gay is a Hebrew noun for low-lying terrain between higher places, often marking named sites, borders, travel, or burial locations.

The occurrences consistently identify low-lying geographic terrain, whether as a named location, a boundary feature, or terrain set alongside mountains and channels. Singular and plural forms occur in accounts of movement, conflict, burial, and descriptions of the land.

1. Low-lying terrain and place-name element · dominant

   The common singular form marks the ground between Israel and the Philistines in 1 Samuel 17:3 and occurs along a territorial border in Joshua 15:8. Plural forms are set beside mountains and channels in 2 Kings 2:16 and Ezekiel 6:3, while construct forms identify named locations in Jeremiah 19:2 and frame the place walked through in Psalm 23:4. In these clauses the APB presents the geographic setting with “valley” language.

   1 Samuel 17:3Joshua 15:82 Kings 2:16Ezekiel 6:3Jeremiah 19:2Psalm 23:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the geographic setting with “valley,” including “the valley was between them” in 1 Samuel 17:3 and “the valley of the shadow of death” in Psalm 23:4. It also capitalizes the term within place names; its wording is a whole-verse translation.