תופת

Hebrew

Etymology

From the name of a place (Tophet), near Jerusalem in the Valley of Hinnom, where ritual sacrifice is thought to have been preformed, a metonymy.

Noun

תופת / תֹּפֶת • (tófet) m (no plural forms)

  1. (Medieval Hebrew) a pyre
    Synonym: מוֹקֵד (mokéd)
  2. (Medieval Hebrew, by extension) inferno, hellfire
  3. (modern, by extension) of something, very bad and/or evil
    כאבי תופת ― ke'évi tófet ― horrendous pain
    מכונית תופת ― m'khonít tófet ― car bomb
    היא עברה תופת בשבי ― hi 'avrá tófet bashévi ― she went through hell in captivity

Descendants

  • → English: Tophet, Topheth

References

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