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The Gad Family

Write the Great Book

גָּד

Origin of the name, history and genealogy of the Gad lineage — a Jewish family name and the traces it left behind.

Seventh son of Jacob by Zilpa. A tribe of warriors settled in Gilead; its territory produced Jephté and, according to tradition, the prophet Elijah ha-Tishbi.

Geographic origin: Transjordanie centrale (Galaad)

Memory register · custodian, not owner

A book yet to be written

The Great Book of the Gad lineage has not yet been written.

Claude Opus 4.8 will compose an original work from archival items in the corpus that mention this lineage, in-depth web research, and family contributions already submitted. The work will comprise approximately 30 to 40 pages — introduction, 5 to 7 chapters, conclusion — and will be automatically enriched with each new contribution.

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Collection

Location of archival items, responsa and articles in the corpus that cite the lineage or its variants.

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Web research

Claude explores external sources (encyclopaedias, academic databases, digital archives).

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Writing

Outline, chapters, bibliography — every page is sourced. Live streaming.

Get a single link: it signs you in if you already have an account, or creates one — no password. This finalises your proposal and lets you follow its review.

Lineage Map

AssyrieAssyriePlace of Origin — TransjordanieTransjordanie
Place of Origin Diaspora Memory (transmitted)Regions reconstructed from documented origins and diaspora.

This book tells the story of the Gad. Your own family may also have its Great Book — search your name to discover it, or to bring it to life.

To explore more deeply the memory, family archives, and testimonies of the lineage Gad, remember and share its dedicated address:

zakhor.ai/tribu-gad

The address zakhor.ai/tribu-gad leads directly to this page. The archives, genealogy, and accounts that the community deposits there will complement the historical portrait presented here.

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Link

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HTML

<a href="https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/tribu-gad">Gad — Zakhor</a>

Citation

Gad — Zakhor, https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/tribu-gad

Variants of the name (5)

One name, a hundred faces.

The same surname, transcribed differently across languages, eras, and diasporas.

Latin4

GADEGadiGaditesGUED

עברית · Hebrew1

גָּד

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Notable figures

  • 1.

    Gad ben Yaakov

    Patriarche de tribu

  • 2.

    Yiftah ha-Gil''adi

    Juge

  • 3.

    Eliyahou ha-Tishbi

    Prophète (tradition)

In memory

The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names at Yad Vashem records the women, men, and children murdered during the Shoah. You can search there for the people who bore the name Gad.

Search “Gad” on Yad Vashem

The search is performed directly in the Yad Vashem archives; Zakhor neither copies nor retains any personal data. The presence or absence of a name in the database is not exhaustive. Learn more

Diaspora regions

TransjordanieAssyrie

The days of this book

This book bears no memory day yet. The sources that document Gad give years and centuries, never a day; we do not invent one.

You know a date — a remembrance, a hilloula, the anniversary of a departure? Give it its day

Tags

#tribu#guerriere#transjordanie

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