶת-אֶרֶץ גִּלְעָד וְהִנֵּה הַמָּקוֹם מְקוֹם מִקְנֶֽה׃

Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;

Deuteronomy 3:15

וּלְמָכִיר נָתַתִּי אֶת-הַגִּלְעָֽד׃

And I gave Gilead unto Machir.

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וַיִּ֤חַן יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Pashta — a lesser break וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם Zaqef Qatan — a strong break אֶ֖רֶץ Tipeha — a lesser break הַגִּלְעָֽד Silluq — end of the verse

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וַ יִּ֤חַן

וַ

Prefix — connector and (sometimes: but, so, then)

יִּ֤חַן

Root word pitched, encamped, encamp, pitch, tents, …

Dictionary form: חָנָה · haw-NAW

Vowels & Accents

וַ

Vav-consecutive (wayyiqtol) The וַ prefix — vav with patach plus a doubling dagesh in the next letter — flips this verb into story-telling past: translate "and (he) ___ed", not "will ___".

Hebrew Alephbet

Grammar C/Vqw3ms

Verb — Qal, Sequential Imperfect (Wayyiqtol), third person masculine singular simple action — "he did" story-telling past — try "and he ___ed" the built-in subject is "he (or it)"

וַ	Speech Conjunction
יִּחַן	Speech Verb Stem Qal Type Sequential Imperfect (Wayyiqtol) Person Third Person Gender Masculine Number Singular

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In the KJV here: pitched

and pitched ×50 and encamped ×23 pitched ×7 and they pitched ×5 encamped ×4 shall pitch ×4 and encamp ×2 and pitched his tent ×2

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camp — Most versatile; suits narrative and military contexts.

encamp — Slightly formal; good for military or ceremonial settings.

set up camp — Natural, modern phrase; vivid for narrative prose.

pitch tents — Concrete imagery; emphasizes the physical act of settling.

settle — Broader; use when temporary dwelling is implied.

bivouac — Military register; use sparingly for armed encampments.

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)

BDB2914 H2583

חָנָה₁₄₃ verb decline, bend down, encamp (Aramaic to aim at, incline towards, reach; Zinjirli מחנת construct camp, Inscription Panammu^{13. 16. 17}; Arabic bend, curve, bend down; Assyrian mûnu, mênu and tênû, couch, mânîtu, house, Zim^{BP 44, 45} Dl in Zim¹¹⁷) —

Qal Perfect חָנָה 1Sam 26:5; Isa 29:1 וְחָנִ֫יתִי consecutive Isa 29:3; Zech 9:8 חָנוּ Num 2:34 + 2 t.; וְחָנוּ consecutive Num 1:52 Imperfect וַיִּחַן Gen 26:17 + 9 t.; 3 feminine singular תַּחֲנֶה Ps 27:3 יַחֲנוּ Num 1:50 + 13 t. Numbers + Exod 14:2: וַיַּחֲנוּ Exod 13:26 + 79 t. (of which 42 in Num 33); וַיַּחֲנוּן Judg 11:18 2 masculine plural תַּחֲנוּ Exod 14:2 1 plural וַנַּחֲנֶה Ezra 8:15 Imperative חֲנֵה 2Sam 12:28 חֲנוּ Num 31:19; Jer 50:29 Infinitive חֲנוֺת Judg 19:9 חֲנֹת Num 1:51 suffix חֲנֹתֵנוּ Num 10:31 חֲנֹתְכֶם Deut 1:33 Participle חֹנֶה Exod 18:5; Ps 34:8 feminine חֹנָה 2Sam 23:13; 1Chr 11:15 חֹנָ֑ךְ Ps 53:6 plural חֹנִים Exod 14:9 + 11 t.; חוֺנִים Num 2:2; Nah 3:17 —

1. decline, of day drawing to its close חֲנוֺת הַיּוֺם Judg 19:9 (|| ׳רָפָה הַיּ לַעֲרוֺב; also ׳נְטוֺת הַיּ V:8; הַיּוֺם רַד מְאֹד vJudg 19:11).

