גיהנום
(Redirected from גֵּיהִנּוֹם)
Hebrew
editEtymology
editFrom גֵּיא בֶן הִנֹּם (gēʔ ḇen hinnōm, “valley of the son of Hinnom”), a valley near the old city of Jerusalem. The "son of Hinnom" was, according to the Bible, a Canaanite culture hero.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
editגֵּיהִנּוֹם • (gehinóm) m
Synonyms
editDerived terms
edit- הדרך לגיהנום רצופה כוונות טובות (hadérekh lagehenóm r'tzufáh kavanót tovót)
Descendants
edit- → Ancient Greek: γέεννα (géenna)
- → Arabic: جَهَنَّم (jahannam)
- → Armenian: ջանդամ (ǰandam), ջհանդամ (ǰhandam), ջահանդամ (ǰahandam), ջհաննամ (ǰhannam), ջայնամ (ǰaynam), ջահնամ (ǰahnam)
- → Azerbaijani: cəhənnəm
- → Bashkir: йәһәннәм (yəhənnəm)
- → English: Jahannam
- → Karaim: джаханам (cahanam)
- → Kazakh: жаһаннам (jahannam)
- → Malay: jahanam
- → Ottoman Turkish: جهنم (cehennem)
- → Classical Persian: جَهَنَّم (jahannam)
- → Swahili: jahanamu
- → Tabasaran: жегьеннем (žehennem)
- → Turkmen: jähennem
Yiddish
editEtymology
editFrom Hebrew גֵּיהִנּוֹם.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editגיהנום • (genem/gehenem) n