גַּיְא

גַּיְא noun masculine^{Es 40,4} (feminine^{Zak 14,4}) valley — absolute גַּיְא 4 Mos 21,20 + 8 t. + 1 Sam 17,52 (compare below), גָּ֑יְא 1 Kron 4,39, גֵּיא Zak 14,4, גֶּיא Es 40,4, גַּי 5 Mos 34,6 + 2 t.; construct גֵּיא Es 22,1 + 21 t.; גֵּי Jos 15,8 + 13 t.; plural absolute גֵּאָיוֺת Ezk 31,12; Ezk 36,4; Ezk 36,6 + Ezk 7,16; Ezk 32,5 (strike out Co) + Ezk 6,3; 2 Kong 2,16 Qr (so Co Ezk 6,3 Kt גיאות); suffix גֵּיאוֺתֶיךָ Ezk 35,8 — valley Jos 8,11 (E) Mik 1,6; 1 Sam 17,3; 2 Kong 2,16 (opposed to הַר) Es 40,4 (opposed to גִּבְעָה, הַר), Ezk 6,3; Ezk 35,8; Ezk 36,4; Ezk 36,6 (in all with גבעות אפיקים, הרים), Ezk 31,12 (opposed to הַר), compare Ezk 7,16 (strike out B Co) Ezk 32,5 specifically, valley in Moab, a station of Israel 4 Mos 21,20 (E); over against Beth-Peor 5 Mos 3,29; 5 Mos 4,46; 5 Mos 34,6 a valley near גְּדוֺר 1 Kron 4,39 חִזָּיוֺן ׳ג Es 22,1; Es 22,5 near Jerusalem; שְׁמָנִים ׳ג Es 28,1; Es 28,4 valley of fatness, fertility, the valley surrounding Samaria; ׳שַׁעַר הַגּ 2 Kron 26,9; Neh 2,13; Neh 2,15; Neh 3,13 apocalyptic valley Zak 14,4, made by cleaving Mt. of Olives, compare הרים ׳ג vZak 14,5 vZak 14,5 valley of slaughter ההרגה ׳ג, a future name of valley of Hinnom Jer 7,32; Jer 19,6; 1 Sam 17,52 (גַּיְא) ᵐ5 reads גַּת compare We Dr; Jer 2,23 of valley of Hinnom, see below; figurative Sl 23,4 צלמות ׳ג compare צלמות; Ezk 39,11 הָעֹבְרִים ׳ג, Co הָעֲבָרִים proper name compare below; elsewhere in combination with proper names: —
\ \ a. יִפְתַּחאֵֿל ׳ג Jos 19,14; Jos 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 1 Sam 13,18.
\ \ c. הַֿמֶּלַךְ׳ג 2 Kong 14,7 (Kt; Qr omits article) 1 Kron 18,12; 2 Kron 25,11 = מֶֿלַךְ׳ג 2 Sam 8,13; Sl 60,2 (title); south of Dead Sea, in or bordering on Edom; el-Ghôr Rob^{BR ii. 109.}
\ \ d. הֶחָרָשִׁים ׳ג 1 Kron 4,14; Neh 11,35, apparently near Lod & Ono, northwest of Jerusalem, not far from the sea.
\ \ e. צְפַ֖תָֿה לְמָרֵשָׁה ׳ג 2 Kron 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 Ezk 39,11, east of Dead Sea (Hi Sm), Co reads הָעֲבָרִים ׳ג feminine name to be changed to הֲמוֺןגּֿוֺג ׳ג Ezk 39,11; Ezk 39,15. Most frequently
\ \ g. גֵּי הִנֹּם Jos 15,8; Jos 18,16; Neh 11,30, גֵּי בֶןהִֿנֹּם Jos 15,8; Jos 18,16; 2 Kong 23,10 Qr (Kt ׳גי בני ה) 2 Kron 28,3; 2 Kron 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.