Jegar Sahadutha
/JEE-gar sah-hah-DOO-thah/
“Heap of witness, or pile of testimony”
Summary
The Aramaic name given by Laban to the heap of stones commemorating his covenant with Jacob, which Jacob called Galeed in Hebrew.
☩The Covenant Memorial
Jegar-Sahadutha is the Aramaic (Syrian) name given by Laban to the mound of stones erected as a memorial of his league with Jacob (Genesis 31:47). The name means 'pile of the testimony' or 'heap of witness.' Jacob, speaking Hebrew, styled the same monument by the equivalent Hebrew name Galeed. This event occurred in the region that later became known as Gilead, and the naming ceremony commemorated the peaceful resolution of tensions between Jacob and his father-in-law after Jacob's departure from Haran.
Key verses:Genesis 31:47-48
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Jegar-sahadutha," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IV (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.George Morrish, "Jegarsahadutha," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).
- 3.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Jegar-Sahadutha," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).