Genesis 31:47
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And Laban called it, The witness heap; and Jacob, The hillock of testimony: each of them according to the propriety of his language.

Jegar-sahadutha.

Hebrews 12:1 And therefore we also having so great a cloud of witnesses over our head, laying aside every weight and sin which surrounds us, let us run by patience to the fight proposed to us:

Context
Jacob's Covenant with Laban
46And he said to his brethren: Bring hither stones. And they, gathering stones together, made a heap, and they ate upon it. 47And Laban called it, The witness heap; and Jacob, The hillock of testimony: each of them according to the propriety of his language.48And Laban said: This heap shall be a witness between me and thee this day, and therefore the name thereof was called Galaad, that is, The witness heap.…
Cross References
Genesis 31:46
And he said to his brethren: Bring hither stones. And they, gathering stones together, made a heap, and they ate upon it.

Joshua 22:34
And the children of Ruben, and the children of Gad called the altar which they had built, Our testimony, that the Lord is God,

Lexicon
Laban
לָבָ֔ן (lā·ḇān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3837: Laban -- father-in-law of Jacob

named
וַיִּקְרָא־ (way·yiq·rā-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7121: To call, proclaim, read

it Jegar-sahadutha,
שָׂהֲדוּתָ֑א (śā·hă·ḏū·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3026: Jegar-sahadutha -- 'heap (of stones) of the testimony, ' a memorial of Jacob and Laban

but Jacob
וְיַֽעֲקֹ֔ב (wə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

called it
קָ֥רָא (qā·rā)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7121: To call, proclaim, read

Galeed.
גַּלְעֵֽד׃ (gal·‘êḏ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1567: Galeed -- 'witness-pile', a memorial of stones East of the Jordan River


Additional Translations
Laban named it Jegar-sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

And Laban called it Jegar-saha-dutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

And Laban called it, the Heap of Testimony; and Jacob called it, the Witness Heap.

And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.

And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed:

Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.

and Laban calleth it Jegar-Sahadutha; and Jacob hath called it Galeed.
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