גיהנום

Hebrew

Alternative forms

• גֵּיהִינּוֹם
• גֵּיהִנָּם (gehinám)

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

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɡe(h)iˈnom/, /ɡe(h)eˈnom/, /-ˈnam/

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Proper noun

גֵּיהִנּוֹם • (gehinóm) m

1. (Judaism) Gehenna

Synonyms

• גֵּיא בֶן הִנֹּם

Derived terms

• הדרך לגיהנום רצופה כוונות טובות (hadérekh lagehenóm r'tsufáh 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 (gʹjeona)
    • → 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)
  • → Bashkir: йәһәннәм (yəhənnəm)
  • → English: Jahannam
  • → Karaim: джаханам (cahanam)
  • → Kazakh: жаһаннам (jahannam)
  • → Malay: jahanam
  • → Old Anatolian Turkish: جهنم (cehennem)
    • Azerbaijani: cəhənnəm
    • Ottoman Turkish: جهنم (cehennem)
      • Turkish: cehennem
      • → Abkhaz: џьаҳаным (džaḥanəm)
      • → Bulgarian: дженде́м (džendém), джанде́м (džandém)
        • → Gagauz: cendem
      • → Macedonian: џенем (dženem)
      • → Serbo-Croatian:

        Cyrillic script: џехѐнем, џехѐннем, Џехѐнем, Џехѐннем

        Latin script: džehènem, džehènnem, Džehènem, Džehènnem

  • → Classical Persian: جَهَنَّم (jahannam)
    • → Bengali: জাহান্নাম (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)
  • → Turkmen: jähennem
• → Yiddish: גיהנום (genem)

See also

• שְׁאוֹל (she'ól)
• תֹּפֶת (tófet)

Yiddish

Alternative forms

• גהינם
• גענעם — Soviet phonetic spelling 1920-1932, 1961-1991
• גענעמ — Soviet phonetic spelling 1932-1961

Etymology

From Hebrew גֵּיהִנּוֹם.

Pronunciation

• (all dialects, more colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛnəm/

  Hyphenation: גיה‧נום

  Rhymes: -ɛnəm

• (all dialects, more formal) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈhɛnəm/

  Hyphenation: גי‧ה‧נום

  Rhymes: -ɛnəm

Proper noun

גיהנום • (genem/gehenem) n

1. (religion) hell (specifically Gehinnom in Judaism)