Strong H3026H3026Aיְגַר

Jegar

One of the 2 senses of Strong H3026

Transliteration
yegar ώahădûthâ'
Pronunciation
yegar' sah-had-oo-thaw'
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition


Aramaic of ra.mot gi.l.ad (רָמֹת "Ramoth" H7433)

Meaning of the name

Jegar-sahadutha = "witness heap"

General definition

(Chaldee); from a word derived from an unused root (meaning to gather) and a derivative of a root corresponding to H7717; heap of the testimony;
{Jegar-Sahadutha} a cairn East of the Jordan: - Jegar-Sahadutha.

In the biblical story

Ramoth

City of refuge east of the Jordan

Ramoth, also called Ramoth-gilead, was a city of refuge in Gad and a Levitical city (Deu. 4:43; Jos. 20:8; 21:38).

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