Senses
1. Gilead (proper noun) — The proper noun Gilead (גִּלְעָד), referring to the person (grandson of Manasseh) and the trans-Jordanian region/territory bearing his name; all 18 clusters are the same proper noun fragmented solely by grammatical particles (prepositions ב/ל/מ, article ה, conjunction ו) and minor transliteration variants (Gilead/Gilad/Gil'ad), with uniform cross-linguistic evidence: Eng Gilead, Spa Galaad/Guilad, Hin गिलाद, Arb جِلْعَاد, Kor 길르앗, Swa Gileadi. 134×
AR["جِلعادَ","جِلعادُ","جِلْعادَ","جِلْعَادَ"]·ben["গিলয়াদের","গিলিয়দ","গিলিয়দকে","গিলিয়দের"]·DE["Gilead"]·EN["Gilead"]·FR["Galaad"]·heb["גלעד"]·HI["गिलआद","गिलाद","गिलाद-की","गिलाद-के","गिलादने"]·ID["Gilead"]·IT["Galaad"]·jav["Gilèad","Giléad"]·KO["길르앋","길르앋-을","길르앏의","길르앗의","길르앗이"]·PT["Gil'ad","Gilead"]·RU["Галаад","Галаада","Гилеада","Гильада"]·ES["Galaad"]·SW["Gileadi","wa-Gileadi"]·TR["Gilad'ı","Gilad'ın","Giladın","Gilead","Gilead-ın"]·urd["جلعاد","جلعاد-کے","جِلعاد-نے","جِلعاد-کی","جِلعاد-کے","جِلعاد-کے۔"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† גִּלְעָד n.pr.loc. of mountain-range or hill-country, land & city, E. of Jordan (cf. Arabic جَلْعَدٌ durus, fortis Frey, so Thes; HiGesch. Isr. 26 comp. same √ used of camel (جَلْعَادٌ camelus robustus ac firmus, cf. HomNS 144), whence camel hump, orig. name of mt)—ג׳ Gn 37:25 + 79 times (mostly as n.pr.m. and in combin. with other n.pr.loc. cf. infr.); הַגּ׳ Gn 31:21 + 50 times (so usually as…