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# גַּיְא

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1516

**valley** — used 34 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

valley [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1516/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גַּיְא: n.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1516/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m.Is 40:4 (f. Zc 14:4) valley—abs. גַּיְא Nu 21:20 + 8 times + 1 S 17:52 (cf. infr.) גָּ֑יְא 1 Ch 4:39, גֵּיא Zc 14:4, גֶּיא Is 40:4, גַּי Dt 34:6 + 2 times; cstr. גֵּיא Is 22:1 + 21 times גֵּי Jos 15:8 + 13 times; pl. abs. גֵּאָיוֹת Ez 31:12; 36:4, 6 + 7:16; 32:5 (del. Co) + 6:3 2 K 2:16 Qr (so Co Ez 6:3; Kt גיאות); sf. גֵּיאוֹתֶיךָ Ez 35:8;—valley Jos 8:11 (E) Mi 1:6 1 S 17:3 2 K 2:16 (opp. הַר) Is 40:4 (opp. גִּבְעָה, הַר), Ez 6:3; 35:8; 36:4, 6 (in all c. גבעות אפיקים, הרים), 31:12 (opp. הַר), cf. 7:16 (del. B Co) 32:5; specif., valley in Moab, a station of Isr. Nu 21:20 (E); over against Beth-Peor Dt 3:29; 4:46; 34:6; a valley near גְּדוֹר 1 Ch 4:39; ג׳ חִזָּיוֹן Is 22:1, 5 near Jerus.; ג׳ שְׁמָנִים Is 28:1, 4 valley of fatness, fertility, the valley surrounding Samaria; שַׁעַר הַגּ׳ 2 Ch 26:9 Ne 2:13, 15; 3:13; apocalyptic valley Zc 14:4, made by cleaving Mt. of Olives, cf. ג׳ הרים; valley of slaughter ג׳ ההרגה, a future name of valley of Hinnom Je 7:32; 19:6 1 S 17:52 (גַּיְא) 𝔊 reads גַּת cf. We Dr; Je 2:23 of valley of Hinnom, v. infr.; fig. ψ 23:4 ג׳ צלמות cf. צלמות; Ez 39:11 ג׳ הָעֹבְרִים, Co הָעֲבָרִים n.pr. cf. infr.; elsewhere in combination with n.pr.:— ג׳ יִפְתַּח־אֵל Jos 19:14, 27 perhaps Jotapata JosBJ iii. 7, 7; Rabbin. גופתתא RelandPal. 816;—Tell Jefût RobBR iii, 107. GuérinGal i. 476 f. cf. BdPal. 243. ג׳ הַצְּבֹעִים 1 S 13:18. ג׳־הַמֶּלַח 2 K 14:7 (Kt; Qr om. art.) 1 Ch 18:12 2 Ch 25:11 = ג׳־מֶלַח 2 S 8:13 ψ 60:2 (title); S. of Dead Sea, in or bordering on Edom; el-Ghôr RobBR ii. 109. ג׳ הֶחָרָשִׁים 1 Ch 4:14 Ne 11:35, appar. near Lod & Ono, NW. of Jerus., not far from the sea. ג׳ צְפַ֖תָֿה לְמָרֵשָׁה 2 Ch 14:9 (? read צָפֹנָה, 𝔊 κατὰ βορρᾶν, to the north of M.) prob. near the great plain of Judah, W. of Jerus., toward the sea; ג׳ הָעֹבְרִים Ez 39:11, E. of Dead Sea (Hi Sm), Co reads ג׳ הָעֲבָרִים. name to be changed to ג׳ הֲמוֹן־גּוֹג Ez 39:11, 15. Most frequently גֵּי הִנֹּם Jos 15:8; 18:16 Ne 11:30, גֵּי בֶן־הִנֹּם Jos 15:8; 18:16 2 K 23:10 Qr (Kt גי בני ה׳) 2 Ch 28:3; 33:6 Je 7:31, 32; 19:2, 6; 32:35; valley SW. & S. of Jerus. (RobBR ii. 273 f.), where incense was burned, and children were offered in sacrifice to ‘Molech.’ Others identify with the Tyropœon valley, cf. RSSem i. 353; vid. further הִנֹּם, תֹּפֶת.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 32 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: valley (10); the valley (9); valleys (5).

## In the verses

[Deuteronomy 3:29](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.3.29/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.3.29/#tree)

וַנֵּ֣שֶׁב בַּגָּ֔יְא מ֖וּל בֵּ֥ית פְּעֽוֹר בֵּ֥ית פְּעֽוֹר׃פ

*Word for word:* and we.remained in the valley opposite.to Beth Peor

*JPS 1917:* So we abode in the valley over against Beth-peor.

[Isaiah 22:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.22.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.22.1/#tree)

מַשָּׂ֖א גֵּ֣יא חִזָּי֑וֹן מַה־לָּ֣ךְ אֵפ֔וֹא כִּֽי־עָלִ֥ית כֻּלָּ֖ךְ לַגַּגּֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].oracle of.\[the\].valley of.vision what? \[is\].to you then (cmp) you.have.gone.up of.you all to the roofs

*JPS 1917:* The burden concerning the Valley of Vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops,

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1516.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1516/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).