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Appendix II

Semitic Roots
 
ENTRY:gy.
DEFINITION:Assumed root of Hebrew gay, valley. Gehenna, from Hebrew gê (ben) hinnm, valley of (the son of) Hinnom, from gê, bound form of gay, valley (hinnm, a man's name; see hnn).
 
 
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