GUTTER. 1. (צִנֹּ֔ור, pipe or water shaft; LXX παραξιφίς, dagger) RSV WATER SHAFT. The tunnel that David recommended to his soldiers as a way of entering Jerusalem to conquer it (2 Sam 5:8). It has been identified with “Warren’s Shaft” in the SE hill that leads from the spring Gihon to within the city wall and dates back to pre-Israelite times.

2. (רֳהָטִ֖ים; LXX ληνοῖς, watering trough) RSV RUNNEL. The trough from which the flocks of Laban drank and where Jacob placed peeled rods in his effort to control the markings on the newborn lambs (Gen 30:38, 41).

Bibliography J. Simons, Jerusalem in the OT (1952), 168-175.