International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Jegar-Saha-Dutha

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Jegar-Saha-Dutha


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jē-gar-sā-ha-dū´tha (יגר שׁהדוּתא, yeghar sāhădhūthā); Septuagint Βουνός μαρτυρεῖ, Bounós martureı́, “(the) mound witnesses”): The name given by the Aramean, Laban, to the “cairn of witness,” called by Jacob GALEED (which see) (). The rest of the second part of this name appears again in , where שׁהדי, sāhădhı̄, should be rendered with the Revised Version (British and American), “he that voucheth for me,” i.e. “my witness.