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

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

1. (Medieval Hebrew) a pyre

   Synonym: מוֹקֵד (mokéd)

2. (Medieval Hebrew, by extension) hell
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

References

• H8612 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible