Gilead (Person) — Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

1. Makir’s son from Manasseh’s tribe (Nm 26:29-33) and head of the clan of his descendants (26:29; 27:1) during the time of Moses (36:1).

Show passage in OET: NUM 26:29–33

OET-RV NUM 26:29

29 Menasheh’s descendants came from his son Makir and then his son Gilead.

OET-RV NUM 26:30

30 Gilead’s descendants came via his sons I’ezer, Helek,

OET-RV NUM 26:31

31 Asriel, Shekem,

OET-RV NUM 26:32

32 Shemida, and Hefer.

OET-RV NUM 26:33

33 Hefer’s son Tselofehad had no sons—only daughters named Mahlah, Noa, Hoglah, Milkah, and Tirtsah.

OET-LV NUM 26:29

29 The _descendants _of Mənashsheh of_Mākīr the _clan _of the _Mākīrite[s] and_Mākīr he _fathered DOM Gilˊād of_Gilˊād the _clan _of the _Gilˊādite[s].

OET-LV NUM 26:30

30 These were_the _descendants _of Gilˊād ʼĪˊezēr the _clan _of the _Iezerite[s] of_Ḩēleq the _clan _of the _Helekite[s].

OET-LV NUM 26:31

31 And_ʼAsrī^ʼēl the _clan _of the _ʼAsrī^ʼēlite[s] and_Shəkem the _clan _of the _Shəkemite[s].

OET-LV NUM 26:32

32 And_Shəmīdāˊ the _clan _of the _Shəmīdāˊite[s] and_Ḩēfer the _clan _of the _Ḩēferite[s].

OET-LV NUM 26:33

33 And_Tsəlofḩād/(Zelophehad) the _son _of Ḩēfer not they _belonged to_him/it sons if/because (if) daughters and_name _of the _daughters _of Tsəlofḩād was_Maḩlāh and_Noˊāh Ḩoglāh Milkāh and_Tirʦāh.

Show passage in OET: NUM 26:29

OET-RV NUM 26:29

29 Menasheh’s descendants came from his son Makir and then his son Gilead.

OET-LV NUM 26:29

29 The _descendants _of Mənashsheh of_Mākīr the _clan _of the _Mākīrite[s] and_Mākīr he _fathered DOM Gilˊād of_Gilˊād the _clan _of the _Gilˊādite[s].

Show passage in OET: NUM 27:1

OET-RV NUM 27:1

27 Then the daughters of Tselofehad (son of Hefer, son of Gilead, son of Makir, son of Menasheh (Manasseh)) approached. Their names were Mahlah, Noa, Hoglah, Milkah, and Tirtsah.

OET-LV NUM 27:1

27 And_ the _daughters _of Tsəlofḩād/(Zelophehad) the _son _of Ḩēfer the _son _of Gilˊād the _son _of Mākīr the _son _of Mənashsheh of_the _clans _of Mənashsheh the _son _of Yōşēf/(Joseph) _they _drew _near and_these were_the _names _of his _daughters _of_his Maḩlāh Noˊāh and_Ḩoglāh and_Milkāh and_Tirʦāh.

Show passage in OET: NUM 36:1

OET-RV NUM 36:1

36 Now the leaders of the Gilead clans (Gilead was the son of Makir, son of Menasheh (Manasseh), one of Yosef’s (Joseph’s) sons) approached Mosheh (Moses) and the Israeli leaders

OET-LV NUM 36:1

36 And_ the _heads _of the _fathers of_the _clan _of the _descendants _of Gilˊād the _son _of Mākīr the _son _of Mənashsheh from_the _clans _of the _descendants _of Yōşēf/(Joseph) _they _drew _near and_they _spoke to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before Mosheh and_before _of the_leaders heads _of fathers of_the _people _of of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel).

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2. Father of Jephthah during the period of the judges (Jgs 11:1-2). Jephthah was the head of the Gileadites and judge over Israel.

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OET-RV JDG 11:1

11 Now Yiftah (Jephthah) the Giladi was a fierce warrior, but he was a prostitute’s son and his father was Gilead.

OET-RV JDG 11:2

2 Gilead’s wife also gave birth to sons for him, and when those sons of the wife grew up, they drove Yiftah out and told him, “You won’t get any inheritance from our father’s estate because you’re a son of another woman.”

OET-LV JDG 11:1

11 And_Yiftāḩ/(Jephthah) the_Gilˊādite he _was a _mighty_man_of strength and_he was_the _son _of a _woman a _prostitute and_ Gilˊād _he/it _fathered DOM Yiftāḩ.

OET-LV JDG 11:2

2 And_ the _wife _of Gilˊād _she/it _gave _birth to_him/it sons and_ the _sons _of the_woman _they _grew _up and_they _drove _out DOM Yiftāḩ and_they _said to_him/it not you _will _have _an _inheritance in_house _of our _father _of_our if/because are_the _son _of a _woman another you.

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3. Michael’s son from Gad’s tribe, who lived in Bashan during the initial settlement of Palestine (1 Chr 5:14).