2. encamp (properly verge toward, incline to, settle at, of goal of day's march): —
a. of single nomad Gen 26:17 (J; followed by ב), Gen 33:18 (E; followed by אֶתפֿני).
b. of Israel at Exodus and in wilderness Exod 13:20 (ב) Exod 14:2 (לִפְנֵי), vExod 14:2 (עַל), + approximately 80 t. (Hexateuch chiefly P); also (absolute) Num 9:18; Num 9:20; Num 9:22; Num 9:23 compare Ezra 8:15; Neh 11:30 so they encamped (i.e. settled, or were settled) from Beersheba to the valley of Hinnom (|| ישׁבו vNeh 11:25).
c. of armies: (1) Israel (conquering Canaan, etc.) Josh 4:19; Josh 5:10 + often; (2) Philistines 1Sam 4:1; 1Sam 13:16; 2Sam 23:23 +; usually followed by ב location Num 10:31; 1Sam 4:1; 1Sam 13:16; Josh 4:19; 1Sam 13:5 + 63t. (וַיַּחֲנוּ בְ 2Sam 24:5 read וַיָּחֵלּוּ מִן ᵐ5^L We Dr see חלל); so of locusts in hedges (in simile) Nah 3:17 also followed by עַל = by, near Exod 14:2; Exod 14:9; Exod 15:27; Num 1:52; Num 2:2; Num 2:5; Num 2:12; Num 2:27; Num 3:29; Num 3:35 (על ירך), Num 33:10; Judg 7:1; 1Sam 4:1 עלפֿני השׂדה (על in different sense) 2Sam 11:11 followed by עַל also = against, encamp with hostile purpose Josh 10:5; Josh 10:31; Josh 10:34; Judg 6:4; Judg 20:19; 1Sam 11:1; 2Sam 12:28; 1Kgs 16:15; 2Kgs 25:1; 2Chr 32:1; Jer 50:29; Jer 52:4; Ps 27:3 followed by אֶלֿ in same sense Josh 11:5 metaphor of God's hostility to apostate Jerusalem (על) Isa 29:3 followed by also לְ = at, by Num 2:34; Zech 9:8 אשׁרשָׁ֗֗֗ם Exod 18:5; 1Sam 26:5 followed by סביב לְ for protection Num 1:50; Num 1:53, compare metaphor Ps 34:8, but also hostility Job 19:12 also follwed by other prepositions and prepositional phrases, e.g. מֵעֵבֶר Num 21:13 מחוץ Num 31:19 בין 1Sam 17:1 נגד 1Kgs 20:27 etc.; followed by accusative of location 2Sam 17:26 followed by suffix accusative with hostile sense חֹנָ֑ךָ Ps 53:6 without preposition or noun following, in sense of encamp, be or abide in encampment Num 9:18; Num 9:20; Num 9:22; Num 9:23; Ezra 8:15; 2Sam 11:11 +; poetic of David in Jerusalem, Isa 29:1 city in which David fixed his camp.

Strong's Definition H2583

pitched, encamped, encamp, pitch, tents, …

ḥānâ

properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch a tent; generally to encamp (for abode or siege)

to decline, incline, encamp, bend down, lay siege against

(Qal)

to decline

Variations 31 forms of this word

Translations 51 English renderings

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יִשְׂרָאֵל֙

Root word a name — transliterate it ("So israel")

Dictionary form: יִשְׂרָאֵל · yis-raw-ALE

Vowels & Accents

Hebrew Alephbet

Grammar Np

Noun — Proper Name

יִשְׂרָאֵל

Speech Noun Type Proper Name

In English

In the KJV here: so israel

of israel ×1594 israel ×543 in israel ×84 and israel ×55 o israel ×28 against israel ×19 for israel ×15 from israel ×13

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Israel — Standard modern rendering for the nation or people.

the Israelites — Use when referring to the people collectively as a group.

the people of Israel — Emphasizes communal identity; good for narrative contexts.

the nation of Israel — Highlights political or national dimension.

the land of Israel — Use only when geographic territory is clearly in view.

Jacob — Poetic/prophetic synonym; use where parallelism demands it.

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)

BDB3770 H3478

יִשְׂרָאֵל proper name and derivatives, see below I. שׂרה.

BDB8317 H3478

יִשְׂרָאֵל₂₅₀₇ proper name, masculine and of a people Israel (El persisteth, persevereth (or jussive Let El persist) [usually contendeth (Nes^{Eg.60 ff.}) or Let El contend (Gray^{Prop. N. 218}), but see Dr^{Hast. DB JACOB 530}]; on vocalization see Lag^{BN 131 f.} Kit^{1Chr 4:16} (Hpt); MI⁵, + 5 t. ישראל; in Egyptian Y-si-r-'l Steind^{ZAW xvi (1896), 331}, compare Breasted^{Bib. World ix (1897), 62 ff.} Paton^{Syr. and Pal. 134}; Assyrian Sir-'-lai (= יִשְׂרְאֵלִי) Schr^{KG 356 ff., 364}; COT Gen 36:31; 1Kgs 16:29. — On a possibly relation of ׳יִשׂ to proper name שָׂרַי, שָׂרָה see RS^{K 257, 2nd ed. 34}; — compare שְׂרָיָה(וּׅ; — Ισραηλ:

