גִּלְעָד

Gilead = &quot rocky region&quot , a mountainous region bounded on the west by the Jordan, on the north by Bashan, on the east by the Arabian plateau, and on the south by Moab and Ammon sometimes called &#39 Mount Gilead&#39 or the &#39 land of Gilead&#39 or just &#39 Gilead&#39 . Divided into north and south Gilead, a city (with prefix &#39 Jabesh&#39 ), the people of the region, son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh, father of Jephthah, a Gadite