biq.ah denotes a valley or low-lying tract, whether named as a location or described within the land’s terrain.

The term denotes a valley or low-lying tract, most often locating an event or place within named terrain and also describing valleys among mountains, waters, or descending land. The supplied verses show the same geographical use in both singular and plural forms, including construct forms joined to place names.

1. Valley or low-lying geographical tract · dominant

   The term identifies a geographical setting: in Genesis 11:2 the APB renders the place where people settled as “a valley in the land of Shinar,” while in Ezekiel 37:1 it renders the place where the prophet is set down, full of bones, as “the valley.” Construct forms identify named locations, as in Joshua 11:17 (“the valley of Lebanon”) and Nehemiah 6:2 (“the Valley of Ono”); plural forms occur among mountains and water-bearing terrain in Deuteronomy 11:11 and Isaiah 41:18.

   Genesis 11:2Ezekiel 37:1Joshua 11:17Nehemiah 6:2Deuteronomy 11:11Isaiah 41:18

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB usually presents the term as “valley,” including named expressions such as “the valley of Megiddo” and “the Valley of Ono.” In Deuteronomy 34:3 it also uses “the Plain” before “the valley of Jericho”; That variation cannot by itself establish a separate lexical use.