Gad (name)

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In the Bible, Gad was the son of Jacob and the founder of the tribe of Gad. Gad is a surname, masculine given name and nickname which may refer to:

Gad (son of Jacob) biblical character, son of Jacob

Gad was, according to the Book of Genesis, the first son of Jacob and Zilpah, the seventh of Jacob overall, and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Gad. However some Biblical scholars view this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite confederation. The text of the Book of Genesis implies that the name of Gad means luck/fortunate, in Hebrew.

According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Gad was one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel who, after the Exodus from Egypt, settled on the eastern side of the Jordan River. It is one of the ten lost tribes.

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Given name

Gad al-Haq

Sheikh Gad al-Haq Ali Gad al-Haq was Grand Imam of Al-Azhar from 1982 to 1996.

Gad Avigad is an Israeli biochemist.

Gad Avrahami is a composer active in Israel and elsewhere.

Surname

Cille Gad (1675-1711) was a Norwegian poet and culture personality. She was also well known as a female academic, something regarded as notable during by her contemporaries.

Dodo and the Dodos

Dodo and the Dodos is a Danish pop band that became a hit with Danish radio stations in the 1980s with its songs "Vågner i natten", "Sømand af verden", "Vi gør det vi ka' li", "Lev livet nu", and "Pigen med det røde hår". "Lev livet nu" was used by TV 2 Sport during the coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Dora Gad Israeli interior designer

Dora Gad was an Israeli interior designer, whose work had significant influence on the development of modern Israeli architecture.

Nickname

Gad Beck Holocaust survivor, author

Gerhard "Gad" Beck was an Israeli-German educator, author, activist, resistance member, and survivor of the Holocaust.

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