גיא
Hebrew edit
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ג־י־א (g-y-ʾ) |
Pronunciation edit
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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