1. proper name, masculine second name of Jacob Gen 32:29 + 28 t. Genesis (JE), Exod 32:13 (JE), Hos 12:13; Judg 18:29; Exod 6:14; Num 1:20; Num 26:5 (all P), 2Kgs 17:34; 1Chr 1:34 + 8 t. Chronicles, Ps 105:23 ׳בֵּית יִשׂ Ruth 4:11 ׳בְּנֵי יִשׂ (literal) Gen 42:5 + 3 t. E, 2 t. P + Exod 1:7 (P; transition to wider use), 1Kgs 18:31; 1Chr 2:1 +; = 12 tribes Exod 28:9 + 7 t. P; ׳אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיִשׂ 1Kgs 18:36; 1Chr 29:18; 2Chr 30:6.

2. proper name, of a people (usually masculine^{Judg 11:17}f. but feminine 1Sam 17:21; 2Sam 24:9 [not || 1Chr 21:5], compare Dr^{on the passage} Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 57 f.}): name of Hebrew nation; usually derived from 1, but ׳יִשׂ more common in early usage than ׳בְּנֵי יִשׂ (see בֵּן p. 120:b):
a. (1) undivided kingdom; ׳יִשׂ Gen 47:27 (J), Gen 49:7 (poem in J) + 108 t. J E, Deut 1:1; Deut 18:6; Deut 33:10 (poem) + 76 t. D, Gen 34:7; Exod 12:15 + 42 t. P; Judg 5:2; Judg 5:7 (twice in verse) + 104 t. Judges; often 1 and 2 Samuel; 1 Ki 1-12; ׳כָּליִֿשׂ of whole people 2Sam 8:15 +, of whole army 2Sam 11:1 +, opposed to Judah 2Sam 2:9 + (so also later). (2) ׳יִשׂ = Northern tribes, distinguished from Judah, even before disruption, 2Sam 2:9, compare v2Sam 2:10; 2Sam 3:10; 2Sam 4:1; 2Sam 5:5; 2Sam 12:7; 2Sam 20:1; 1Kgs 1:35; 1Kgs 4:20; 1Kgs 5:5 +; so at disruption 1Kgs 12:16 (3 t. in verse); 1Kgs 12:18; 1Kgs 12:19 then usually of Northern kingdom, till its fall, v1Kgs 12:28; 1Kgs 24:7; 1Kgs 24:10 + very often Kings, Amos 1:1; Amos 2:6; Amos 3:14 +, Hos 1:5; Hos 4:15 (twice in verse); Hos 5:3 (twice in verse); Hos 5:5 +, Mic 1:13, etc. (3) ׳יִשׂ of Southern kingdom, Judah, rarely before fall of Samaria Isa 1:3; Isa 8:18; Mic 1:14; Mic 1:15, so ׳בְּנֵי יִשׂ 1Kgs 12:17 after fall of Samaria, ׳יִשׂ (less often ׳בְּנֵי יִשׂ) occurs of entire people, in reference to past or future 2Kgs 21:8; 2Kgs 23:22; Isa 17:9; Ps 103:7; Jer 2:3; Jer 50:17; Jer 50:19 +; ׳יִשׂ also = Judah Jer 2:14; Jer 2:31; Jer 4:1 +, Ezek 13:2; Ezek 13:4; Ezek 13:16; Ezek 14:1; Ezek 14:7; Ezek 14:9 +, Isa 40:27; Isa 41:8; Isa 42:24 +, Ezra 2:59 = Neh 7:61; Ezra 2:70; Ezra 3:11 +, Neh 10:34; Neh 10:3 +, Ps 14:7 (twice in verse) = Ps 53:7 (twice in verse), Ps 147:2; Ps 149:2 +, etc. (4) usage in Chronicles: ׳יִשׂ of whole people 1Chr 2:7 + 110 t., of Northern kingdom 2Chr 11:1 + 16 t., of Judah 2Chr 12:6; 2Chr 19:8 + 9 t. (5) ׳יִשׂ personified as ׳עֶבֶד י, Isa 44:1; Isa 44:21; Isa 49:3.
b. ׳בְּנֵי יִשׂ, (1) of undivided people Exod 1:12 (J), Exod 3:9 (E) + 72 t. J E, Deut 3:18; Deut 10:6 + 25 t. D, Gen 32:33 + 327 t. P; Judg 1:1 + 60 t. Judges; seldom 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 Ki 1-12; in 1Kings 13—2Kings 25 passive in reference to older history (rarely otherwise). (2) seldom of Northern kingdom Amos 2:11 + 9 t. Amos, Hosea; 2Chr 13:12 + 7 t. Chronicles. (3) of Judah (late) Ezek 2:3; Neh 1:6 (twice in verse); Ezra 3:1; Joel 4:16 +, 2Chr 31:5.
c. בֵּית ׳יִשׂ Exod 16:31; Exod 40:38 + 142 t. (see בַּיִת 5 d (δ); 81 t. Ezekiel, where = Judah; see especially Exod 37:16); ׳שְׁנֵי בָֽתֵּי יִשׂ Isa 8:14.
d. other phrases, see sub אִישׁ, אֶרֶץ, בַּת, בְּתוּלָה, גְּבוּל, הַר, כִּסֵּא, מֶלֶךְ, (נטה) מַטֶּה, (יעד) עֵדָה, עַם, שֵׁבֶט; also (in epithet of ׳י) below אָבִיר, אוֺר, אֱלֹחִים, I. גָּוֺאל, מֶלֶךְ, מִקְוֶה (I. קוה), I. צוּר (V. צור), קָדוֺשׁ, I. רָעָה 1 d (3).
e. ׳יִשׂ = the laity, opposed to priests, etc. (late): Ezra 10:25; Neh 11:3; 1Chr 9:2 ׳כָּליִֿשׂ Ezra 2:70; Ezra 10:5 ׳הָעָם יִשׂ Ezra 9:1 ׳בְּנֵי יִשׂ Neh 10:40, compare ׳שְׁאָר יִשׂ Neh 11:20.

