(1.) The Valley of Shin ar ("ii'5^ f^?pS), the rich plain of Babylonia (Gen. xi, 2). See Shinar.
(2.) The Valley of Jericho ('yU'^'} n^pS), the lower end of the Ghor, or plain, through which the Jordan
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flows into the Dead Sea (Doiit. xxxiv, 3). See jEit- icno.
(3.) The Valleti of Lebanon ("psa^n n?p3), the plain of Coele-Syria between the Lebanon and Antileb- anon ranges (Josh, xi, 17). See Leisanox.
(1.) The VaUei/ o/Met/iddo (l^^p HS'pa), a part of the phiin of Esdraelon, through which the Kishon flowed (2 Chron. xxxv, 22; Zech. xii, 11). See Me-
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(o.) The Valletj of Mizpeh (HS:!'?; n?p3), the plain of the Haiiran or of Gilead, east of the Jordan (Josh, xi, 4). See Mizpeh.
(6.) The VaUei/ of Sharon (''"i-iT^rf n?p3), the level tract about Joppa, Lod, and Kamleh (Neh. vi, 2). See Sharon.
(7.) The Valley of Aven ("'IX ln?p3), the plain of Damascene Syria (Amos i, 5J, thought by some to be tlie same as No. 3. See Aven.
2. 'Einek (pt3", from p"as', to be deep; Sept. usually (pc'ipayi, or KuiXai;. occasionally auXwv, TreSiov, or 'E/if ic, 'A/tk-; A. V. invariably [except Gen. xiv, 17; 1 Sam. xviii. IS] "valley") designates a long broad sweep be- tween parallel ranges of hills of less extent than the preceding term, but greater than the following ones, and answering quite closely' to the Western idea in gen- eral of a tHilley in its proper sense, having the idea of lowness and breadth rather than precipitateness or con- finement. It is specifically applied to the following lo- calities, which we enumerate in alphabetical order:
(1.) The Valletj of A char (11=^ p"??), a valley near the N.W. end of the Dead Sea (Josh, vii, 24, 26 ; xv, 7: Isa. Ixv, 10; Hos. ii, 15). See AciroR.
(2.) The Valleij of Ajalon ("|'l>:;'X p^?), a valley in the tribe of Dan (Josh, x, 12). See A.ialon.
(3.) The Valle;/ of Hebron {•\-\'2n pT9>;), the valley in which Hebron lies (Gen. xxxvii, 14). See Hebiion.
(4.) The Valley of Jehoskaphat (MSdlH^ P'??), the valley between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives (Joel iii, 2, 12); in the same connection called figuratively the valley of the decision (y^~in" P"3r-'> ver. 14). See Jehoshaphat.
(h.) The Valley of JezreeKh-mii'})'} p^!^), the east- ern extension of the plain of Esdraelon (Josh, xvii, 16; Jiidg. vi, 33; Hos. i. 5). See Jezkeel.
(G.) The Valley of Keziz (■j''"'::p p^?), a valley in the tribe of Benjamin (Josh, xviii, 21). See Keziz.
Besides the above, the term is sometimes used as an appellative for certain well - known localities, e. g. the r.tlley of the weeping (Psa. Ixxiv, 6; A. V. '• valley of ]?aUa" [q. V.]), the valley of blessing (2 Chron. xx, 26; A. V. "valley of Berachah" [q. v.]), the valley of the oak (1 Sam. xvii, 2, 19; xxi, 'J; A. V. " valley of Elah" [(\.y.'\),the valley of giants (Josh, xv, 8; xviii, 16; '• valley of Rephaim" [q. v.], 2 Sam. v, 18, 22 ; xxiii, 13; 1 Chron. xi, 15; xiv, 9; Isa. xvii, 5), the valley of Shaceh [q. v.] ((ien. xiv, 17), or of the king ("dale," ibid. ; 2 Sam. xviii, 18), the valley of the slime-pits (Gen. xiv. 3, 8, 10; A. V. "of Siddim" [q. v.]), the valley of booths (Psa. Ix, 6 ; cviii, 7 ; A. Y. " of Succoth" [q. v.]), etc.
3. Gay (SI'S, or i|i) or Gey (X^a or X-'S; pliir. n'TNS and mX^S, from ii'^:\, to foiv ; Sept, usually ^apayS), a deep narrow ravine with a (winter or perennial) stream in the bottom, either between hills (liUe the (ie-Hinnom at, Jerusalem) or through an open plain (as along the Mediterranean or in Moab). In the A. Y. it is invaria- bly rendered " valley" (in the Sept. occasionally koiXoq, vain], ali\(oi', and even ■yrj). It is applied distinctive- ly to the following localities. See also Ai ; Beth-peor, etc.
(1.) The Valley of Ilinnom (rJH "'J, Josh, xv, 8;
xviii, 16; Neh. xi, 30), or of the Son of ffinnom (""3 DSn, Josh. XV, 8; xviii, 16; 2 Kings xxiii, 10; 2 Chron. xxviii, 3; xxxiii, 6; Jer. vii, 31, 32; xix, 2, 6; xxxii, 35), the ravine on the south-western side of Jerusalem, whence the term (Jeheniia (q. v.).
(2.) The Valley of Jiphthah-el (bx-nPlS^ -^5), a ra- vine on the boundary between Zebulun and Asher (Josh, xix, 14, 27). See Jiphtiiah-el.
(3.) The Valley of Zephathah (HPS:! XiJ), a ravine in the tribe of Simeon (2 Chron. xiv, 10). See Zepha- thah.
(4.) The Valley of Gedor (y\-it, X^^a), another ravine in Simeon (1 Chron. iv, 39).
(5.) The Valley of Ilamon-gog (515 'p-ari X-ii., Ezek. xxxix, 11, 15), or of the Passengers (n"l3"n "'S, ver. 1 1), a ravine on the east of the Sea of Galilee. See Hamos-gog.
(6.) The Valley of the Craftsmen (Did'inn "'S, Neh. xi, 35; or D^'l'^n X"'5, 1 Chron. iv, 14), a ravine in the tribe of Judah. See Chakasiiim.
(7.) The Valley of the Mountains ("''^t7~X"'3i, Zech. xiv, 5, or D^liT'^Si, ibid.), a ravine near Jerusalem Ol.v.).
(8.) The Valley of Salt (rib's X'lS), a ravine on the S.W. shore of the Dead Sea (2 Sam. viii, 13; 2 Kings xiv, 7; 1 Chron. xviii, 12; 2 Chron. xxxv, 11; Psa. Ix, title). See Salt.