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גַּיְא noun masculineIsaiah 40:4 (
feminineZechariah 14:4) 
valley — absolute 
גַּיְא Numbers 21:20 + 
8 times + 
1 Samuel 17:52 (compare below), 
גָּ֑יְא 1 Chronicles 4:39, 
גֵּיא Zechariah 14:4, 
גֶּיא Isaiah 40:4, 
גַּי Deuteronomy 34:6 + 
2 times; construct 
גֵּיא Isaiah 22:1 + 
21 times; 
גֵּי Joshua 15:8 + 
13 times; plural absolute 
גֵּאָיוֺת Ezekiel 31:12; 
Ezekiel 36:4, 
6 + 
Ezekiel 7:16; 
Ezekiel 32:5 (strike out Co) + 
Ezekiel 6:3; 
2 Kings 2:16 Qr (so Co 
Ezekiel 6:3; Kt 
גיאות); suffix 
גֵּיאוֺתֶיךָ Ezekiel 35:8; — 
valley Joshua 8:11 (E) 
Micah 1:6; 
1 Samuel 17:3; 
2 Kings 2:16 (opposed to 
הַר) 
Isaiah 40:4 (opposed to 
גִּבְעָה, 
הַר), 
Ezekiel 6:3; 
Ezekiel 35:8; 
Ezekiel 36:4, 
6 (in all with 
גבעות אפיקים, 
הרים), 
Ezekiel 31:12 (opposed to 
הַר), compare 
Ezekiel 7:16 (strike out B Co) 
Ezekiel 32:5; specifically, valley in Moab, a station of Israel 
Numbers 21:20 (E); over against Beth-Peor 
Deuteronomy 3:29; 
Deuteronomy 4:46; 
Deuteronomy 34:6; a valley near 
גְּדוֺר 1 Chronicles 4:39; 
חִזָּיוֺן ג׳ Isaiah 22:1, 
5 near Jerusalem; 
שְׁמָנִים ג׳ Isaiah 28:1, 
4 valley of fatness, fertility, the valley surrounding Samaria; 
שַׁעַר הַגּ׳ 2 Chronicles 26:9; 
Nehemiah 2:13, 
15; 
Nehemiah 3:13; apocalyptic valley 
Zechariah 14:4, made by cleaving Mt. of Olives, compare 
הרים ג׳ Zechariah 14:5; 
Zechariah 14:5; valley of slaughter 
ההרגה ג׳, a future name of valley of Hinnom 
Jeremiah 7:32; 
Jeremiah 19:6; 
1 Samuel 17:52 (
גַּיְא) 

 reads 
גַּת compare We Dr; 
Jeremiah 2:23 of valley of Hinnom, see below; figurative 
Psalm 23:4 צלמות ג׳ compare 
צלמות; 
Ezekiel 39:11 הָעֹבְרִים ג׳, Co 
הָעֲבָרִים proper name compare below; elsewhere in combination with proper names: — 
    a. יִפְתַּח־אֵל ג׳ Joshua 19:14, 
27 perhaps = 
Jotapata Jos
BJ iii. 7, 7; Rabbin. 
גופתתא Reland
Pal 816; — 
Tell Jefât Rob
BR iii. 107. Guérin
Gal. i. 476 f. compare Bd
Pal 243.
 
    e. צְפַ֖תָֿה לְמָרֵשָׁה ג׳ 2 Chronicles 14:9 (? read 
צָפֹנַה, 
 κατὰ βορρᾶν
 κατὰ βορρᾶν, 
to the north of M.) probably near the great plain of Judah, west of Jerusalem, toward the sea; 
הָעֹבְרִים ג׳ Ezekiel 39:11, east of Dead Sea (Hi Sm), Co reads 
הָעֲבָרִים ג׳
 
    f. name to be changed to 
הֲמוֺן־גּוֺג ג׳ Ezekiel 39:11, 
15. Most frequently
 
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