Text -- Genesis 31:47 (NET)

31:47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Gen 31:47

¹ sn Jegar Sahadutha. Laban the Aramean gave the place an Aramaic name which means “witness pile” or “the pile is a witness.”

² sn 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.