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Where does “גהנא” come from?

גהנא (Aramaic) comes from Hebrew גיהנום, from Hebrew גֵּיא בֶן הִנֹּם — valley of the son of Hinom; valley of the son of...

גהנא (Aramaic): hell

Definitions

  1. hell

Ancestry of “גהנא”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewגיהנוםhell
2Hebrewגֵּיא בֶן הִנֹּםvalley of the son of Hinom; valley of the son of...
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