English Dictionary

Gilead

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɡɪliæd/

固有名詞

軽蔑的

(biblical) A region east of the Jordan river. / A male given name from Hebrew in occasional use.

日本語の意味

旧約聖書に登場する、ヨルダン川の東側にある地域。 / ヘブライ起源の男性の名前。

The travelers recounted ancient songs about Gilead around the campfire.

旅人たちは焚き火のそばでヨルダン川東岸の地方についての古い歌を語り継いだ。

意味（1）

(biblical) A region east of the Jordan river.

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

意味（2）

A male given name from Hebrew in occasional use.

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?

意味（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).

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.