גיא
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Hebrew
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Valley.jpg/220px-Valley.jpg)
Root |
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ג־י־א (g-y-ʾ) |
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]גַּיְא • (gáy) m (plural indefinite גֵּיאָיוֹת, singular construct גֵּיא־, plural construct גֵּיאֲיוֹת־)
Usage notes
[edit]- Archaic, alternative plurals include גֵּאָיוֹת and גֵּאָוֹת.
- The vocalization גֶּיא occurs once in the Bible (Isaiah 40:4):
- כָּל־גֶּיא יִנָּשֵׂא וְכָל־הַר וְגִבְעָה יִשְׁפָּלוּ וְהָיָה הֶעָקֹב לְמִישׁוֹר וְהָרְכָסִים לְבִקְעָה׃
- Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the rugged shall be made level, and the rough places a plain;
Derived terms
[edit]- גֵּיא בֶן הִנֹּם (gé ven hinóm)
- גֵּיהִנּוֹם
Proper noun
[edit]גַּיְא • (gáy) m
- a male given name, Guy
References
[edit]- H1516 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- “גיא” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
[edit]גיא on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he