Gilead

From Hebrew גִּלְעָד (gilʻád).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪliæd/, /ˈɡɪliəd/

Gilead

1. (biblical) A region east of the Jordan river.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremiah 8:22:

     Is there no balme in Gilead? is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recouered?

   • 1845 February, — Quarles [pseudonym; Edgar Allan Poe], “The Raven”, in The American Review‎, volume I, number II, New York, N.Y., London: Wiley & Putnam, […], →OCLC:

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

2. A male given name from Hebrew 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?"

3. (derogatory) An illiberal and oppressive place, especially on matters related to women's rights, reproduction, or sex (from the theocratic dystopia in Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale).
   • 2018 August 3, Nicola Oakley, Emma Gill, “Parents with different surnames to their kids face questioning at UK airports on family holidays”, in Mirror (UK)‎:

     Another wrote: "Just to clarify women who chose not to take their husband's surname or have children with a partner they are not married to will be subject to increased border measures. This is what freedom looks like under a Tory government? Straight out of Gilead."

   • 2018 October 18, Elura Nanos, “‘Good Catholic’ Pharmacist Doesn’t Know Difference Between Miscarriage and Abortion, But He’ll Learn in Court”, in Law & Crime‎:

     On Tuesday, the ACLU filed an official complaint with Meijer Pharmacy’s CEO for an incident that’s straight out of Gilead.

   • 2019 December 22, Barry Egan, quoting Leo Varadkar, “'He makes me laugh. He could get a job writing Christmas cracker jokes'”, in Independent‎:

     "But people often don't understand these things. The same thing would apply, I think, when it comes to feminism, for example: people saying things about women or having views that they shouldn't have. It doesn't mean they're misogynist or straight out of Gilead."

• balm of Gilead
• balsam of Gilead
• Gileadean
• Mount Gilead

• Daigle, Gildea, aeglid

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew גִּלְעָד (gil'ád).

• IPA^(key): /ɡiˈlɛ.at/
• Rhymes: -ɛat
• Syllabification: Gi‧le‧ad

Gilead m inan

1. (biblical) Gilead (a region east of the Jordan river in Israel)

• Gilead in Polish dictionaries at PWN