Lexical Definition

‎גַּיְא‎ gayʼ (gah'-ee) Valley ^H:N
or (shortened) גַּי gay (gah'-ee); probably (by transmutation) from the same root as ‎גֵּוָה‎ (abbreviated)

valley.

• a gorge (from its lofty sides
• hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)

1) valley, a steep valley, narrow gorge

See Greek: γῆ · φάραγξ · γέεννα

Extended Information

part of: מֶלַח

• Combined with me.lach (‎מ‎ֶ֫‎ל‎ַ‎ח‎ " of Salt" מֶלַח)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎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 vZech 14:5 vZech 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 Jos^{BJ «JOSEPHUS:Wars of the Jews 3:7»iii. 7}, 7; Rabbin. ‎גופתתא‎ Reland^{Pal 816}; — Tell Jefât Rob^{BR iii. 107.} Guérin^{Gal. i. 476 f.} compare Bd^{Pal 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 Rob^{BR 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 (Rob^{BR ii. 273 f.}), where incense was burned, and children were offered in sacrifice to 'Molech.' Others identify with the TyropÊon valley, compare RS^{Semitic i. 353}; see further ‎הִנֹּם‎, ‎תֹּפֶת‎.

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