Galed
Galed ( Hebrew גַּלְעֵד, "testimony pile", "hill of testimony" or "witness hill") refers to the pile of stones in the Tanach , which served as a testimony of peace between Jacob and Laban ( Gen 31 : 48–54 EU ):
“47 Laban called him Jegar-Sahaduta and Jacob called him Gal-Ed. 48 This cairn, said Laban, is to be a witness today between you and me. That is why he named it Gal-Ed (witness hill) 49 and Mizpah (observation tower) because he said: The Lord will be a spy between me and you when we no longer know anything about each other. 50 Should you treat my daughters badly or take other women apart from my daughters - even if there is no one with us: See, God is a witness between me and you. 51 Laban then said to Jacob: Here, this cairn, here, this cairn that I have erected between you and me - 52 this cairn be a witness. Witness this cairn: I will never cross this cairn against you with malicious intent and you should never cross this cairn or this cairn against me with malicious intent. 53 Let the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor be judges between us. Jacob swore an oath at the horror of his father Isaac. 54 Then Jacob slaughtered a sacrificial animal on the mountain and invited his brothers to supper. They ate and spent the night on the mountain. "
The pile of stones should therefore be “a witness” for the federal government that neither of the two federal partners would go beyond this to the detriment of the other. The Aramaic name Jẹgar-Sahadụtha also means "pile of stones of testimony".
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andreas Michel: Jegar-Sahaduta. In: Michaela Bauks, Klaus Koenen, Stefan Alkier (Eds.): The Scientific Biblical Lexicon on the Internet (WiBiLex), Stuttgart 2006 ff.