The story
- Hebrew · borrowed fromגִּלְעָד
- English todayGilead
From Hebrew גִּלְעָד (gilʻád). For sense 3, the fictional Gilead theocracy from "The Handmaid's Tale" named itself as such because it presented its oppressive policies as "healing" for a fertility crisis.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.