1. valley, ravine — A valley or ravine, used both as a common noun for geographic lowlands and in construct chains as part of proper place names (e.g., Valley of Hinnom, Valley of Salt); all 6 languages consistently translate with a single lexeme (eng 'valley', spa 'valle', hin 'घाटी', arb 'وادي', kor '골짜기/계곡', swa 'bonde') across singular, plural, definite, construct, and prepositional forms, confirming a single semantic sense. 61×
AR["فِي-وادي","فِي-وَادِي","وادي","وَادٍ","وَادِي","وَادِيًا"]·ben["উপত্যকা","উপত্যকা-","উপত্যকায়","উপত্যকার","পিতল"]·DE["Tal","Tal-von","[גיא]","in-Tal-von"]·EN["Valley-of","a-valley","in-Valley-of","in-valley-of","the-Valley-of","valley","valley-of"]·FR["dans-vallée-de","vallée","vallée-de"]·heb["ב-גיא","גיא"]·HI["घाटी","घाटी-","घाटी-में","तराई","ब-घाटी","बे-गे"]·ID["Lembah","di-Lembah","di-lembah","lembah","lembah-"]·IT["in-valle-di","valle","valle-di"]·jav["Lebak-","Lèmbah","Pepejahan.","ing-lebak","lebak","lembah","lembah-","lèbak","lèmbah","lèmbah-nipun","wonten-ing-lebak","wonten-ing-lèbak"]·KO["골짜기","골짜기-","골짜기가","골짜기라고","골짜기를","골짜기에-있는","골짜기에게","골짜기의","골짜기의-","에-골짜기"]·PT["Vale-de","no-vale-de","vale","vale-de","vale-de-"]·RU["в-долине","долина","долиной","долину","долины","долины-"]·ES["Valle-de","en-valle-de","la-Matanza","valle","valle-de"]·SW["Bonde-la","bonde","bonde-la","cha-bonde","cha-bonde-","katika-bonde","katika-bonde-la","katika-bonde-la-","wa-bonde"]·TR["-vadisinde","vadi","vadisi","vadisinde","vadisinde-","vadisine","vadisinin","vadisinin-","vadiye"]·urd["میں-وادی","وادی","وادی-میں"]
Num 21:20, Deut 3:29, Deut 4:46, Deut 34:6, Josh 8:11, Josh 15:8, Josh 18:16, Josh 18:16, Josh 19:14, 1 Sam 13:18, 1 Sam 17:3, 1 Sam 17:52 (+38 more)
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† גַּיְא n.m.Is 40:4 (f. Zc 14:4) valley—abs. גַּיְא Nu 21:20 + 8 times + 1 S 17:52 (cf. infr.) גָּ֑יְא 1 Ch 4:39, גֵּיא Zc 14:4, גֶּיא Is 40:4, גַּי Dt 34:6 + 2 times; cstr. גֵּיא Is 22:1 + 21 times גֵּי Jos 15:8 + 13 times; pl. abs. גֵּאָיוֹת Ez 31:12; 36:4, 6 + 7:16; 32:5 (del. Co) + 6:3 2 K 2:16 Qr (so Co Ez 6:3; Kt גיאות); sf. גֵּיאוֹתֶיךָ Ez 35:8;—valley Jos 8:11 (E) Mi 1:6 1 S 17:3 2 K…