"Heap of witness, the name of the pile of stones erected by Jacob" and Laban to mark the league of friendship into which they "entered with each other (Gen. 31:47, 48). This was the name" "given to the "heap" by Jacob. It is Hebrew, while the name" "Jegar-sahadutha, given to it by Laban, is Aramaic (Chaldee or" "Syriac). Probably Nahor's family originally spoke Aramaic, and" "Abraham and his descendants learned Hebrew, a kindred dialect," in the land of Canaan.
Definition of Galeed:
"the heap of witness"