Jegar-sahadutha
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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Pile of testimony, the Aramaic or Syriac name which Laban gave to the pile of stones erected as a memorial of the covenant between him and Jacob (Genesis 31:47), who, however, called it in Hebrew by an equivalent name, Galeed (q.v.).

Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia

JEGAR-SAHA-DUTHA

je-gar-sa-ha-du'-tha (yeghar sahadhutha'; Septuagint Bounos marturei, "(the) mound witnesses"): The name given by the Aramean, Laban, to the "cairn of witness," called by Jacob GALEED (which see) (Genesis 31:47). The rest of the second part of this name appears again in Job 16:19, where sahadhi, should be rendered with the Revised Version (British and American), "he that voucheth for me," i.e. "my witness."

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Jegar-sahadutha (1 Occurrence)

Genesis 31:47 And the name Laban gave it was Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob gave it the name of Galeed. (BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT NAS)




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