And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Testimony. Hebrew makes Laban give this etymology, Jegar-saha-dutha; while Galaad means the hill or the witness. The Syrian language had now begun to deviate some little from the Hebrew of Jacob.
Each This is added by the Vulgate. (Calmet)
