Gen 31:47 | NETfull | STEP | Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.

Genesis 31:47

47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, ^{▼▼ Jegar Sahadutha. Laban the Aramean gave the place an Aramaic name which means “witness pile” or “the pile is a witness.”} but Jacob called it Galeed. ^{▼▼ Galeed also means “witness pile” or “the pile is a witness,” but this name is Canaanite or Western Semitic and closer to later Hebrew. Jacob, though certainly capable of speaking Aramaic, here prefers to use the western dialect.}