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Topheth: a site in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom south of Jerusalem, associated with child sacrifice and divine judgment.
A place name identifying a notorious cultic site in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom (Gehenna), just south of Jerusalem, where children were passed through fire in sacrifice to Molech. King Josiah defiled it during his reforms (2 Kgs 23:10), and Jeremiah pronounced devastating oracles transforming its name into a byword for slaughter and unburied dead (Jer 7:31-32; 19:6-14). Isaiah 30:33 envisions a Topheth-like pyre prepared for the Assyrian king. The etymology remains debated, though some connect it to an Aramaic word for 'firepit.' The site became a powerful prophetic symbol of judgment reversal — the place of abomination becoming the place of reckoning.

Senses
1. Topheth (place name) The proper noun Topheth (or Topheth with the article ha-Topheth), designating the specific cultic site in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom where child sacrifice was practiced (Jer 7:31; 2 Kgs 23:10). Jeremiah prophesied it would be renamed 'Valley of Slaughter' and become a mass burial ground (Jer 7:32; 19:6, 11). Isaiah 30:33 extends the image metaphorically to a divine pyre prepared for Assyria. All multilingual renderings (Spanish 'Tofet,' French 'Topheth,' German 'Tofet') treat it as a transliterated proper noun, confirming its single referent.
PROPERTIES_RELATIONS Nature, Class, Example Geography and Space
AR["الـ-تُّوفَتُ", "الـ-تُّوفَتِ", "تُوفَةَ", "فِي-الـ-تُّوفَتِ", "كَتُوفَةَ", "مِنْ-تُوفَةَ", "وَ-فِي-تُوفَةَ"]·ben["-তোফেত", "-তোফেত-থেকে", "-তোফেতের", "ও-তোফেতে", "তোফেত", "তোফেতে", "তোফেতের", "তোফেতের-মতো।", "তোফেৎকে"]·DE["das-Tofet", "der-Tofet", "in-Tofet", "und-in-Tofet", "von-das-Tofet", "wie-Tofet"]·EN["Topheth", "and-in-Topheth", "from-the-Topheth", "in-Topheth", "like-Topheth", "the-Tofet", "the-Topheth"]·FR["comme-Topheth", "dans-Topheth", "de-le-Topheth", "et-dans-Topheth", "le-Tofet", "le-Topheth"]·heb["ב-תופת", "ה-תופת", "ו-ב-תופת", "כ-תופת", "מ-ה-תופת"]·HI["और-में-तोपेत", "जैसे-तोपेत", "तोपेत", "तोपेत-का", "तोपेत-के", "में-तोपेत", "से-तोपेत", "ह-तोफ़ेत-को"]·ID["Tofet", "dan-di-Tofet", "dari-Tofet", "di-Tofet", "seperti-Tofet"]·IT["Tofet", "come-Tofet", "e-in-Tofet", "il-Tofet", "in-Tofet"]·jav["Tofèt", "Tofèt,", "Topèt", "amargi-mboten-wonten", "saking-Tofèt,", "wonten-ing-Topèt"]·KO["그-도벳", "그-도벳의", "그-도뻗의", "그리고-에-도뻗에서", "도벇을", "도뻗이라고", "에-도벳", "에서-그-도뻗에서", "처럼-도뻗처럼"]·PT["como-Tofet.", "do-Tofet,", "e-em-Tofet", "em-Tofet", "o-Tofet", "o-Tofet,"]·RU["Тофет", "Тофета", "в-Тофете", "и-в-Тофете", "из-Тофета", "как-Тофет"]·ES["Tofet", "como-Tofet", "de-el-Tofet", "el-Tofet", "por-falta-de", "y-en-Tofet"]·SW["Tofethi", "kama-Tofethi", "kutoka-Tofethi", "na-Tofethi", "pa-Tofethi"]·TR["Tofet", "Tofet'i-", "Tofet'in", "Tofet'te-", "Tofet'ten", "Tofet-gibi", "ve-Tofet'te"]·urd["اور-توفت-میں", "توفت", "توفت-سے", "توفت-میں", "توفت-کی", "توفت-کی-طرح"]

Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)

BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. תֹּ֫פֶת n.pr.loc. in valley of בֶּן־חִנֹּם, S. of Jerusalem (etym. doubtful, v. GFMEncy. Bib. Molech; RSSem. i. 357, 2nd ed. 372, 377 al. think Aramaic, = 9, cf. שׁפת);—c. art. הַתּ׳ 2 K 23:10 + 5 times, art. om. Je 7:32; 19:11, 12;—place of sacrificing children Je 7:31, cf. v 32a; 19:6 (cf. v 5), 2 K 23:10; to become burial place Je 7:32b; 19:11; in sim. of desecrated city v 12, 13 (מְקוֹם