Tophet fire

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Tophet fire

Tophet fire

By analogy: an extremely powerful fire. Gunfire or strong explosions from weapons (originally: a sacrificial fire).

("And they built the high places of Tophet, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, nor did it come into my heart" - Jeremiah 7:31)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֵשׁ תֹּפֶת, אש תופת

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: אֵשׁ בְּעָצְמָה גְּדוֹלָה. יְרִיּוֹת אוֹ הִתְפּוֹצְצוּיוֹת חֲזָקוֹת מִכְּלֵי נֶשֶׁק (בַּמָּקוֹר: אֵשׁ מוֹקֵד).

("וּבָנוּ בָּמוֹת הַתֹּפֶת אֲשֶׁר בְּגֵיא בֶן הִנֹּם לִשְׂרֹף אֶת בְּנֵיהֶם וְאֶת בְּנֹתֵיהֶם בָּאֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹא צִוִּיתִי וְלֹא עָלְתָה עַל לִבִּי"- יִרְמְיָה ז לֹא)

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