גַּד

גָּד, גַּדIII m. (b. h.; גדד, cmp. גזר) 1) decree, fate, esp. Gad (Fortune), a god worshipped by the Babylonians and the Jewish exiles. Snh.63b ג׳ נמי מיכתב כתיב Gad is also one of the names of idols mentioned in the Bible. Sabb.67b ג׳ אינו אלא לשוןע״א Gad is nothing else than a designation of an idol, v. next w. 2) גַּד יָוָן pr. n. Gad Yavan (Greek Fortune) near Jerusalem. Zab. I, 5 כְּמִן ג׳ י׳ לשילוח as long as it takes from G. Y. to Siloah; Tosef. ib. I, 10 כְּמִגַּדְיָוָן לשילה; Snh.63b כְּמִיגַּדְיָוָן לשילה (corr. acc.)(Gad Yavan is prob. the name of a pool connected with the Siloah, perh. Fount of the Virgin, v. Sm. Bible Dict. s. v. Siloam. Toh.VI, 6; Erub.22b בית גד גד, v. גִּלְגּוּל.