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The meaning of יְגַר שַׂהֲדוּתָא

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(Aramaic) from a word derived from an unused root (meaning to gather) and a derivation of a root corresponding to שָׂהֵד...

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יְגַר שַׂהֲדוּתָא

Phoneticyegar' sah-had-oo-thaw'
TransliterationYᵉgar Sahădûwthâʼ
Grammar Code
N:N--L
Noun
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(Aramaic) from a word derived from an unused root (meaning to gather) and a derivation of a root corresponding to שָׂהֵד; heap of the testimony Jegar-Sahadutha. - § Jegar-sahadutha = "witness heap" - Jegar-Sahadutha, a cairn East of the Jordan 1) the mound of stones raised as witness between Jacob and Laban, called by Jacob in Hebrew 'Galeed'

Scripture References

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Genesis 31:47

And Laban called it Jegar–sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

Word: יְגַר שַׂהֲדוּתָא (Yᵉgar Sahădûwthâʼ)

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