STRONGS NUMBER H1516

H1516. gay

גַּיְא‎ noun masculine^{Isaiah 40:4} (feminine^{Zechariah 14:4}) valley — absolute גַּיְא‎ Numbers 21:20 8t. + 1 Samuel 17:52 (compare below), גָּ֑יְא‎ 1 Chronicles 4:39, גֵּיא‎ Zechariah 14:4, גֶּיא‎ Isaiah 40:4, גַּי‎ Deuteronomy 34:6 2t.; construct גֵּיא‎ Isaiah 22:1 21t.; גֵּי‎ Joshua 15:8 13t.; plural absolute גֵּאָיוֺת‎ Ezekiel 31:12; 36:4, 6 + 7:16; 32:5 (strike out Co) + 6:3; 2 Kings 2:16 Qr (so Co Ezekiel 6:3; Kt גיאות‎); suffix גֵּיאוֺתֶיךָ‎ 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 הַר גִּבְעָה,‎), Ezekiel 6:3; 35:8; 36:4, 6 (in all with הרים אפיקים, גבעות‎), 31:12 (opposed to הַר‎), compare 7:16 (strike out B Co) 32:5; specifically, valley in Moab, a station of Israel Numbers 21:20 (E); over against Beth-Peor Deuteronomy 3:29; 4:46; 34:6; a valley near גְּדוֺר‎ 1 Chronicles 4:39; ׳ג חִזָּיוֺן‎ Isaiah 22:1, 5 near Jerusalem; ׳ג שְׁמָנִים‎ 28:1, 4 valley of fatness, fertility, the valley surrounding Samaria; הַגּ ׳שַׁעַר‎2 Chronicles 26:9; Nehemiah 2:13, 15; 3:13; apocalyptic valley Zechariah 14:4, made by cleaving Mt. of Olives, compare ׳ג הרים‎ 14:5; 14:5; valley of slaughter ׳ג ההרגה‎, a future name of valley of Hinnom Jeremiah 7:32; 19:6; 1 Samuel 17:52 (גַּיְא‎) ᵐ5‎ reads גַּת‎ compare We Dr; Jeremiah 2:23 of valley of Hinnom, see below; figurative Psalm 23:4 ׳ג צלמות‎ compare צלמות‎; Ezekiel 39:11 ׳ג הָעֹבְרִים‎, Co הָעֲבָרִים‎ proper name compare below; elsewhere in combination with proper names: —

a. ׳ג יִפְתַּחאֵֿל‎ 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.}

b. ׳ג הַצְּבֹעִים‎ 1 Samuel 13:18.

c. הַֿמֶּלַךְ׳ג‎ 2 Kings 14:7 (Kt; Qr omits article) 1 Chronicles 18:12; 2 Chronicles 25:11 = מֶֿלַךְ׳ג‎ 2 Samuel 8:13; Psalm 60:2 (title); south of Dead Sea, in or bordering on Edom; el-Ghôr Rob^{BR ii. 109.}

d. ׳ג הֶחָרָשִׁים‎ 1 Chronicles 4:14; Nehemiah 11:35, apparently near Lod & Ono, northwest of Jerusalem, not far from the sea.

e. ׳ג לְמָרֵשָׁה צְפַ֖תָֿה‎2 Chronicles 14:9 (? read ᵐ5 צָפֹנַה,‎ κατὰ βορρᾶν, to the north of M.) probably near the great plain of Judah, west of Jerusalem, toward the sea; ׳ג הָעֹבְרִים‎ Ezekiel 39:11, east of Dead Sea (Hi Sm), Co reads ׳ג הָעֲבָרִים‎

f. name to be changed to ׳ג הֲמוֺןגּֿוֺג‎ Ezekiel 39:11, 15. Most frequently

g. הִנֹּם גֵּי‎ Joshua 15:8; 18:16; Nehemiah 11:30, בֶןהִֿנֹּם גֵּי‎ Joshua 15:8; 18:16; 2 Kings 23:10 Qr (Kt ה בני ׳גי‎) 2 Chronicles 28:3; 33:6; Jeremiah 7:31-32, 19:2, 6; 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 תֹּפֶת הִנֹּם,‎.