and the Jarmuk, mod. Jebel Ajlûn ; also of the entire E.-Jordan land occupied by
Israel, including both the parts just named ( cf. Di Gn 31:54 Stu Ju 10: 4; Bd Pal. 178; also L. Oliphant Land of Gilead, 1880 );— 1. territory S. of Jabboḳ , a. אֶרֶץ הַגּ׳ Nu 32:29 ( P ), אֶרֶץ ג׳ v 1 (JE), both connected with Reuben and Gad; so חֲצִי הַר הַגּ׳ Dt 3:1 2; אֶרֶץ ג׳ also 1 Ch 5:9 (of Reuben); 1 K 4:19 (of Sihon and Og); cf. אֶרֶץ גַּד וְג׳ 1 S 13: 7; further, b. הַגּ׳ alone, Ju 10:17 (or possibly here name of city?), 11:29 (prob.); also 1 Ch 5:10 (of Reuben) v 16 (of Gad); cf. הַגּ׳ וְעַד יַבֹּק חֲצִי Jos 12:2 (of Sihon), so v 5 (both D ); c. similarly ג׳ alone (without art.) in poet. ψ 60:9 ( || Manasseh) = 108: 9; but also in prose in
phrases
שָׂרֵי ג׳
Ju 10:1
8,
ישְׁבֵי ג׳
v
18 11:
8,
זִקְנֵי ג׳
Ju 11:
5,
7
,
8
,
9
,
10
,
11
,
אַנְשֵׁי ג׳
Ju 12:4
(×2),
5
;
cf.
also
d.
הַגּ׳ עָרֵי
Nu 32:26
(JE; of Reuben and Gad); so of Jephthah’s burial-place
Ju 12:7
; even
הַגּ׳ כָּל־עָרֵי
Jos 13:25
(
P
; of Gad); besides these, of particular cities, especially
רָאמֹת בַּגּ׳
Dt 4:43
(of Gad);
cf.
רָאמֹות בַּגּ׳
Jos 20:8
(
P
),
1 Ch 6:65
(of Gad), and
רָמֹת בַּגּ׳
Jos 21:38
(
P
); usually
רָמֹת ג׳
1 K 4:1
3;
22:3
,
4
,
6
,
12
,
15
,
20
,
29
=
2 Ch 18:2
,
3
,
5
,
11
,
14
,
19
,
28
;
2 K 8:28
;
9:1
,
4
,
14 2 Ch 22:
5; also
מִצְפֵּה ג׳
Ju 11:29
(×2); further
יַעְזֵיר ג׳
1 Ch 26:3
1.
2.
Northern Gilead,
a.
אֶרֶץ הַגּ׳
Jos 17:5
,
6
(JE; of Manasseh)
cf.
Ju 10:4 1 Ch 2:22
(both of Jair);
הַר הַגּ׳
Gn 31:21
,
23
,
25
(
E
); prob. also
הַר ג׳
(no art.)
Ct 4:1
(
cf.
6:5
infr
.).
b.
הַגּ׳
alone
Nu 32:40
(JE; of Machir)
Jos 17:1
(JE;
id.
)
cf.
13:11
(
D
)
Dt 2:36 1 K 4:13
(of Jair);
Dt 3:15
,
16
(boundary of Reuben and Gad); prob. also
Ct 6:5
(
cf.
4:1
supr
.);
cf.
יֶתֶר הַגּ׳
Dt 3:1
3; &
חֲצִי הַגּ׳
Jos 13:31
(
P
; of Machir);
הַגִּלְעָ˜דָה
2 S 24:6
(prob.);
cf.
also
c.
ג׳
(no art.) prob.
Je 8:22
;
46:11
(in both ref. to
צֳרִי
balm
, prob. from the wooded Northern Gilead); similarly
22:6
; and
גִּלְעָ˜דָה
1 Ch 27:2
1, also
Nu 32:39
(JE; of Machir).
d.
in combination
יָבֵשׁ ג׳
(city)
Ju 21:8
,
9
,
10
,
12
,
14 1 S 11:
1,
9
(
||
יָבֵשׁ
alone)
31:11
(
||
id.
)
=
1 Ch 10:11 2 S 2:
4,
5
;
21:12
; perhaps also
(םִ)תִּשְׁבֵּה ג׳
1 K 17:1
(emend., after
Ö
,
Ew Th
al.
see
VB
);—
cf.
further sub
6
.
n.pr.m.
infr
.
—Ju 7:3
וְיִצְפֹּר מֵהַר הַגּ׳
and let him depart from Mt. Gilead
, appar. belongs here, but
מֵהַר הַגִּלְבֹּעַ
is read by Cler
Hi Gr Ke B
e; against this
cf.
Stu Bu
RS 112.
3.
more generally, of all Gilead,
a.
אֶרֶץ הַגּ׳
Jos 22:
9,
13
,
15
,
32
(
P
; of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh;
opp.
land of Canaan);
cf.
2 S 17:2
6; so
כָּל־אֶרֶץ הַגּ׳
2 K 10:33
.
b.
אֶרֶץ ג׳
(no art.)
Zc 10:10
;
cf.
הַר אֶפְרַיִם וְג׳
Je 50:19
(
||
Carmel and Bashan);
ג׳
alone, also
Gn 37:25
; likewise
Mi 7:14
(
||
Carmel & Bashan, reference to fertility).
c.
הַגּ׳
alone, of Isr. territ. in gen. E. of Jordan,
Ju 10:8
;
cf.
Stu G. Studer. D Deuteronomist in Dt., in other books Deuteronomic author or redactor. Bu circa., Richter u. Samuel;