גיהנום

Hebrew

Etymology

From 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

גֵּיהִנּוֹם • (gehinóm) m

(Judaism) Gehenna

Synonyms

גֵּיא בֶן הִנֹּם

Derived terms

הדרך לגיהנום רצופה כוונות טובות (hadérekh lagehenóm r'tzufáh kavanót tovót)

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: γέεννα (géenna)
- → Aghwan: 𐔲𐔴𐕆𐔴𐕎𐔰 (gehena)
- → Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰 (gaiainna)
- → Latin: gehenna
  - → English: Gehenna
- → Old Armenian: գեհեն (gehen)
- → Old Church Slavonic: г҄еона (gʹeona)
  - → Russian: гее́нна (gejénna)
- → Old Georgian: გეჰენია (gehenia), გეჰჱნია (gehēnia)
→ 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)
  - Turkish: cehennem
  - → Abkhaz: џьаҳаным (džaḥanəm)
  - → Bulgarian: дженде́м (džendém), джанде́м (džandém)
  - → Macedonian: џенем (dženem)
  - → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: џехѐнем, џехѐннем, Џехѐнем, Џехѐннем
    Latin script: džehènem, džehènnem, Džehènem, Džehènnem
- → Classical Persian: جَهَنَّم (jahannam)
  - → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਜਹੰਨਮ (jahannam)
    Shahmukhi script: جہنم (jahannam)
  - → Hindustani:
    Hindi: जहन्नुम (jahannum), जहन्नम (jahannam)
    Urdu: جَہَنُّم (jahannum), جَہَنَّم (jahannam)
- → Swahili: jahanamu
- → Tabasaran: жегьеннем (žehennem)

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew גֵּיהִנּוֹם.

Proper noun

גיהנום • (genem) n

(religion) hell (specifically Gehinnom in Judaism)

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