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; 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 הַגּ2Chronicles 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) ᵐ5 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. יִפְתַּחאֵֿל ׳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.}

b. הַצְּבֹעִים ׳ג 1 Samuel 13:18.

c. הַֿמֶּלַךְ׳ג 2 Kings 14:7 (Kt; Qr omits article) 1 Chronicles 18:12; 2Chronicles 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. הֶחָרָשִׁים ׳ג 1 Chronicles 4:14; Nehemiah 11:35, apparently near Lod & Ono, northwest of Jerusalem, not far from the sea.

e. צְפַ֖תָֿה לְמָרֵשָׁה ׳ג2Chron 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 Ezekiel 39:11, east of Dead Sea (Hi Sm), Co reads הָעֲבָרִים ׳ג

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

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