גַּיְא noun masculine[Isa 40:4] (feminine[Zech 14:4]) valley — absolute גַּיְא [Num 21:20] + 8 t. + [1Sam 17:52] (compare below), גָּ֑יְא [1Chr 4:39], גֵּיא [Zech 14:4], גֶּיא [Isa 40:4], גַּי [Deut 34:6] + 2 t.; construct גֵּיא [Isa 22:1] + 21 t.; גֵּי [Josh 15:8] + 13 t.; plural absolute גֵּאָיוֺת [Ezek 31:12]; [Ezek 36:4]; [Ezek 36:6] + [Ezek 7:16]; [Ezek 32:5] (strike out Co) + [Ezek 6:3]; [2Kgs 2:16] Qr (so Co [Ezek 6:3] Kt גיאות); suffix גֵּיאוֺתֶיךָ [Ezek 35:8] — valley [Josh 8:11] (E) [Mic 1:6]; [1Sam 17:3]; [2Kgs 2:16] (opposed to הַר) [Isa 40:4] (opposed to גִּבְעָה, הַר), [Ezek 6:3]; [Ezek 35:8]; [Ezek 36:4]; [Ezek 36:6] (in all with גבעות אפיקים, הרים), [Ezek 31:12] (opposed to הַר), compare [Ezek 7:16] (strike out B Co) [Ezek 32:5] specifically, valley in Moab, a station of Israel [Num 21:20] (E); over against Beth-Peor [Deut 3:29]; [Deut 4:46]; [Deut 34:6] a valley near גְּדוֺר [1Chr 4:39] חִזָּיוֺן ׳ג [Isa 22:1]; [Isa 22:5] near Jerusalem; שְׁמָנִים ׳ג [Isa 28:1]; [Isa 28:4] valley of fatness, fertility, the valley surrounding Samaria; ׳שַׁעַר הַגּ [2Chr 26:9]; [Neh 2:13]; [Neh 2:15]; [Neh 3:13] apocalyptic valley [Zech 14:4], made by cleaving Mt. of Olives, compare הרים ׳ג v[Zech 14:5] v[Zech 14:5] valley of slaughter ההרגה ׳ג, a future name of valley of Hinnom [Jer 7:32]; [Jer 19:6]; [1Sam 17:52] (גַּיְא) ᵐ5 reads גַּת compare We Dr; [Jer 2:23] of valley of Hinnom, see below; figurative [Ps 23:4] צלמות ׳ג compare צלמות; [Ezek 39:11] הָעֹבְרִים ׳ג, Co הָעֲבָרִים proper name compare below; elsewhere in combination with proper names: —
\ \ a. יִפְתַּחאֵֿל ׳ג [Josh 19:14]; [Josh 19:27] perhaps = Jotapata JosBJ «JOSEPHUS:Wars of the Jews 3:7»iii. 7, 7; Rabbin. גופתתא RelandPal 816; — Tell Jefât RobBR iii. 107. GuérinGal. i. 476 f. compare BdPal 243.
\ \ b. הַצְּבֹעִים ׳ג [1Sam 13:18].
\ \ c. הַֿמֶּלַךְ׳ג [2Kgs 14:7] (Kt; Qr omits article) [1Chr 18:12]; [2Chr 25:11] = מֶֿלַךְ׳ג [2Sam 8:13]; [Ps 60:2] (title); south of Dead Sea, in or bordering on Edom; el-Ghôr RobBR ii. 109.
\ \ d. הֶחָרָשִׁים ׳ג [1Chr 4:14]; [Neh 11:35], apparently near Lod & Ono, northwest of Jerusalem, not far from the sea.
\ \ e. צְפַ֖תָֿה לְמָרֵשָׁה ׳ג [2Chr 14:9] (? read צָפֹנַה, ᵐ5 κατὰ βορρᾶν, to the north of M.) probably near the great plain of Judah, west of Jerusalem, toward the sea; הָעֹבְרִים ׳ג [Ezek 39:11], east of Dead Sea (Hi Sm), Co reads הָעֲבָרִים ׳ג feminine name to be changed to הֲמוֺןגּֿוֺג ׳ג [Ezek 39:11]; [Ezek 39:15]. Most frequently
\ \ g. גֵּי הִנֹּם [Josh 15:8]; [Josh 18:16]; [Neh 11:30], גֵּי בֶןהִֿנֹּם [Josh 15:8]; [Josh 18:16]; [2Kgs 23:10] Qr (Kt ׳גי בני ה) [2Chr 28:3]; [2Chr 33:6]; [Jer 7:31]; [Jer 7:32]; [Jer 19:2]; [Jer 19:6]; [Jer 32:35] valley southwest & south of Jerusalem (RobBR ii. 273 f.), where incense was burned, and children were offered in sacrifice to 'Molech.' Others identify with the TyropÊon valley, compare RSSemitic i. 353; see further הִנֹּם, תֹּפֶת.
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