*√GWW (GY’?) “inside, chest, valley”

#Semitic *√GWW (GY’?) “inside, chest, valley”:

#Hebrew

• gaw “inside”
• gay’ “valley”; construct state gē;
• gē-hinnom “Valley of Hinnom”

#Arabic

• ǧaww “inside, middle, air…”
• ǧaww’ “large valley”

#Geez

• ge “country”

#Hebrew

• gē-hinnom “Valley of Hinnom”: South of Jerusalem where the Ammonites used to sacrifice children to god Moloch

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#Aramaic

#JudeoPalestinian

• gēhinnām

#Mandaic

• guhnam

#Arabic

• ǧahannam

#Ethiopian

#Geez

• gahānam

#Tigre

• gähannäb / ǧähannäb

#Amharic

• gannäb

#Hebrew gē-hinnom “Valley of Hinnom” in European languages >

#Greek

• γέεννα

#Latin

• Gehenna

#English

• Gehenna

#French

• géhenne

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