This word comes from the names of Gath and Valley Gate.
Definition
or (shortened) גַּי; probably (by transmutation) from the same root as H1466 (abbreviated); a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
Traditional renderings: valley.
Traditional renderings: valley.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
60 total
- Ezekiel 35:8וְגֵאוֹתֶ֙יךָ֙ · in your valleysI will fill its mountains with the slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.
- Ezekiel 36:4וְלַגֵּאָי֗וֹת · and valleys…therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoil and a mockery to the rest of the nations around you.
- Ezekiel 36:6וְלַגֵּאָי֜וֹת · and valleysTherefore, prophesy concerning the land of Israel and tell the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I have spoken in My burning zeal because you have endured the reproach of the nations.
- Ezekiel 39:11 (2×)גֵּ֤י · the Valley; גֵּ֖יאAnd on that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel, the Valley of the Travelers, east of the Sea. It will block those who travel through, because Gog and all his hordes will be buried there. So it will be called the Valley of Hamon-gog.
- Ezekiel 39:15גֵּ֖יאAs they pass through the land, anyone who sees a human bone will set up a pillar next to it, until the gravediggers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon-gog.
- Micah 1:6לַגַּי֙ · into the valleyTherefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble in the open field, a planting area for a vineyard. I will pour her stones into the valley and expose her foundations.
- Zechariah 14:4גֵּ֖יא · valleyOn that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half the mountain moving to the north and half to the south.
- Zechariah 14:5 (2×)גֵּֽיא־ · valley; גֵּי־ · [it]You will flee by My mountain valley, for it will extend to Azal. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with Him.