Commentary for Genesis 31:47
וַיִּקְרָא־ל֣וֹ לָבָ֔ן יְגַ֖ר שָׂהֲדוּתָ֑א וְיַֽעֲקֹ֔ב קָ֥רָא ל֖וֹ גַּלְעֵֽד׃
And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha; but Jacob called it Galeed.
Rashi on Genesis
יגר שהדותא This is the Aramaic of גלעד.
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Sforno on Genesis
He therefore called its name Galeid. He called it by the name that Yaakov had given it, but he explained it in his own way.
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Radak on Genesis
ויקרא, each party named the monument using their own language.
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