Gilead

From Hebrew גִּלְעָד‎ (gil'ád).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪliæd/

Gilead

1. (biblical) A region east of the Jordan river.
   • 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Jeremiah 8:22

     Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

   • 1845 — Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

     Is there - is there balm in Gilead? - tell me - tell me, I implore!

2. A male given name in occasional use.
   • 2012 Anne Tyler, The Beginner's Goodbye, Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, pages 92-93:

     "That's Gil's name: Gilead Bryan. I'd been assuming it was Gilbert." Nandina stopped stirring the soup and said, "Gilead. Like the song?"

• Mount Gilead

• Daigle, Gildea, aeglid