To|pheth

To|pheth
To|phet or To|pheth «TOH fiht», noun.
2. a place in the valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where human sacrifices were offered to Moloch. It was later used as a garbage dump and came to symbolize the place of eternal torment.
[< Hebrew tōpheth]

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