Chasidut for Yoma 149:12

אחרים אומרים גד שדומה להגדה שמושכת לבו של אדם כמים תניא אידך גד שמגיד להם לישראל אי בן תשעה לראשון ואי בן שבעה לאחרון

Others say: 'Gad' i.e., was like a tale, which draws the heart of man, even like water.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Connecting it with rt. negad, draw, pull, attract.');">²¹</span> Another [Baraitha] taught: 'Gad', because it revealed to Israel whether the child was one of nine months' pregnancy from the first husband, or of seven months' [pregnancy] from the second.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The 'omer per head in each household (v. Ex. XVI, 16) being arranged miraculously in accord with the true state of affairs, would be found in the house of the true father and thus would reveal whose child the infant was. Gad is thus connected with the causative of nagad, meaning to 'reveal', 'tell'.');">²²</span> 'White',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Being dependent for their daily food on God's bounty, the children of Israel would reflect on their conduct and continually improve it in order to deserve God's food.');">²³</span>

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