גַּיְא
gay (H1996)
(Hamon-gog) Valley
AI Word Study
# The Hebrew Word *Gay* (Valley) The Hebrew word *gay* (גַּיְא) denotes a valley—a low-lying area of land between hills or mountains. Based on its four biblical occurrences, this term appears to function as a straightforward geographical descriptor without apparent metaphorical extensions or specialized theological meanings. The most notable usage appears in the name "Hamon-gog" (the Valley of Hamon-gog), which suggests the word's primary function was geographic identification. In biblical narrative, valleys served practical significance as natural corridors and settlement locations, and this word provided ancient Hebrew speakers with a basic topographical vocabulary. The limited frequency of *gay* in the biblical text—only four instances—indicates it was not a heavily emphasized geographical concept in the scriptural record, though valleys themselves were important features of the Palestinian landscape where the biblical events took place.
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“ ‘ “It will happen in that day, that I will give to Gog a place for burial in Israel, the valley of those who pass through on the east of the sea; and it will stop those who pass through. They will bury Gog and all his multitude there; and they will call it ‘The valley of Hamon Gog’.
Those who pass through the land will pass through; and when anyone sees a man’s bone, then he will set up a sign by it, until the undertakers have buried it in the valley of Hamon Gog.