Lexical Definition

‎יְגַר שַׂהֲדוּתָא‎ Yᵉgar Sahădûwthâʼ (yegar' sah-had-oo-thaw') Jegar ^N:N--L
(Aramaic) from a word derived from an unused root (meaning to gather) and a derivation of a root corresponding to ‎שָׂהֵד‎; heap of the testimony

Jegar-Sahadutha.

• § Jegar-sahadutha = "witness heap"
• Jegar-Sahadutha, a cairn East of the Jordan

1) the mound of stones raised as witness between Jacob and Laban, called by Jacob in Hebrew 'Galeed'

See Greek: βουνός

Extended Information

part of: רָמֹת גִּלעָד

• -sahadutha = "of witness"
• Combined with ra.mot gi.l.ad (‎ר‎ָ‎מ‎ֹ‎ת‎ "Ramoth" רָמֹת גִּלעָד)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎יְגַּר‎] noun [masculine] (stone-)heap (ᵑ7 id.; Syriac ; compare Ethiopic throw together, mound); — construct ‎שָֽׂהֲדוּתָא‎ ‎׳‎‎י‎ Gen 31:47 (= Hebrew ‎גַּלעֵֿד‎).

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