Definition

a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)

Etymology

or (shortened) גַּי; probably (by transmutation) from the same root as H1466 (גֵּוָה) (abbreviated);

Where the KJV renders it

• valley

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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