Gad en · PROPN
Pronunciation
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- /ɡæd/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew גָּד (gad), a son of Jacob.
Meanings
- The seventh son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah.
- One of the Israelite tribes mentioned in the Torah, descended from Gad.
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A male given name from Hebrew.
“We’ve got civilizational suicidal empathy going on,” Musk said, borrowing the term from Gad Saad, a Canadian scholar who is also a frequent Rogan host.
2025 March 5, Zachary B. Wolf, “Elon Musk wants to save Western civilization from empathy”, in CNN, archived from the original on 26 Mar 2025:
- A surname.
Deriveds
Translations (13)
gu ગાદ (seventh son of Jacob) · grc Γάδ (seventh son of Jacob) · hi गाद (seventh son of Jacob) · cmn 迦得 (seventh son of Jacob) · cs Gád (seventh son of Jacob) · ru Гад (seventh son of Jacob) · hi गाद (one of the Israelite tribes) · es Gad (seventh son of Jacob) · he גד (male given name) · hi गैड (male given name) · he גד (seventh son of Jacob) · kk Ғад (seventh son of Jacob) · chr ᎦᏗ (seventh son of Jacob)