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==Etymology==
Gilead is explained in the Hebrew Bible as derived from the Hebrew words {{Script/Hebrew|גלעד}} {{lang|he-Latn|gal‛êd}}, which in turn comes from {{lang|he-Latn|gal}} ('heap, mound, hill') and {{lang|he-Latn|‛êd}} ('witness, testimony').<ref>Hebrew Dictionary, Strong's Concordance of the Bible, reference #5707</ref> If that is the case, Gilead means 'heap [of stones] of testimony'. There is also an alternative theory that it means 'rocky region'.<ref>''Smith's Bible Dictionary'', "Gil'e-ad"</ref>

From its mountainous character, it is called the Mount of Gilead ({{Bibleverse|Genesis|31:25|KJV}}; {{Bibleverse |Song|4:1|KJV}}). It is called also the Land of Gilead ({{Bibleverse |Numbers|32:1|KJV}}, {{Bibleverse|Judges|10:4|KJV}}) in many [[English translations of the bible|translations]], and sometimes simply Gilead ({{Bibleverse|Genesis|37:25|KJV}}; {{Bibleverse|Judges|10:8|KJV}}; {{Bibleverse|Psalm|60:7|KJV}}), also mentioned in {{Bibleverse|Micah|7:14-15|KJV}}.