EXTRA · Side-ring · Parashas Vayeitzei · Passuk 31:48
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And Lavan said, “This heap is a witness between me and you this day.” Therefore he called its name Gal-Ed.
Classical sources beyond the TT-numbered main ring: Rashi on 31:47–48.
Lemma: גלעד / יגר שהדותא.
English: Gal-Ed is two words: “heap of witness.” Yegar-Sahadutha is the Aramaic equivalent of Gal-Ed.
Derash / classical peirush — not a formal named middah of the 13. The dual naming highlights the bilingual reality of the covenant while preserving a single meaning.
The stone heap is formally designated as a standing witness; the Hebrew and Aramaic names both encode the same legal-theological function.