Γαλααδίτις
Galaaditis, Galaad, Gilead
Translated by Jennifer Benedict5 Jun 2003Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
A territory [of that name].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Γαλααδίτις· χώρα.
Betacode
*galaadi/tis: xw/ra.
Notes
- Commonly known as Gilead, a territory east of Lake Tiberias (the Sea of Galilee), in present-day Jordan and Syria (Barrington Atlas map 39 grid C4). Mentioned in the Septuagint (e.g. Genesis 31.20), Josephus (Jewish Antiquities 13.382), and numerous other sources.
Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (90).