BDB9596 H3478 H3479

יִשְׂרָאֵל proper name, of a people Israel (Biblical Hebrew id., √ I. שָׂרָה); — ׳אֱלַהּ יִשׁ Ezra 5:1; Ezra 6:14; Ezra 7:15 ׳מֶלֶךְ לְיִשׂ Ezra 5:11 ׳בְּנֵי יִשׂ Ezra 6:16, ׳עַמָּא יִשׂ Ezra 7:13.

Strong's Definition H3478

israel, israelites, israels

yiśrāʾēl

God prevails

he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel

the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split

Variations 19 forms of this word

Translations 87 English renderings

God of Israel Israel Israelite

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וְ אַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם

וְ

Prefix — connector and (sometimes: but, so, then)

אַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם

Root word a name — transliterate it ("And absalom")

Dictionary form: אֲבִישָׁלוֹם · uh-bee-shaw-LOME

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Hebrew Alephbet

Grammar C/Np

Noun — Proper Name

וְ	Speech Conjunction
אַבְשָׁלֹם	Speech Noun Type Proper Name

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In the KJV here: and absalom

absalom ×52 and absalom ×18 of absalom ×7 but absalom ×4 so absalom ×4 that absalom ×4 absaloms ×3 now absalom ×2

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Absalom — Standard modern spelling; use in narrative and dialogue.

Abishalom — Alternate form; prefer in Kings passages or formal lists.

Avishalom — Closer Hebrew transliteration; suits academic or study editions.

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)

BDB43 H53

אֲבִישָׁלוֺם proper name, masculine (my father is peace; accusative to Lag^{BN 75} = (בֶּן) אֲבֶן + שָׁלֹם, compare ᵐ5 Ἀβεσσαλωμ) — ׳א 1Kgs 15:2; 1Kgs 15:10 = אַבְשָׁלוֺם 2Sam 3:3 +, 2Chr 11:20; 2Chr 11:21, אַבְשָׁלֹם 2Sam 13:14 + —

1. Rehoboam's father-in-law 1Kgs 15:2; 1Kgs 15:10; 2Chr 11:20; 2Chr 11:21.

2. 3rd son of David 2Sam 3:3; 2Sam 13:1 + 90 t. 2 Samuel (insert 2Sam 13:27 ᵐ5 Th We compare Dr; strike out v2Sam 13:38 Dr compare We), + 1Kgs 1:6; 1Kgs 2:7; 1Kgs 2:28; 1Chr 3:2; Ps 3:1.

