Gileadite
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A Gileadite is a member or inhabitant of the ancient Israelite region and tribal territory of Gilead, located east of the Jordan River.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblicalEthnonym
ⓘ
demonym ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
biblical genealogy
ⓘ
biblical narrative ⓘ prophetic literature ⓘ |
| associatedWithCovenantPeople | Israelites GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedWithFigure |
Elijah the Tishbite (from Gilead, sometimes linked to Gileadites)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jephthah the Gileadite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithModernTerritory |
northwestern Jordan
GENERATED
ⓘ
parts of modern Syria GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTribalTerritory |
half-tribe of Manasseh
ⓘ
tribe of Gad ⓘ tribe of Reuben NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
ancient peoples of the Levant
ⓘ
biblical peoples ⓘ |
| culturalContext | ancient Near East ⓘ |
| derivesFromToponym | Gilead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicReligionContext | Yahwism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnonymFor | Gilead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | region east of the Jordan River ⓘ |
| languageContext | Biblical Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticForm | English term formed with suffix -ite ⓘ |
| locatedInHistoricalRegion | Transjordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| originalLanguageForm | Hebrew "ha-Gil‘adi" (the Gileadite) ⓘ |
| refersTo |
inhabitant of Gilead
ⓘ
member of the people of Gilead ⓘ |
| regionBorderedBy |
Ammon to the east
ⓘ
Bashan to the north ⓘ Jordan River NERFINISHED ⓘ Moab to the south ⓘ |
| regionCharacterizedBy |
hill country of Gilead
ⓘ
pastoral and agricultural land ⓘ |
| religiousContext | ancient Israelite culture ⓘ |
| religiousTextContext |
Book of 1 Chronicles
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Book of Joshua NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Judges NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Numbers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| timePeriodContext |
Iron Age Levant
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
biblical period ⓘ |
| usedAs | gentilic in biblical genealogies ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.