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title: תֹּפֶת — Tophet · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תֹּפֶת (8612), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: Tophet. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תֹּפֶת

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«תֹּפֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Tophet** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 9 times · **Key:** 8612 · **BDB:** תֹּ֫פֶת³

### Glosses

Topheth (9)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Tophet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8612/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8612/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** 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 הַתּ׳); scene of a prophecy of Jerem., v 14;—Ταφες, Ταφεθ (cf. LagBN 78), 𝔊L 2 K 23:10 Θαφφεθ.—Vid. GFM l.c. SalmondHast.DB Tophet.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תֹּפֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8612/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 19:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.19.12/)

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כֵּֽן־אֶעֱשֶׂ֞ה לַמָּק֥וֹם הַזֶּ֛ה נְאֻם־יְהוָ֖ה וּלְיֽוֹשְׁבָ֑יו וְלָתֵ֛ת אֶת־הָעִ֥יר הַזֹּ֖את כְּתֹֽפֶת׃

*Word for word:* thus I.will.do to the place (the) this the.utterance of.Yahweh and to inhabitants its and to make (et) the city (the) this like Topheth

*JPS 1917:* Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, even making this city as Topheth;

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[Jeremiah 19:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.19.14/)

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וַיָּבֹ֤א יִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙ מֵֽהַתֹּ֔פֶת אֲשֶׁ֨ר שְׁלָח֧וֹ יְהוָ֛ה שָׁ֖ם לְהִנָּבֵ֑א וַֽיַּעֲמֹד֙ בַּחֲצַ֣ר בֵּית־יְהוָ֔ה וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אֶל־כָּל־הָעָֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.came Jeremiah from (the) Topheth where he had.sent.him Yahweh there to prophesy and he.stood in the.court of.the.house of.Yahweh and he.said to all the people

*JPS 1917:* Then came Jeremiah from Topheth, whither the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD'S house, and said to all the people:

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