הִנֹּם

הִנֹּם proper name, masculine (derivation & meaning dubious; according to Sim Bö Gf and others = wailing, Arabic from cries of children (see below), but this improbable) — only in ׳גֵּי(גֵּיא)בֶןהֿ, & abbreviated ׳ה ׳ג, proper name, of a location of valley south of Jerusalem, (ᵐ5 φάραγγα Ὀνομ Jos 15,8 (twice in verse) Σονναμ Jos 18,16 Ταιεννα vJos 18,16 Ταιβενθομ 2 Kron 28,3, ᵐ5L φάρ. Βενεννομ; γὲ βανὲ Ἑννομ) 2 Kron 33,6, ᵐ5L γῇ Βενεννομ; elsewhere usually φάρ. (υιὁῦ) Ἑννομ) — compare below גַּיְא; — as mere topographical term גֵּי בֶןהִֿנֹּם, boundary between Judah & Benjamin Jos 15,8; Jos 18,16 also ׳גֵּי ה Jos 15,8; Jos 18,16 (all P) compare Neh 11,30 elsewhere always ׳בֶןהֿ ׳גּ (2 Kong 23,10 Kt has גּי בני הנם, Qr & ᵐ5 ᵑ9 singular), & always with reference to the sacrifice of children by fire, 2 Kong 23,10; 2 Kron 28,3; 2 Kron 33,6; Jer 7,31; Jer 7,32; Jer 19,2; Jer 19,6; Jer 32,35 on account of this inhuman & idolatrous practice it was abhorred by priest & prophet, & defiled by Josiah; this conception afterward developed, through Es 66,24, into Jewish Gehinnom (compare Weber^{Synagog. Theol. 326 ff.} Di^{Buch Henoch. 131 f.}) & NT γέεννα. On locality compare Rob^{BR ii. 273 f.} Tobl^{Topogr. ii 39 ff.} Bd^{Pal 103}; modern name (of lower half of valley, toward southeast) Wady er-Rabâbi.