Jegar-Sahadutha — the meaning of the Hebrew name יְגַר שַׂהֲדוּתָא
יְגַר שַׂהֲדוּתָא
Jegar-Sahadutha means heap of the testimony.
Built from
שָׂהֵד sâhêd — a witness open in the lexicon ›
Strong's definition
(Aramaic) from a word derived from an unused root (meaning to gather) and a derivation of a root corresponding to H7717; heap of the testimony; Jegar-Sahadutha, a cairn East of the Jordan.
First appearance
Gen 31:47 And Laban called it Jegar–sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
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