גיח

גיח

Hebrew

Proper noun

גִּיחַ • (gíakh) m

1. Giah, an unknown location referenced in the Book of Samuel
   • 2 Samuel 2:24, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏וַיִּרְדְּפוּ יוֹאָב וַאֲבִישַׁי אַחֲרֵי אַבְנֵר וְהַשֶּׁמֶשׁ בָּאָה וְהֵמָּה בָּאוּ עַד־גִּבְעַת אַמָּה אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי־גִיחַ דֶּרֶךְ מִדְבַּר גִּבְעוֹן׃‎‎

     vayird'fú yo'áv va'avishái akharéi 'avnér v'hashémesh bá'a v'héma bá'u 'ad-giv'át 'amá 'ashér 'al-p'nei-gíakh dérekh midbár giv'ón.
     wayyirdəp̄ū yōʾāḇ waʾăḇīšay ʾaḥărē ʾaḇnēr wəhaššémeš bā́ʾā wəhḗmmā bā́ʾū ʿaḏ-giḇʿaṯ ʾammā ʾăšer ʿal-pənē-ḡī́aḥ déreḵ miḏbar giḇʿōn.

     But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner; and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

Anagrams

• חגי‎