BDB9235 [H8612]

II. תֹּ֫פֶת proper name, of a location in valley of בֶּןתִֿנֹּם, south of Jerusalem (etymology doubtful, see GFM^{Ency. Bib. MOLECH}; RS^{Semitic i. 357, 2nd ed. 372, 377} and others think Aramaic, = fire-place, compare שׁפת); — with article ׳הַתּ 2Kgs 23:10 + 5 t., article omitted Jer 7:32; Jer 19:11; Jer 19:12 — place of sacrificing children Jer 7:31, compare vJer 7:32a Jer 19:6 (compare vJer 19:5), 2Kgs 23:10 to become burial-place Jer 7:32b Jer 19:11 in simile of desecrated city vJer 19:12 vJer 19:13 (׳מְקוֺם הַתּ); scene of a prophecy of Jeremiah, vJer 19:14 — Ταφες, Ταφεθ (compare Lag^{BN 78}), ᵐ5^{L2Kgs 23:10} Θαφφεθ. — See GFM^l.c. Salmond^{Hast.DB TOPHET}.

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