Gehenna (English spelling)

Japanese: ゲヘナ（英語表記）Gehinnon; Gehenna

In Hebrew, it means "Valley of Ben Hinnom (the son)". It is a valley located south of Jerusalem on one of the borders between Judah and Benjamin. During the Kingdom period, children were burned as burnt offerings to the pagan god Baal (2 Kings 23:10, Jeremiah 7:31). The prophet Jeremiah repeatedly condemned this ritual and prophesied that one day the valley would be called the Valley of Slaughter (Jeremiah 19:5-6). In Judaism, it is figuratively called hell, the place where sinners are punished after death, and the New Testament also uses the name in the same sense.

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Japanese:

ヘブライ語で「ベン・ヒンノム (息子) の谷」の意。ユダとベニヤミンの地の境界の一つで，エルサレムの南にある谷。王国時代に子供たちを焼いて異教の神バールに燔祭として捧げた場所 (列王紀下 23・10，エレミヤ書7・31) 。預言者エレミヤはこの祭儀を繰返し非難し，この谷は虐殺の谷と呼ばれる日がくると預言した (エレミヤ書 19・5～6) 。ユダヤ教においては比喩的に死後罪人が罰を受ける場所，地獄の名で呼ばれ，新約聖書も同様の意味で用いている。

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