Strong's Definition H53

absalom, absaloms, abishalom

ʾăbîšālôm

my father is peace

Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite

father-in-law of Rehoboam

Variations 14 forms of this word

Translations 23 English renderings

Absalom Son of David

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הַ גִּלְעָֽד

הַ

Prefix — article the

גִּלְעָֽד

Root word a name — transliterate it ("Of gilead")

Dictionary form: גִּלְעָד · ɡil-AWD

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Hebrew Alephbet

Grammar Td/Np

Noun — Proper Name

הַ	Speech Particle Type Definite Article
גִּלְעָֽד	Speech Noun Type Proper Name

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In the KJV here: of gilead

of gilead ×50 gilead ×25 in gilead ×10 and gilead ×6 to gilead ×2 and gileads ×1 and the gileadites ×1 are in gilead ×1

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Gilead — Standard proper name for the region; use in most contexts.

the region of Gilead — Clarifies geographic scope when context is ambiguous.

the territory of Gilead — Formal; suits legal or boundary-description passages.

Gileadite — For the gentillic/ethnic sense referring to inhabitants.

the hill country of Gilead — Highlights topographic character when landscape is in view.

Ramoth-gilead — Retain compound form when the city specifically is meant.

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)

BDB1670 H1568

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 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 Bd^{Pal 178}; also L. Oliphant^{Land of Gilead, 1880}); —

1. territory south of Jabbok,
a. ׳אֶרֶץ הַגּ Num 32:29 (P), ׳אֶרֶץ ג vNum 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) v1Chr 5:16 (of Gad); compare חֲצִי וְעַד יַבֹּק ׳הַגּ Josh 12:2 (of Sihon), so vJosh 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 vJudg 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 Bu^{RS 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 vJudg 12:4 vJudg 12:4 vJudg 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).

BDB7813 H7216 H7433 H1568 H7414 H7418 H7432 H3406

רָ(א)מוֺת₂₆ proper name

1. location Heights, Ramôth; —
a. in Gilead, רָמֹת בַּגִּלְעָד Josh 21:38 (Gi; van d. H. Baer vJosh 21:36 P), ׳רָאמוֺת בַּגּ (of Gad) Deut 4:43; 1Chr 6:65, ׳רָאמֹת בַּגּ Josh 20:8 (P), Ραμωθ [Josh 20:8 Αρημωθ] ἐν (Τῇ) Γαλααδ; usually ׳רָמת ג (Ρεμμαθ [Ερεμαθ, Ραμωθ, Ραμα(θ)] Γαλ., etc.) 1Kgs 4:13 + 19 t. Kings Chronicles (see גִּלְעָד 1 d); = II. רָמָה 5, q. v.; site dubious; Onomasticon (Lag^{287. 91}) 15 miles west of Philadelphia [Jerome Ib.¹⁴⁵. 1Kgs 145:31 says E!], hence Di^{Gen 31:54} Buhl^{G. 261 f.} conjectures el-Jal`aud, approximately 17 English miles northwest of Philadelphia, and 3 miles South of Yabbok; Smerrill^{East of Jordan, 284 ff.; Hast. DB. RAMOTH} G. conjectures (on general grounds) Jesrash, approximately 28 miles north of Philadelphia; GASm^{G. 586} some place just south of Yarmuk, compare GACooke in Dr^{Dt Add. xviii f.}, q. v. especially against es-Sal‰ Seetzen and others).
b. רָמוֺתנֶֿגֶב 1Sam 30:27, see רָאׅמַׅת

3.
c. רָאמוֺת, Levitical City in Issachar 1Chr 6:58 (Δαβωρ, ᵐ5^L Ραμωθ), probably = רֶ֫מֶת Josh 19:21 (P; Ρεμμας, A Ραμαθ), and יַרְמוּת 2, Josh 21:29, q. v. p.438 (see also Di^{Josh 19:21}).

2. masculine (וְ)רָמוֺת Ezra 10:29 Qr (Kt ירמות) see יְרֵימוֺת 5 c, p.438.

Strong's Definition H1568

gilead, gileadites, gileads, ramoth-gilead

gilʿād

rocky region

Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites

(n pr loc) 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

Variations 17 forms of this word

Translations 16 English renderings

Gilead Gilead Descendant of Manasseh; son of Michael; father of Jaroah. Gilead Father of Jephthah, a judge of Israel. Gilead Son of Machir; grandson of Manasseh; father of six sons. Mount Gilead

2 Samuel 17:25

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2 Samuel 17:27