Galeed
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[»heap of testimony«], a name interpreted in the Old Testament as the place where Jacob made a covenant with Laban over a heap of stones [Gn 31:47 -48]. This place was located somewhere in the Gilead mountains north of the Jabbok.
Biblical Dictionary by Adolf Novotný
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Galeed
heap of witness, the name of the pile of stones erected by Jacob and Laban to mark the league of friendship into which they entered with each other (Gen 31:47 ; 31:48). This was the name given to the "heap" by Jacob. It is Hebrew, while the name Jegar-sahadutha, given to it by Laban, is Aramaic (Chaldee or Syriac). Probably Nahor's family originally spoke Aramaic, and Abraham and his descendants learned Hebrew, a kindred dialect, in the land of Canaan.
EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary