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Ramban on Genesis 31:48/רמב"ן על בראשית ל״א:מ״ח
אוַיֹּאמֶר לָבָן הַגַּל הַזֶּה עֵד אַחֲרֵי שֶׁקְּרָאוֹ יַעֲקֹב גַּלְעֵד דִּבֵּר לָבָן בִּלְשׁוֹן יַעֲקֹב, הַגַּל הַזֶּה עֵד, וְעַל כֵּן נִקְרָא שְׁמוֹ גַּלְעֵד, כִּי בַּשֵּׁם הַזֶּה הִסְכִּימוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם. אוֹ שֶׁדִּבְרֵי לָבָן מְתֻרְגָּמִין לִלְשׁוֹן הַקֹּדֶשׁ:
1AND LABAN SAID, THIS STONE-HEAP IS A WITNESS. After Jacob had called it Galed,252 Laban spoke in Jacob’s language, This stone-heap is a witness, and therefore its name was called Galed, for they mutually agreed upon this name. It may be that Laban’s words are translated into the Sacred Language, [but he himself did not use the term Galed].