גיא

Hebrew

Root
ג־י־א (g-y-ʾ)
1 term

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɡaj/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɡaj/

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Noun

גַּיְא • (gay) m (plural indefinite גֵּיאָיוֹת, singular construct גֵּיא־, plural construct גֵּיאֲיוֹת־)

1. valley, gorge, ravine

Usage notes

• Archaic, alternative plurals include גֵּאָיוֹת and גֵּאוֹת.
• 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

• גֵּיא בֶן הִנֹּם (gé ven hinóm)
• גֵּיהִנּוֹם

Proper noun

גַּיְא • (gáy) m

1. a male given name, Guy

References

• 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

• גיא on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he